Australia’s ASPIRE nominee announced

April 18, 2016

This year’s Australian nominee for the APEC science prize for innovation, research and education (ASPIRE) has been announced.

Associate Professor Lee Baumgartner from Charles Sturt University has won the nomination for his work on food security and fisheries in developing nations.

The ASPIRE prize recognises young scientists from APEC economies who have demonstrated a commitment to both excellence in scientific research, as evidenced by scholarly publication, and cooperation with scientists from other APEC member economies.

Each member economy is invited to nominate one scientist under the age of 40 to be considered for each year's prize.

The Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Christopher Pyne announced Associate Professor’s Baumgartner nomination in Adelaide on Friday where he also announced the first round of grants under the Global Connections Fund. The fund provides grants to build sustainable global linkages for Australian researchers and small to medium enterprises in the area of science and technology.

The call for applications for the ASPIRE prize in Australia was administered by the Australian Academy of Science. The winner of the APEC ASPIRE Prize will be announced at a ceremony in Peru in August this year.

The two Australian runners-up for this year’s prize are Dr Margaret Hardy from the University of Queensland and Dr Wei Xu from Murdoch University.

From left: Professor Warren Bebbington, Vice Chancellor, University of Adelaide; Professor Bob Vincent FAA, University of Adelaide.; Matt Murray, Economic Counsellor, Embassy of the United States of America; Australian nominee Associate Professor Lee Baumgartner, Charles Sturt University; and Christopher Pyne MP, Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science. Credit: T. Edwards, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science.

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