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The Academy’s Early- and Mid-Career Researcher Forum is calling for new members to join its executive next year.

The EMCR forum is Australia’s leading voice for emerging scientists and examines the challenges facing researchers up to 15 years post PhD, including job security, funding, education, and gender equity.

EMCRs who have a history of research excellence and a demonstrated passion for advocacy are encouraged to apply.

Expressions of interest must be submitted by close of business 3 November.

Get to know the brains behind the science: new Academy podcast

The Australian Academy of Science today launched Brain Box, an exciting new series of video podcast interviews with Australian scientists.

Brain Box features short clips of scientists speaking about their passions, motivations, heroes and experiences. The first three scientists to be featured on the new vodcast are doing exciting research into medicine and climate change:

Two Academy Fellows win PM's Prize for Science

Professors Ingrid Scheffer and Sam Berkovic have won the PM's prize for science.

The Australian Academy of Science today congratulated the winners of the 2014 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science, including two Academy Fellows.

Science links between Australia and Thailand strengthened

Science links between Australia and Thailand were strengthened recently when a delegation from the Royal Institute of Thailand visited the Australian Academy of Science.

The delegation, led by the Royal Institute's President Professor Santhad Rojanasoonthon, visited all four Learned Academies while in Australia to learn about their respective activities and how they interact with each other.

President of the Helmholtz Association of Germany visits the Academy

The delegation at the Academy meeting. Along the back from left: Professor Brian Schmidt, Professor Jagadish, Professor Jürgen Mlynek, Professor Hans Bachor.

Australian physicist and Fellow to lead International Physics Union

Academy Fellow and Physicist Professor Bruce McKellar has been appointed President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP).

Professor McKellar was elected President-Designate at the IUPAP General Assembly in London in 2011 but took up the position formally last week at the Union's General Assembly in Singapore.

He is the first Australian President of this leading international physics organisation—and its first President from the southern hemisphere.

International science body calls for inquiry-based science education

The IAP: global network of science academies has made a declaration on science in education and called for a wider take up of 'inquiry-based' science education.

The IAP, which is made of up of more than 100 member academies including the Australian Academy of Science, made the declaration at its biennial Science Education Programme conference held in Beijing last month.

Academy invites research sector to address science gender challenge

Research leaders will gather in Canberra today to help address the underrepresentation of women in science through an Academy-led initiative.

Over the next two days, representatives from the science and research sector will discuss how best to address gender equity in Australian science, and explore successful overseas initiatives including the UK’s Athena Swan Charter.

Representatives from the UK Equality Challenge Unit, who developed the Athena Swan Charter, will be attending the workshop to help brief attendees on their experience developing the charter model.

Academy leadership attends first Commonwealth Science meeting in 50 years

Fellows and leaders of the Australian Academy of Science this week attended the first Commonwealth Science Conference held for nearly 50 years.

Current President Andrew Holmes, immediate past President Suzanne Cory, physical sciences secretary Chennupati Jaggadish, and Academy Fellows Bob Williamson and Tam Sridhar were among 300 invited scientists attending the conference, which concludes today in Bangalore, India.

Edges of Astronomy conference starts today

A group of eminent astronomers, policy leaders and outstanding early- and mid-career researchers are gathering in Canberra for an exciting two-day conference on astronomy.

Edges of Astronomy is the latest in the Australian Academy of Science’s Frontiers of Science series which brings together the best young Australian scientists together with leaders in their fields.

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