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TEN NEW AWARDS FOR YOUNG RESEARCHERS
10 April 2000

The Department of Industry, Science and Resources is sponsoring ten new awards for young researchers through its Technology Diffusion Program. The President of the Australian Academy of Science, Professor Brian Anderson, said: 'I am particularly pleased that these awards will enable our younger researchers, aged 35 and under, to participate in the Australian Academy of Science's Symposium on Australia's Science Future.' The symposium will be held on 3-5 May in Canberra.

Funding through the Technology Diffusion Program will also bring two Australian researchers who are active overseas back to Australia to participate in the symposium and offer a program of visits and seminars. They are Dr Neil T M Hamilton, Deputy Executive Director, International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP) on Global Environmental Change, Bonn, Germany; and Dr Bryan Gaensler, Centre for Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.

'The aim of the symposium is to assess the advances and opportunities in eight fields important to Australia's future', said Professor Anderson. 'Sessions will be structured to encourage audience participation, and discussion will focus on the future of science related to these eight fields.' The fields are Changes of the global climate; Mind and brain; Energy; Molecular structure and recognition; IT, telecommunications and control in the Web era; Genetic engineering of plants and animals; The universe: Looking out – looking forward; and Ageing.

Information about the symposium and the awards is on the Academy website at http://www.science.org.au/future. The symposium is a feature of the Australian Science Festival and National Science Week, and is a lead-up event to the Centenary of Federation celebrations in 2001.