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RESEARCH AWARDS

The Academy supports research through travelling fellowships and through conferences that focus on rapidly developing fields of research. There is also an award for the research on the conservation of endangered vertebrate species.

Research support grants for 2010 have now closed. All nominations/applications will be acknowledged. The recipients, except for the research conferences, will be announced in early December. The research conference applications are in two stages and short-listed applicants will be contacted in early October, with the final decision announced in late January.

Research conferences

• Boden Research Conferences (biological sciences)
• Elizabeth and Frederick White Research Conferences (physical sciences)
• Fenner Conferences on the Environment

• Award for research on the conservation of endangered Australian vertebrate species
• J.G. Russell Awards (basic research)
• The Moran Award for History of Science Research

• Geoffrey Frew Fellowship (physics)
• Graeme Caughley Travelling Fellowship (ecology)
• Oxford Nuffield Medical Fellowship
• Rudi Lemberg Travelling Fellowship (biological sciences)
• Selby Fellowship (all fields of science)

The Academy holds a collection of medals awarded by various organisations in Australia for distinguished contributions to science and technology.