The Australian Academy of Science today outlined science priorities for the 2019 federal election so Australia can earn its future.
To thrive in an increasingly uncertain world, the future economy and workforce will be underpinned by science of the highest quality and intensity.
Earning Our Future: the platform of the Australian Academy of Science:
The Australian Academy of Science today outlined science priorities for the 2019 federal election so Australia can earn its future.
To thrive in an increasingly uncertain world, the future economy and workforce will be underpinned by science of the highest quality and intensity.
As the federal election draws closer, the Academy has called for a coherent and visionary plan for science to be developed. I encourage you to read Earning Our Future: the platform of the Australian Academy of Science, and the accompanying election statement, released on 23 November.
Australia will maintain a key role in the Asian region with Academy Fellow, Professor Cheryl Praeger, elected for a second three-year term to the Executive Board of the Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA).
Professor Prager also accepted an invitation from AASSA President, Professor Yoo Hang Kim, to continue as chair of the AASSA Special Committee for Women in Science and Engineering.
Two young researchers recently represented Australia at the international Falling Walls Lab in Berlin. Ms Samantha Wade from the University of Wollongong and Ms Hayley Teasdale from the University of Canberra earned the opportunity to compete in Berlin at the Australian Falling Walls Lab event in September.
The Academy recently held national public consultations involving more than 400 people, and received written submissions from 46 organisations, in the development stage of the Women in STEM Decadal Plan.
In addition, a high school teacher facilitated a survey that provided insightful responses from 117 girls in years 7 to 12.
Through the Theo Murphy Initiative (Australia), the Academy supports activities that will give the next generation of leaders in STEM the right tools to drive scientific discovery in Australia. For the first time, the program in 2018–19 is working with ideas from EMCRs to co-design activities that will provide big benefits to them. In the past month we have run the first three of these activities:
Hear from three women who bring mind, body and data together to understand the science of sport!
Date: 5.30–7.15 pm, 28 November Venue: AAMI Park, Melbourne
This event is free, but booking is essential.
Applications close on 30 November 2018
Applications are now open for eligible Australian research organisations and businesses who wish to apply for funding for projects and/or workshops through Round 2 of the Regional Collaborations Programme. Funding of up to $1.38 million is available for collaborative, multi-partner projects and up to a total of $250,000 is available for non-project aligned, multi-partner workshops.
Professor Terry Hughes FAA—John Maddox Prize for tireless and courageous efforts in communicating research evidence on coral reef bleaching to the public and for tackling the misrepresentation of coral reef science
Professor C. Jagadish AC FAA FTSE—UNESCO medal for contributions to the development of nanoscience and nanotechnologies
Professor C. Jagadish AC FAA FTSE—elected a Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering
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