The Australian Academy of Science today welcomed Budget measures to protect Australian research and boost science and maths education.
The Government has announced an extra $54 million over four years will go to improving participation in the study of science and mathematics at school and university.
This includes $5 million over four years to the Academy's primary and junior secondary school science programs, Primary Connections and Science by Doing.
Leading experts in green growth from Australia and Malaysia are meeting today at the Australian Academy of Science to discuss common challenges and develop strategies to effectively manage natural assets and move both countries towards low-carbon growth.
The Green Growth Think Tank at the Shine Dome aims to improve Australia’s engagement with Malaysia, share cutting-edge developments and inspire collaborations between scientists and policy makers from the two nations.
Australian Academy of Science President Professor Suzanne Cory today welcomed the Chief Scientist’s new report, Health of Australian Science, as an invaluable report with which to steer Australian science.
“This report is essential reading for anybody with an interest in securing Australia’s innovation and economic future,” Professor Cory said.
The Australian Academy of Science today announced a new Australia-India Fellowship program to enable Australian scientists to work with leading Indian research institutions.
The fellowships are open to Australian researchers from the public, not-for-profit and commercial sectors to support research in any field of natural science and to initiate or consolidate collaboration with cutting-edge Indian host organisations.
Australia’s red centre provides a disproportionate source of the country’s wealth but also causes great angst due to land degradation, species loss and social troubles.
The region is renowned for its variability and the lessons learned from understanding how to manage uncertainty in Australia’s desert outback have implications for the rest of Australia and the world, according to Dr Mark Stafford Smith from CSIRO’s Climate Adaptation Flagship.
Australian and international experts will meet at a symposium in Melbourne next week to debate whether more vitamin D should be allowed into the food supply.
Vitamin D deficiency has recently emerged as a widespread public health issue in Australia, with implications for bone health, cancer, cardiovascular disease and schizophrenia.
The Australian Academy of Science will today welcome twenty of the brightest young scientists from the USA under a program that builds international science collaboration.
Australia is consistently the most popular destination with US graduate students participating in the East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) summer program, with almost one third of applicants selecting Australia as their first choice location.
The first Australian woman Nobel Laureate, Professor Elizabeth Blackburn, tomorrow starts a speaking tour to encourage Australian school students to take up careers in science. Tasmanian-born Professor Elizabeth Blackburn now based in the USA, is travelling to Australia to speak to junior and middle high school students about her passion, struggles and successes . She’ll also speak about the exciting research relating to cancer and ageing that led to her 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
Australian Academy of Science President Professor Suzanne Cory today welcomed the establishment of the new Parliamentary Friendship Group for Women in Science, Maths and Engineering.
“The Academy is pleased to support this new group and welcomes the non-partisan commitment from political leaders to promote and help enable women to pursue and maintain careers in science, maths and engineering,” Professor Cory said.
“While a significant proportion of those studying science and maths at university are women, by mid-career that number drops dramatically.
Nobel Prize winner, Professor Elizabeth Blackburn, will be at the Australian Academy of Science’s Shine Dome in Canberra tomorrow as part of her Hooked on Science speaking tour to inspire Australian school students to take up science.
Tasmanian-born Professor Elizabeth Blackburn, now based at the University of California, will also speak about her exciting research into chromosome ends that has implications for cancer, ageing and stress.
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