Above: Recipients of the Academy’s 2025 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Award, Dr Mitchell Gibbs (left) and Associate Professor Shannon Kilmartin-Lynch, are focusing on habitat restoration and sustainable engineering respectively.
We have extended the nomination period to 1 June for some of our honorific awards. See below for those awards that close on 1 June.
The Australian Academy of Science offers two types of opportunities for scientists.
Our funding opportunities support scientists to undertake research projects as well as travel and lectures at a national and international level. See below for links to each funding opportunity.
Applications for 2026 funding opportunities are open until 1 June 2025.
Our honorific awards recognise outstanding contributions to the advancement of science across the career spectrum.
Nominations for some 2026 honorific awards have been extended to 1 June (see below).
Our funding and award information is also available as a downloadable PDF (354 KB).
Applications close 1 June 2025.
The nomination closing date for the following honorific awards has been extended to 1 June 2025 (was 1 May).
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