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Recently the Academy received two bequests – one was directed to a specific activity where the donor had intimate knowledge and commitment to the Academy’s education programs. The other was directed to the Australian Futures Science Fund which supports the future work at the Academy as prioritised by Council.

The Australian Research Council has announced support for 22 research projects totalling more than $9 million, with the aim of developing research–industry collaborations.

The ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ welcomes the release of Australia 2030: Prosperity Through Innovation plan, prepared by Innovation and Science Australia.

The ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ congratulates its 10 Fellows who are among the 895 Australians recognised in the Australia Day 2018 Honours List.

The ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ congratulates its Fellows Professor Michelle Simmons and Professor Graham Farquhar AO, who have been named the 2018 Australian of the Year and Senior Australian of the Year respectively.

The ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ welcomes newly appointed Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation, Senator Zed Seselja, and congratulates Minister Michaelia Cash on her appointment as Minister for Jobs and Innovation.

A generous donation to the Academy from the University of Queensland will continue to support female early-career researchers working in the Earth sciences.

The ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ welcomes the Australian Government’s commitment to fund a much-needed upgrade to Australia’s national supercomputer in today’s Mid-Year and Economic Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO).

A meeting of representatives of some of the world’s major brain research projects, hosted by the ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ in Canberra, has made a declaration to establish an International Brain Initiative.