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Campus Plus, Science & Technology Australia, and Cruxes Innovation are delighted to have been chosen to deliver the new National Industry PhD program for the Department of Education. The program will powerfully connect industry with PhD scholars and the research sector. It will create transformative opportunities for industry professionals to do a career-enhancing PhD, and for PhD scholars to do industry-focused research and training as part of their PhD.
Meet the stellar global scientist whose perseverance gave the world mRNA technology, saving countless lives in the COVID-19 pandemic. Science & Technology Australia is delighted to announce Adjunct Professor Katalin Karikó will headline Science Meets Parliament 2023.
Australia should seize the moment to become a global battery manufacturer to power the next wave of renewable energy development, the Parliamentary Friends of Science heard last night.
A visionary “connector of commercialisation” and research rockstar Professor Sharath Sriram is Science & Technology Australia’s new President-elect.
Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic MP gave the following speech on Friday 18 November 2022 to announce the 2023 Superstars of STEM.
Australia’s new Superstars of STEM – 60 diverse brilliant scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians – will be officially announced today by the Minister for Science.
New measures to support Australia’s strategic science capabilities in the Federal Budget are a smart investment to transform our economy
The NHMRC move to greater gender equity in its leadership grants program is powerful global leadership to shift the dial on gender equity.
Now open for applications: The STA STEM Ambassadors program pairs science and technology experts with their local Federal MP or Senator.
The pipeline of women in STEM degrees has grown strongly, however women remain vastly under-represented at the top levels of Australia’s STEM workforce
STA CEO Misha Schubert spoke with David Koch on The Startup Daily about the Government’s diversity in STEM review.
Australia’s leading voice for scientists and technologists welcomes the Australian Government’s announcement of a review to drive stronger gains on diversity in the sector and its workforce.
Turning Australian into a Global STEM Superpower doesn’t have to cost us the world. Here are five fixes for the Jobs Summit that will put the country on the right path.
Training the first generation of bench-to-boardroom scientists would create a seismic shift and levelling up of the economy.
Science & Technology Australia welcomes the appointment of STA President Professor Mark Hutchinson to a panel of three eminent Australians reviewing the Australian Research Council’s role and function.
Australia can choose to supercharge our science and technology strengths and generate a $52 billion windfall for our economy – or consign ourselves to a future with our fate in the hands of others.
Australia’s climate change legislation should be passed with added commitment to ‘name and fame’ sectors leading the charge, STA has urged.
Shadow Science Minister Paul Fletcher MP’s speech at the launch of National Science Week at Parliament House on Thursday 4 August.
