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Academy supports IAP communiqué on global green recovery after COVID-19

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Academy strengthens partnership with CSIRO to champion research

The Academy and CSIRO have signed a new five-year partnership agreement, strengthening their long-term commitment to Australian science as part of the global research enterprise.

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What if we cannot find a vaccine? German and Australian scientists discuss COVID-19

Despite an unprecedented global research effort and record-breaking times to first in-human trials there are no guarantees that a vaccine will be available soon for COVID-19, according to one of Germany’s pre-eminent virologists, Professor Doctor Marylyn Addo.

A elderly woman looks at a phone screen held by another woman wearing a mask. Image by Photo by Georg Arthur Pflueger on Unsplash.

Academy a top resource for COVID-19 knowledge

Academies join forces to launch COVID-19 expert database

Academies join forces to launch COVID-19 expert database

[Note: The link to the expert database on this page became inactive when the Academy closed the database in August 2022.]

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Academy supports IAP communiqué on COVID-19

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Academy supports statement to G20 leaders on COVID-19

The Australian Academy of Science supports the below statement made this week on behalf of the S20, the science academies of the G20.

Nominate now for the Academy’s 2021 awards

Nominate now for the Academy’s 2021 awards

Above: Professor Laura Mackay was awarded the 2019 Gottschalk Medal by the Academy and later in the year a Prime Minister’s science prize.

2020 J G Russell and Douglas and Lola Douglas Awardees

2020 J G Russell and Douglas and Lola Douglas awardees

The Academy is proud to announce the recipients of two prestigious top-up awards, the J G Russell Awards and the; Douglas and Lola Douglas Scholarships in Medical Science