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One of Australia’s oldest scientists remembered

A young Max Day Dr Day with Dr Marta Yebra, a recipient of the inaugural Max Day Environmental Science Fellowship, in May this year.

Roadmap to accelerate Australian minerals exploration and unlock a trillion dollar prize

Australia needs new geoscience, technology and infrastructure to reverse the decline in the rate of discoveries for base and precious metals and deliver Australia’s major new mines of the future, according to a report released today.

The AMIRA Roadmap for Exploration Under Cover—Stage 1 lays out a 15-year roadmap that will fundamentally transform our ability to find non-bulk mineral resources such as copper and gold under the majority of Australia’s landmass.

Basic research and long-term funding focus welcomed by Australia’s research leaders

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten with Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Kim Carr.

The National Research and Innovation Alliance welcomed Labor’s science, innovation and research agenda outlined today by the Opposition Leader, the Hon Bill Shorten MP.

Moran awardees to research attitudes to GM science and Australia’s historical weather records

Dr Linden Ashcroft (top) and Ms Kelly McKinley, joint winners of the 2018 Moran Award for History of Science Research

Melbourne climatologist Dr Linden Ashcroft and Adelaide PhD student Ms Kelly McKinley are joint winners of the Australian Academy of Science's 2018 Moran Award for History of Science Research

Celebrating the history of women in science

The Academy has produced a special online edition of the Academy’s journal ‘Historical Records of Australian Science’ celebrating the history of women in science.

Four new institutions join Science in Australia Gender Equity initiative

Momentum to improve gender equity and diversity in Australia’s higher education and research sector continues to build with four new institutions joining The Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) Initiative pilot of the UK-based Athena SWAN accreditation program.

The new participants are the Australian Institute of Marine Science, Murdoch University, Geoscience Australia and the University of Adelaide. The announcement will be made by Professor Hugh Bradlow, President of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) at the 2017 SAGE symposium today.

Academy Fellow wins Eureka Prize for mentoring young researchers

Professor Justin Gooding (centre) has been awarded a 2017 Eureka Prize for mentoring young researchers.

Australian Academy of Science Fellow Professor Justin Gooding has been awarded the 2017 University of Technology Sydney Eureka Prize for Outstanding Mentor of Young Researchers.

International news—September 2017

Lindau 2018 applications now open Postdoctoral Fellowships for research in Japan Summer program for graduate students expands Women in Science and Engineering, Asia Lindau 2018 applications now open

Applications for the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting with Nobel Laureates from the field of physiology or medicine are now open. Applications for Lindau close 3 October 2017.

Fellows update—September 2017

Honours and awards to Fellows (from left) Professor Brian Kennett, Emeritus Professor John Pate and Professor Justin Gooding

Events and outreach—September 2017

Academy action in National Science Week Australian satellites was just one of the many topics we explored in National Science Week

The Academy was flat out keeping up with the activities in this year’s annual celebration of science in Australia, National Science Week, on 12–20 August.

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