Chief Executive of the Australian Academy of Science, Anna-Maria Arabia, holds the certificate and medal of the Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy. Photo: Australian Academy of Science.

The Chief Executive of the Australian Academy of Science, Anna-Maria Arabia, has been awarded one of Italy’s highest civilian honours for strengthening the ties and friendship between Australia and Italy in the STEM sector and beyond.

Photo:Gustavo Fring via Pexels.

The presidents of Australia’s five learned academies have issued a joint statement on COP26 and Australia's path to net-zero emissions.

 

Congratulations to the five fantastic winners of the Academy’s ‘scienceXart: food for thought’ competition!

Distinguished Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC FAA FTSE. Photo: Bradley Cummings for the Australian Academy of Science.

Nanotechnology pioneer Distinguished Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC FAA FTSE will become the next President of Australia’s premier science organisation, the Australian Academy of Science.

 

The articles in the 2021 virtual issue of Historical Records of Australian Science, edited by Hilary Howes and Matthew Spriggs, explore the history of archaeology in Australasia and the Pacific and have diverse origins.

First Floor Plan. Scale 1/8” 1’0” Design Development. Academy of Science, Canberra. Grounds, Romberg and Boyd Architect (Preliminary drawing only), January 1957. AAS Map and Plan Collection
A colony of bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) in a crevice in the granite boulders on Mount Gingera, where Dr Caley has been monitoring bogong moth populations. Photo: Sophie De Meyer.

The Academy has recently announced the recipients of three travelling fellowship and conference awards for the 2022 and 2022–23 rounds.

Thomas Davies Research Grant recipient Dr Zoe Doubleday in the field. Photo credit: Ben McPherson.

The Thomas Davies Research Grant for Marine, Soil and Plant Biology for 2022 has been awarded.

From left: PhD candidates Shelby Ryan, Melanie Wells and Chloe Robinson. Photos: supplied.

Three early-career researchers have been awarded funding for ecology projects in 2022 thanks to the Australian Academy of Science’s Margaret Middleton Fund for endangered Australian native vertebrate animals.

Academy opportunities Japan Society for the Promotion of Science fellowships

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign Researchers provides opportunities for Australian postdoctoral researchers to conduct, under the guidance of their Japanese hosts, cooperative research with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions.

Applications for JSPS Fellowships for 2022 are invited from researchers in any field of the physical sciences, life sciences, engineering, technology and medicine.

© 2025 Australian Academy of Science

Top