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The Australian Academy of Science is disappointed with the Australian Parliament's decision to abolish the $4 billion Education Investment Fund.
Funding for emergency response and natural disaster recovery is clearly very important but it should not come at the expense of crucial long-term science & research infrastructure funding.
The abolition of the fund means a key long term and ongoing mechanism to support research infrastructure in Australia is now lost.
Dr Ruth Morgan from Monash University is the recipient of the Academy’s 2020 Moran Award for History of Science Research.
She receives the award for her proposal entitled “A History of Australian Climate Science, 1970–2000”.
October has been a month of great celebration for the Academy.
Attracting women and girls to STEM and providing an environment for them to thrive and progress is a shared responsibility of government, academia, the education system, industry, and the community.
Submissions are now open for the 2020 Mike Smith Student Prize—an award recognising research into Australia’s scientific and environmental history.
Gender equity was the main theme of Pressing for Progress 2019, the Indian Physics Association’s national conference held at the University of Hyderabad in September.
The inaugural international Sustainability Research and Innovation 2020 Congress will be hosted by an Australian consortium led by Future Earth Australia and the Queensland Chief Scientist on 14–17 June 2020 in Brisbane.
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