New initiatives will support NASA's mission to return to the moon and travel to Mars. Photo: NASA

The Australian Academy of Science welcomes a range of Australia–US bilateral science and technology initiatives announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison during his meetings in Washington.

Michelle Tapper will travel across the US, UK and Europe with her Churchill Fellowship to study science video production

Michelle Tapper of the Academy’s Communications and Outreach team has received a Churchill Fellowship to support her to travel across the US, UK and Europe to study science video production with high profile organisations around the world.

Professor Jacques Miller is the joint winner of the 2019 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award. Photo courtesy of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Academy Fellow Professor Jacques Miller is the joint recipient of the 2019 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, with Professor Max D. Cooper. This prestigious award is often referred to as ‘America’s Nobels’.

Calls for applications for the Australia–India Strategic Research Fund Early- and Mid-Career Researcher Fellowships and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowships are now open. Find out more about these opportunities

Academy opportunities Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowships

Applications are open for the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowships. 

Honours and awards to Fellows (from left) Professor John Hamilton, Professor Helene Marsh, Professor Alex Zelinsky and Professor Nalini Joshi were among Fellows recently acknowledged for their achievements 

Measles outbreaks are happening across the globe and are reaching Australia. In the past month, there have been confirmed cases in Perth, Sydney, the Gold Coast and Cairns. In light of these outbreaks, the Australian Academy of Science is urging Australians heading overseas, for business or pleasure, to make sure their measles vaccinations are up to date.

How do we get science into Australia’s culture and more connected with the business community? It’s a question that Australian businessman Peter Yates AM continues to pursue since noticing that science was largely missing from mainstream media and parts of the business community 15 years ago.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Emeritus Professor Cheryl Praeger and Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, Karen Andrews.

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