News and announcements
Nominations for 2012 PM’s Prizes for Science now open
The Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science are a national tribute to excellence in science and science teaching, relying on nominations from across Australia. Nominations close on Friday 27 April 2012 at 5.00 pm.
(Posted 1 February, 2012)
Public lecture tour of Australia by pioneer epigeneticist
Professor Peter Jones from the University of Southern California will be touring Australia from 7 - 22 February under the Rudi Lemberg Travelling Fellowship sponsored by the Academy. He will deliver public lectures exploring how the exploding science of epigenetics will transform our understanding of health and disease and Australia's role in it.
(Posted 1 February, 2012)
February public lecture on Aboriginal land management
The Academy's 2012 public lecture series, Caring for the Australian countryside: Lessons from the past and present will examine sustainable communities, mining, agriculture, culture and environment in country Australia. The series will kick off on Tuesday 7 Feburary 2012 with Adjunct Professor Bill Gammage describing Aboriginal land managment. The lecture and livestreaming will commence at 6.00 pm at the Shine Dome in Canberra.
(Posted 30 January, 2012)
Australia Day honours
The Academy is delighted that five of its Fellows and a member of one of its National Committees have been honoured as Members in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) and one Fellow received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM). Fellows of the Academy, Professors Roderick Boswell, Lorenzo Faraone, Martin Green, Eugenie Lumbers, Mandyam Srinivasan, Rodney Tucker and Member of the National Committee for Physics, Professor Hans Bachor, received the accolade on Australia Day.
(Posted 27 January, 2012)
Postdoctoral and Invitation Fellowships in Japan 2012-13
The Australian Academy of Science, in association with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), invites applications from Australian researchers to undertake postdoctoral and invitational fellowships in Japan. Closing date is COB Friday 16 March 2012.
(Posted 23 January, 2012)
