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People and the PlanetThe combination of changes in population and current levels of consumption is likely to have far reaching and long-lasting consequences for the finite planet and will impact on future generations as well as our own. These impacts raise serious concerns and challenges us to consider the relationship between people and the planet. Read the latest Report published by the Royal Society ...Announcing Institution
Leopoldina to host conventions of the multinational associations of science academies, IAP and IACFrom 26 to 28 March, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Halle (Saale) will host meetings of the two associations of national science academies, the InterAcademy Council (IAC) and the InterAcademy Panel (IAP). The executive committees of the two organisations, which include representatives of the science academies of the UK, Australia, France, China, Chile and the US, will meet in the Leopoldina’s new main building to discuss current and future projects. The Leopoldina is a member of both associations.Announcing Institution
OWSD Fellowships 2012The OWSD fellowship is awarded to women scientists from Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to pursue a PhD at a centre of excellence in the South in a field of the natural sciences.Announcing Institution
IAMP tackles a void in medical education: leadershipThe inaugural InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP) Young Physician Leaders (YPL) programme held during the third World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany, attempted to address the deficit in leadership in medical education.Announcing Institution
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Regional Capacity Building Workshop 2012A regional workshop for science academies in Central and Eastern Europe will be hosted by the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in Minsk, 11 - 12 June 2012Announcing Institution
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If you want to win the game, you must join inAn IAP Young Scientist gives a personal view on why governments ignore scientific advice, in an article in Nature.Announcing Institution
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Establishing national young academiesIAP supports the recent trend to create national young academies (NYAs) and the Global Young Academy (GYA), which are dedicated to advancing issues critical to young scientists.Announcing Institution
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Affiliated networksIAP has helped to create affiliated networks of science academies at the regional level. Announcing Institution
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Mathematics Initiative AgreementThe Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the seismic company PGS have entered into a million kroner agreement to support mathematics initiatives in Norway and Africa.Announcing Institution
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IANAS-OWSD Research Prize - call for nominationsIANAS announces new IANAS-OWSD Prize for female graduate students in the sciences, mathematics or engineering. Deadline for IANAS Member Academies to submit nominations is 31 January 2012. Announcing Institution
In Person: At Summer DavosWritten by Madhur Anand, Associate Professor - Global Ecological Change (GEC) Laboratory, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, for www.sciencemag.org.Announcing Institution
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4th IAP Young Scientists Conference, 2011Follow the link to reports, video interviews and the photo gallery to learn more about the outcomes of this year's events, and the impact on the participating IAP Young Scientists ...Announcing Institution
Science as a Public EnterpriseCall for evidence for a project coordinated by The Royal Society on "Science as a Public Enterprise" via an online questionnaire ... The deadline has been extended until 15 October 2011 for IAP Member Academies to participate ...Announcing Institution
GYA - call for new membersThe Global Young Academy (GYA) has opened its 2011 call for new members ...Announcing Institution
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Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize 2011TWAS and Illycaffè s.p.a. award the Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize to honour outstanding scientific achievements made by individual scientists from the developing countries ...Announcing Institution
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Report on Fukushima 2011 by the Science Council of Japan (SCJ)On 11 March, the north-east of Japan was hit by a massive eathquake and the subsequent major tsunami and accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant resulted in a discharge of radioactive materials. SCJ releases an overview addressed to the science academies of the world ... Announcing Institution
The Young Academy MovementBruce Alberts, Editor-in-Chief of Science, illustrates in the Editorial (vol 332, 15 April 2011) the “Global Young Academy” initiatives which are helping to forge new organizations of young scientists in many more nations, based on the original model of “Die Junge Akademie” in Germany.Announcing Institution
Abel Prize 2011The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters awards the Abel Prize for 2011 to John Milnor for pioneering discoveries in topology, geometry and algebra ...Announcing Institution
ASSAf President heads NASACASSAf President will now lead NASAC - the Network of African Science Academies.Announcing Institution
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EASAC and Synthetic BiologyThe advent of synthetic biology, with its aim of creating living systems out of non-living materials, is as exciting as any biological advance of recent decades, and has much to offer, socially as well as scientifically...Announcing Institution
Research IntegrityIAP's recent initiative - striving to develop, publicise and uphold standards for dealing with misconduct in science...Announcing Institution