Traditionally, Science at the Shine Dome is an annual three-day event in May where Australia's most influential scientists gather at the Shine Dome in Canberra to celebrate science and to honour outstanding achievements in science.
Traditionally, Science at the Shine Dome is an annual three-day event in May where Australia's most influential scientists gather at the Shine Dome in Canberra to celebrate science and to honour outstanding achievements in science.
The Australian Academy of Science says political interference in the selection of research grants is eroding Australia’s international reputation and the integrity of Australia’s research system. Of the four known occurrences of political interference, three have occurred in the last three years.
The Australian Academy of Science is aware of the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute’s research misconduct findings against former employee Professor Mark Smyth.
Professor Smyth has resigned from the Australian Academy of Science and is no longer a Fellow of the Academy.
Experts say Australia’s complete reliance on data from foreign-owned satellites – used every day by all Australians – in weather forecasting, resource and water management, and disaster response applications poses a significant sovereign risk.
Five Academy Fellows are among the Australians recognised in the 2022 appointments to the Order of Australia, including four who were appointed to Companions in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AC).
Companion is currently the highest appointment to the Order of Australia, and recognises ‘eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in service to Australia or to humanity at large’. Just seven people were appointed to an AC in 2022.
The Academy welcomes announcements regarding the protection of the Great Barrier Reef.
Recent marine heatwaves that resulted in damage to the coral cover in the shallow waters of the Great Barrier Reef highlight some of the consequences of a warming planet on this national icon.
Five promising researchers from universities around Australia are the 2022 recipients of the Australian Academy of Science Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Award.
Ms Lorelle Holland, an Associate Lecturer in Nursing and an Affiliate Associate Lecturer with the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at the University of Queensland, is the recipient of the Douglas and Lola Douglas Scholarship in Medical Science for 2022.
We, the Presidents of Australia’s Learned Academies, are committed to a research and innovation system underpinned by the expertise and talent of researchers across the sciences, humanities, technology and engineering, social sciences, and health and medicine.
We urge that our system be consistent with world’s best practice, where expertise in both conducting research and in evaluating which research to support is essential.
The Australian Academy of Science welcomes the Australian Government’s University Research Commercialisation action plan which contains a range of targeted and positive policy measures to further stimulate the commercialisation of research.
The Academy has identified several opportunities which would further enhance this suite of measures and that we recommend be considered in the implementation phase.
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