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Federal budget funding to strengthen Australian scientific leadership in Asia-Pacific

The Australian Academy of Science will lead a new regional presence coordinating scientific engagement in the Asia-Pacific thanks to a $10.3 million investment from the Australian Government over the next six years.

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Revitalising science critical to advancing Australia’s economic and social prosperity

The Australian Academy of Science welcomes the release of the Australian Government’s 2022-23 budget.

Gender equity changes to NHMRC Investigator Grants are ‘game-changing’

Gender equity changes to NHMRC Investigator Grants are ‘game-changing’

The Academy welcomes the introduction of measures to address systemic disadvantage faced by female and non-binary senior researchers via the Investigator Grant scheme of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

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Kim Carr recognised for his service to Australian science and research

One of the Australian Parliament’s fiercest science and research advocates, Kim Carr, has been recognised by the Australian Academy of Science today for advancing the cause of science and technology in Australia.

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Academy returns to historic headquarters

Ian Potter House, the headquarters of the Fellows and staff of the Australian Academy of Science, has officially reopened 989 days after it was extensively damaged during Canberra’s 2020 hailstorm.

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Three Aussie innovators to compete in Berlin for Falling Walls Lab 2022

Two researchers awarded Mike Smith Student Prize for insightful essays

Two researchers awarded Mike Smith Student Prize for insightful essays

Explorations of the history of disease and of nuclear colonisation have earned two researchers the 2021–22 Mike Smith Student Prize for History of Australian Science or Australian Environmental History.

Academy welcomes STEM Equity Monitor report

Academy welcomes STEM Equity Monitor report

The Australian Academy of Science says the results of the latest STEM Equity Monitor reinforce the need for stronger action to remove barriers preventing gender equity and greater diversity in STEM.

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Academy President elected to Royal Academy of Engineering

Australian Academy of Science President, Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC PresAA FTSE, has been elected an International Fellow of the United Kingdom’s Royal Academy of Engineering.