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2025 Douglas and Lola Douglas Scholarship supports innovative ICU trials
A researcher seeking to reduce waste and improve patient care in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) is this year’s recipient of the Douglas and Lola Douglas Scholarship in Medical Science from the Australian Academy of Science.
2025–26 Federal Budget: The vital infrastructure of today is supercomputing – not just roads and rail
Australia’s 2025–26 Budget overlooks crucial investment in supercomputing, risking future scientific capability and security, the Academy warns.
US threats to R&D capability: Academy calls for emergency meeting of National Science and Technology Council
The United States is a vitally important alliance partner with whom Australia should and must work collaboratively, but a partner that is unpredictable.
Statement on US Government intervention in Australia–US research collaboration
The following statement is attributable to: Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC PresAA FREng FTSE, President, Australian Academy of Science
Leading Australian researcher expands international collaborations as a Caughley Fellow
What do beavers in Scotland, hyena in Botswana and South African stromatolites all have in common? They are all unique, important contributors to their local ecosystems – and were the focus of Professor Richard Kingsford’s travels as the Australian Academy of Science’s 2024 Graeme Caughley Fellow.
2025 Thomas Davies grant recipients to study plants, pollution, soil and marine ecosystems
Nine early-and mid-career researchers have received this year’s Thomas Davies Research Grant for Marine, Soil and Plant Biology.
