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L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Australia and New Zealand Fellowships

Applications close 4 March 2019

Recognises the achievements of outstanding female scientists, supporting them to continue their research and help them rise to leadership positions in their field of expertise. Four Australian Fellowships and one New Zealand Fellowship—$25,000 each

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Honours and awards to Fellows

Dr Liz Dennis FAA—Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AC) for eminent service as a researcher and academic in the area of genomics and plant development, and to professional organisations

Professor Ron Ekers FAA—Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to science as a radio astronomer, to scientific education, and to international astronomical organisations

Twenty of Australia’s leading scientists and future superstars have received the Academy’s prestigious 2019 honorific awards.
Hareem Khan—one of the ten young Australian physicists attending the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.

Ten of Australia’s top young physicists, seven of them women, have earned the opportunity to attend a highly prestigious annual gathering of Nobel Laureates and emerging scientists from around the world.

2019 Moran Medal recipient, Dr Kim-Anh Lê Cao
Taxonomists estimate there may be 30,000 arachnid species in Australia, with only 20 per cent currently named. There are more than 70 named peacock spider species (Maratus spp.) with three new species named in March 2019. Image credit: © Denis Hogan
Professor Susan Scott FAA is one of five Fellows to receive ARC Linkage Projects scheme funding.

Five Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science are among the recipients of the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Projects scheme, announced by the Minister for Education Dan Tehan.

The funding for research partnerships includes:

Dr John Vallance, NSW State Librarian, presents Academy Fellow Professor Ruth Hall (centre) and ANU ‘Archivist Emerita’ Maggie Shapley with certificates of inscription.
The Perth urban systems transformation workshop was held at Curtin University’s heritage-listed Old Perth Boys’ School building.

Future Earth Australia is leading the co-design and co-production of a national strategy for urban systems transformations—sustainable cities and regions.

28­–30 May The Shine Dome, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra

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