The Academy welcomes the appointment of six new board members to the National Science and Technology Council today including four Academy Fellows: Professors Barbara Howlett FAA, Geordie Williamson FAA, Brian Schmidt FAA and Ian Frazer FAA.
The Academy looks forward to the first meeting of the National Science and Technology Council in the new year.
The Government’s mid-year Budget update has mixed signals for science sector.
Dr Tim Doherty from Deakin University and PhD student Ms Nicole Foster from the University of Adelaide are the 2019 recipients of the Australian Academy of Science Max Day Environmental Science Fellowship Award.
As 2018 draws to a close, I’d like to personally acknowledge the generosity of the Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science who tirelessly and generously share their time and expertise to advance science in Australia and internationally.
In May this year, then Minister for Employment, Education and Training the Hon Senator Simon Birmingham made a surprise announcement of a parliamentary inquiry into Australia’s research funding system.
Colombian PhD student Jairo Perez came to Australia this year as part of the Australia–Americas PhD Research Internship Program. He wanted to expand his mathematical and research skills, and says he was thrilled to travel to ‘the land down under’.
The Primary Connections professional learning team wrapped up its final workshops of 2018 by providing three hands-on, inquiry-based science courses for 92 teachers in new South Wales, Western Australia and Victoria.
The Academy hosted the second of two International Science Council (ISC) networking events for 2018 in Melbourne in November.
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