The Academy will deliver a dynamic new format in 2021 for Science at the Shine Dome.
The Australian chapter in the book covers STEM education in Australia, challenges and vision for improvement, and the Academy’s involvement in STEM education.
Map showing the approximate route taken by the Hann expedition, 26 June to 12 November 1872. Map prepared by Claire Burton, Cairns Regional Council and published in Historical Records of Australian Science.
Academy awards and funding opportunities

Nominations are now open for the Academy’s 2022 honorific awards, and applications are open for support for research conferences, research awards and travelling fellowships.

All honorific award nominations close 1 May 2021.

All research conferences, research awards and travelling fellowships applications close 1 June 2021.

Honours and awards Order of Australia

Emeritus Professor Cheryl Praeger AC FAA—Order of Australia: Companion in the General Division

Professor Graham Goodwin AO FAA FRS FTSE—Order of Australia: Officer in the General Division

Professor Helene Marsh AO FAA FTSE—Order of Australia: Officer in the General Division

Professor Mark Randolph AO FAA FTSE FRS—Order of Australia: Officer in the General Division

Professor Roger Reddel AO FAA FAHMS—Order of Australia: Officer in the General Division

*/ From left: Academy President Professor John Shine, Professors Carola Vinuesa, Fiona Stanley and Jozef Gecz and Former Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb.
 

Outstanding contributions to science have been recognised by the Australian Academy of Science today with 24 current and future stars of science receiving prestigious 2021 honorific awards.

From left: Dr Xiaoxiao Zang, Dr Zhiliang Wang, Dr Yaoxin Hu, and Dr Amandeep Kaur. Image Credit: Australian Academy of Science

Four early-career researchers have been awarded a prestigious top-up grant that recognises and supports excellence in science research.

Each of the Sustainable Development Goals has a series of targets.

2030 is the deadline to make the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a reality.

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There are medical and scientific explanations for the death of each of Kathleen Folbigg’s children.

Today the NSW Court of Appeal has dismissed Kathleen Folbigg’s appeal, which requested that the findings of the Commissioner of the 2019 inquiry be overturned.

The appeal reviewed the legal processes undertaken by the Inquiry but did not consider an assessment of the scientific evidence available since the Inquiry.

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