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Five Academy Fellows have been awarded funding in the latest round of ARC Linkage grants.

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

Academies call on health ministers to resolve health data issues

Regulatory barriers that limit timely access to population and health data must be resolved to achieve better health outcomes for Australians, according to leading scientists and medical health researchers.

The Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences are calling for the COAG Health Council to address health data availability and linkage as a priority at its next meeting later this year.

Australian scientists recognised at international geophysics meeting

Emeritus Professor Chris Rizos (left) and Professor Brian Kennett AO FAA FRS.

Emeritus Professor Chris Rizos, an observer on the Academy’s National Committee for Earth Sciences, was voted in as President-Elect of the International Union for Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) during the General Assembly on 16 July.

The IUGG is a non-profit global organisation dedicated to promoting international cooperation in earth sciences.

Message from the President

Professor John Shine AC PresAA

Since the inception of the Academy 65 years ago, gifts and legacies from Fellows and friends have helped us retain our independence and allowed us to foster, celebrate and promote scientific excellence in Australia.

A philanthropy update from the Academy

Supporters’ breakfast

During Science at the Shine Dome 2019, award donors and their family members had the special opportunity to meet the 2019 recipients of the awards they support at a breakfast event.

Call for expressions of interest for new national QueersInScience network

Academy Chief Executive Anna-Maria Arabia speaks at the inaugural LGBT STEMM Day symposium.

The Australian Academy of Science and QueersInScience are inviting expressions of interest for a new national QueersInScience network.

STEM Women launches on 1 August

Visit STEM Women

On 1 August the Australian Academy of Science will launch a new resource for gender equity toolkits: STEM Women, an online directory of women in Australia working in STEM.

Australian science celebrated at major international meetings

Delegates at the IUGG reception celebrate 100 years of Australian geodesy and geophysics. Academy Fellow Professor Frances Separovic AO hosts the Australian reception at the IUPAC World Chemistry Congress.

Academy Fellow appointed to Australian Antarctic Science Council

Professor Noel Cressie FAA.

Academy Fellow Professor Noel Cressie has been appointed as one of two independent members of the newly established Australian Antarctic Science Council.

The council, established under the Australian Antarctic Division, provides strategic direction for the Australian Antarctic Program and oversees science funding.

New volume of Historical Records of Australian Science published

Late Academy Fellows remembered with biographical memoirs in Historical Records of Australian Science. Top row (L-R): Professor Anton Hales, Professor Jan Anderson, Professor Tony Linnane and Professor Bryan Womersley. Bottom row (L-R): Professor George Szekeres AM, Professor Joe Gani and Emeritus Professor Robin Stokes.

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