The Royal Society of New Zealand has just launched an Early Career Researcher Forum that seeks to represent the national voice of New Zealand’s ECR community and celebrate their achievements and contributions in the fields of physical, biological, and social sciences, as well as the humanities.
http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/organisation/ecr-forum/
You can follow them on twitter: @rsnzecr
Science priorities for Australian innovation
On 25 May 2016, the Australian Academy of Science made the following statement regarding science priorities for Australia.
Delivered 9 am Wednesday 25 May 2016, Shine Dome, Canberra
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Australian Academy of Science President, Professor Andrew Holmes AM PresAA FRS FTSE
Fellows of the Academy, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.
Before we begin the proceedings, I would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the traditional owners of the land on which we meet—the Ngunnawal people of the Wiradjuri Nation. It is upon their ancestral lands that the Australian Academy of Science is built.
On 6 June 2016, the Academy made a submission to the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into the national educational evidence base.
Six women and 15 men have been elected to the Academy for their outstanding contributions to science.
Former Australian of the year and mental health advocate Professor Patrick McGorry and Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel were among 21 leading scientists to be elected to the Academy in May.
The six women and 15 men have made outstanding contributions to a range of scientific areas including agriculture, advanced communications and cancer research.
Former Academy President Professor Brian Anderson and polymers pioneer Professor David Solomon have been recognised with Australia's highest honour, Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia, in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours list.
Professor Anderson AC FAFA FRS FTSE received the award for eminent services to information and communications technology, to engineering and higher education, as an academic, researcher and author, to professional scientific associations and as a mentor of young scientists.
Professor Martin Green has been part of a team setting a new world record for solar cell efficiency, a result that was almost 44% better than the previous record.
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