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Opportunities for scientists—March 2022

Academy opportunities

Nominations are now open for the Academy’s 2023 honorific awards, research conferences, research awards and travelling fellowships.

Each year, the Australian Academy of Science shines a light on researchers who have made outstanding contributions to science, and in progressing the advancement of science in Australia, by awarding our prestigious honorific awards.

The awards recognise remarkable achievements in research fields including Earth sciences, biology, physics, mathematics, chemistry, biomedicine and more.

Fellows update—March 2022

Honours and awards to Fellows Academy honorific awards

Professor Steve Simpson AC FAA FRS – Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture

Dr Liz Dennis AC FAA FTSE – Ruby Payne-Scott Medal and Lecture

Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik FAA – David Craig Medal and Lecture

Professor Georgia Chenevix-Trench FAA – Suzanne Cory Medal and Lecture

Nominations open for 2023 honorific awards and funding

Nominations are now open for the Academy’s 2023 honorific awards, research conferences, research awards and travelling fellowships.

Learned academies to supercharge Australia’s global science and technology profile with $18.2 million government investment

The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE), in collaboration with the Australian Academy of Science, will deliver the Australian Government’s $18.2 million ‘Global Science and Technology Diplomacy Fund – Strategic Element’, a key part of the new $60.2 million GSTDF fund.

Academy releases ‘Science and Australia's positive future’ position statement ahead of election

Australia must seize the opportunity to secure our future economic and social prosperity through investment in science, says the Australian Academy of Science in a released position statement.

The statement, published ahead of the 2022 federal election, contains recommendations for the next Australian government to help secure Australian jobs and industries with science.

“We are living through one of the most far-reaching upheavals since the Industrial Revolution,” says Academy President Professor John Shine.

Professional athletes subjected to unjustified collection of personal data

The degree of personal surveillance and body monitoring currently tolerated in professional sport may be permitted in community sports and other workplaces if the current status quo of collecting excessive personal data remains unchallenged, according to a leading group of experts.

President’s statement on the IPCC Working Group III report

STEM Women goes global

Visit the STEM Women Global website

National Research Infrastructure crucial factor in research pipeline

The Australian Academy of Science welcomes the release of the Australian Government’s 2021 National Research Infrastructure (NRI) Roadmap. The Academy thanks the Expert Working Group for its contributions and guidance, particularly Academy Fellows Dr Ziggy Switkowski, Professor Barbara Howlett and Dr Cathy Foley.

The surprising science of prawns and pipes

Global demand for prawns has been rising exponentially since the late 1990s. There is, however, an ecological limit to the number of ocean-caught prawns. The solution? Farmed prawns.

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