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Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science

The Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science are Australia’s most prestigious awards for outstanding achievements in scientific research, research-based innovation, and excellence in science teaching. The prizes recognise achievements across diverse disciplines and career stages.  Recipients share $750 000 in prize money and have the opportunity to showcase important work undertaken in their field.

About the prizes

Prizes for research:

  • Prime Minister’s Prize for Science
  • Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the […]
Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science2024-08-22T19:36:08+11:00

The Royal Society of Victoria celebrates 170 years

Historical photo of the Royal Society of Victoria building

Saturday 15 June 2024 marked 17 decades of the promotion and advancement of science and learning in Victoria by the Royal Society of Victoria. The Society was established by a group of research scholars, educators, policy leaders, innovators and change makers.

From its earliest days the Society has worked […]

The Royal Society of Victoria celebrates 170 years2024-11-12T17:42:54+11:00

Royal Society of NSW and Learned Academies Forum 2023

RSNSW 2023 Forum graphic

The Royal Society of NSW held its 2023 Royal Society of New South Wales and Learned Academies Forum at Government House Sydney on Thursday 2 November 2023. This year’s Forum focused on recent progress in unravelling the workings of the brain and opportunities to use our emerging understanding to promote human wellbeing well beyond the 21st Century.

For more information […]

Royal Society of NSW and Learned Academies Forum 20232023-12-01T16:15:31+11:00

Governor-General welcomes Australia’s Royal Societies to Government House

On the afternoon of Monday 13 November 2023 representatives of all Australia’s Royal Societies met with the Patron of the Royal Societies of Australia, His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC(Rtd), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia and Her Excellency Mrs Linda Hurley at Government House Canberra. The RSA thanks Their Excellencies for the opportunity to provide them with an update on the activities of Australia’s Royal Societies […]

Governor-General welcomes Australia’s Royal Societies to Government House2023-12-01T13:34:37+11:00

Royal Society of NSW and Learned Academies Forum 2022

RESHAPING AUSTRALIA: COMMUNITIES IN ACTION

RSNSW Forum 2022On Thursday 3 November 2022 the Royal Society of NSW, in partnership with Australia’s Learned Academies, will spend the day exploring the dynamic of communities in action. It will canvass some of the latest research on the factors shaping disparities in social, economic and well-being outcomes for Australians and address four key areas – health, education, infrastructure, and […]

Royal Society of NSW and Learned Academies Forum 20222023-12-01T16:44:07+11:00

Announcing the winners of the Bruce Piasecki and Andrea Masters Writing Prize

The Royal Societies of Australia today announces the joint winners of its inaugural Bruce Piasecki and Andrea Masters Award for Writing on Social Change.

This new annual award recognises dynamic non-fiction writers between 18 and 40 years of age in the Australasia/Oceania Region who aim to ignite positive social change through published work on any theme exploring key business and society issues. Themes include, but are not limited to, climate change, […]

Announcing the winners of the Bruce Piasecki and Andrea Masters Writing Prize2022-10-12T11:25:32+11:00

New Stewardship of Country

The Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, Volume 133, Part 1 is now available online

This publication features papers from Stewardship of Country, a symposium in three parts presented by the Royal Societies of Australia and Inspiring Victoria.
The series posed the question: who are we becoming, as Australians faced with an increasingly unpredictable and challenging future? The symposium aimed to elevate a broad […]

New Stewardship of Country2021-08-02T14:56:17+11:00

Royal Society of NSW turns 200

In Winter 1821, the Philosophical Society of Australasia was established in New South Wales. Renamed the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1866, the organisation celebrates 200 years of engagement with science, art, literature and philosophy! Nexus an exhibition celebrating the Societies intellectual life over the past two centuries will open at the State Library of New South Wales later this year… […]

Royal Society of NSW turns 2002021-07-19T12:48:44+11:00

New Chief Scientist at CSIRO

The Royal Societies of Australia congratulate Professor Bronwyn Fox on her appointment as Chief Scientist at CSIRO. Professor Fox is Chair of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (Victorian Division), a Fellow of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). She joins Australia’s national science agency from Swinburne […]

New Chief Scientist at CSIRO2021-06-18T10:46:25+11:00

Royal Societies of Australia President recognised in Queens Birthday Honours

“Curiosity is inherent in all of us,” according to new Member of the Order of Australia, John Hardie AM FRSN FHEA FGS.

Mr Hardie has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for his significant service to science education and to professional societies. He is the current President of the Royal Societies of Australia and a […]
Royal Societies of Australia President recognised in Queens Birthday Honours2021-06-16T16:56:14+11:00
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