Australian experts continue to highlight Australia’s research expertise through a series of seminars organised by the Academy and the Office of the Counsellor (Education and Science) at the Australian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur. Supported by the Australian Department of Education and Training, the seminars encourage collaboration between leading Australian and Malaysian researchers.
A new fund in Indonesia established by President Joko Widodo will provide around US$50 million a year to fund about 200 research proposals.
The Australian Academy of Science has been elected to the Executive Committee of the IAP: the global network of science academies.
Contributed by Anushka Patel, ANU
Australian, Indian and Indonesian scientists are collaborating to implement and evaluate a cardiovascular disease prevention program in East Java called SMARThealth—Systematic Medical Appraisal, Referral and Treatment of cardiovascular disease. The program was developed through connections made at a joint Australia–Indonesia health workshop arranged by the Australian Academy of Science and the Indonesian Academy of Sciences in Jakarta in May 2015. It is funded by a US$1 million philanthropic donation.
Bionic eyes, melting Antarctic ice, 3D printing body parts and the language of fish bones were among the exciting topics covered at the 2016 Science at the Shine Dome.
The number of registrations to the Science by Doing website has passed 90,000, with two-thirds of Australian high schools using the Academy’s innovative high school science resources.
The final Year 10 unit, Science Futures, has now been added to provide a complete updated package of Science by Doing curriculum units for Years 7 to 10.
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