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The Academy strongly supports recommendations from the Strategic Examination of Research and Development to stop the long-term decline in research funding and to craft an R&D system that supports scale and focus. Without this, Australia will fall behind.

Two Indigenous researchers are reshaping Australia’s scientific landscape – and strengthening climate resilience in the process.

In this edition: Indigenous knowledge sheds light on quoll decline, bush-fires have long-term impacts on water quality, and tracing the resurgence of Murchison dingoes

A well-worn maths booklet owned by the famed physicist provides a glimpse into the working life of a researcher in the early 20th century, complete with surprising doodles.

The fellowships support researchers to undertake collaborative projects spanning a diverse range of topics.

Three researchers – with work spanning human behaviour, invasive species and ancient climate patterns – will share conservation and climate science across Australia and internationally thanks to prestigious Academy fellowships.

From the desert to the ocean, early-career scientists are deploying cutting-edge conservation to help Australia's endangered wildlife.

It’s time to celebrate excellence and support brilliant ideas. The Academy’s honorific and funding awards for 2027 are now open for application.

The Australian Academy of Science warns the 2026–27 Budget must reverse a decade of declining R&D investment or risk lasting damage to Australia’s economy, security and global competitiveness.