[ASA] Fwd: Call to nominate and apply for the 2027 Academy awards

[Sarah Brough]

Dear ASA Members,

Please note the Australian Academy of Science's honorific and funding awards are now open with details and links in the email forwarded below. Honorific award nominations close on 1 May 2026. Conference, research award and travelling fellowship applications close on 1 June 2026. 

Regards,
Sarah
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Professor Sarah Brough
Head of School | School of Physics
Chair | National Committee for Astronomy
Australian Observer | European Southern Observatory Council
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From: National Committee <nc at science.org.au>
Subject: Call to nominate and apply for the 2027 Academy awards
Date: 23 February 2026 at 12:41:29 PM AEDT
To: National Committee for Astronomy <nca at science.org.au>

Dear NC Astronomy

Each year, the Australian Academy of Science confers its honorific awards to shine a light on researchers who have made outstanding contributions to science.
We need your help to find the 2027 recipients of our honorific awards. Through you nominating or encouraging scientists to nominate, we are able to recognise remarkable achievements in research fields including ICT, Earth sciences, biology, physics, mathematics, chemistry, experimental biomedicine, genetics and more.
We are seeking nominations of outstanding scientists from all career stages, backgrounds and genders. We strongly encourage more nominations of women for all awards, in particular our career and mid-career honorific awards.
Honorific award nominations close on 1 May 2026. Conference, research award and travelling fellowship applications close on 1 June 2026. 
For further information on the 2027 award round please download the awards flyer<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Us9ACVARKgCkRP8w9CGfwIEe85Y?domain=science.org.au> and visit the Academy’s website<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/guhwCWLVXkUXWy89GCxh6IonEFt?domain=science.org.au>.

Nomination schemes and awards that may be of particular interest to you are highlighted below:

Early-career honorific awards<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/AoP0CXLW2mUDzMZ50CDiKIWck9s?domain=science.org.au>
Christopher Heyde Medal<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/j365CYW8Nocp46X1OUVs9IxtKv8?domain=science.org.au> (pure mathematics, applied, computational and financial mathematics)
Moran Medal<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/VXQ1CZY1Nqi8poY42IxtrIBzl-o?domain=science.org.au> (statistical science)
Pawsey Medal<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/q2p8C1WLPxcB9EXz5c1urIVm6zV?domain=science.org.au> (physics)

Mid-career honorific awards<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/RQJMC2xMQziZ9EQlOUXCoI57iDE?domain=science.org.au>
Nancy Millis Medal for Women in Science<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/2_v8C3QNPBi9ERvA0tEFzIQBfpu?domain=science.org.au> (any branch of the physical and biological sciences)

Career honorific awards<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/DQTFC4QOPEi9v7x03t3HNI4Vi1h?domain=science.org.au>
Jaeger Medal<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/DYqMC5QPXJipDW1j4U9IYIkxdLX?domain=science.org.au> (Earth Sciences)
Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/GYF0C6XQ4Lf0BGJO8UvSyI51aOK?domain=science.org.au> (mathematics or physics)

Premier honorific awards<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/ho-OC71R2NTVJWYpouPT7IoI5jT?domain=science.org.au>
Ruby Payne-Scott Medal<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/wjkLC81V0PTPKwgvLFyUBIyrUIi?domain=science.org.au> (any branch of the physical and biological sciences)
Matthew Flinders Medal<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/7n-OC91WPRTNpYj39hxc7IqAv4y?domain=science.org.au> (physical sciences)

Funding awards
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Award<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/ZN54C0YKPvigLrzoZfNflI9osr2?domain=science.org.au>
The Moran Award for history of science research<https:>

David Vaux Research Integrity Fellowship Award<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/XZmtCgZ0N1iw7YJ0pCAh9I4Ufka?domain=science.org.au>
Selby Travelling Fellowship <https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/cHiGCjZ1N7iGvy05PCEimImXCUl?domain=science.org.au>

*new* <https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/aFa-Ck81N9tXpqvW1ClslIGfMxu?domain=science.org.au> Workshop series<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/aFa-Ck81N9tXpqvW1ClslIGfMxu?domain=science.org.au>

If you have any questions about the award nomination and application process, please contact the Academy’s awards team at awards at science.org.au<mailto:awards at science.org.au>.

Thank you for your assistance in identifying outstanding candidates for nomination for the Academy’s awards.

Yours sincerely,


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