There are significant challenges facing teaching and research in the mathematical sciences in Australia, according to a nation-wide review of the discipline.
A long-term project in which the Academy has been involved in some form for decades has been reinvented.
The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), in collaboration with the Australian Academy of Science, will deliver the Australian Government’s $18.2 million Global Science and Technology Diplomacy Fund – Strategic Element, a key part of the new $60.2 million GSTDF fund.
Professor Tom Calma AO FAA FASSA—ACT Senior Australian of the Year
Professor Tom Calma AO FAA FASSA—Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia
Professor Alan Cowman AC FAA FRS—CSL Florey Medal
As seems the case each year, the month of December has flown by. I thank all involved in the Academy’s work for their sustained energy and commitment over the year.
If you would like an overview of what we achieved this year, I encourage you to take a look at our story on 2022 in review.
The Australian Academy of Science says the lack of coherence supporting Australian research is an indictment of the approach that knowledge is only important if it can be commercialised – or relate to some ill-defined national interest test.
The Academy also says that the current state of Australian research is the consequence of vague strategic Government direction, piecemeal interference over nearly two decades, and ad hoc interventions that have demoralised researchers, minimised efficiency and disadvantaged the nation.
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