Of the day
The Australian Academy of the Humanities announces its travelling fellowships for ECRs and publication subsidies, both for ECRs.
Fellowships go to, * Levi Durbidge, (Uni Sunshine Coast, * Kristie Flannery, Australian Catholic U * Simon Graham, Uni Sydney * Angeline Leece, La Trobe U * Deirdre O’Connell, Uni Sydney * Michele Seah, Uni Newcastle * Yu Tao, UWA Beck Wise, Uni Queensland * Shensi Yi, UniSydney
Publication subsidies are for: * Diti Bhattacharya, Griffith U * Georgia Curran, Uni Sydney * Patricia Di Risio, Monash College * Andreas Dorrer, * Uni Melbourne * Benjamin Hegarty, Uni Melbourne * Kate Judith, Uni Southern Queensland. Both schemes are bigger on prestige than pelf. Fellowships are $4000 and subsidies are $3000.
Lauren Ball will move from Griffith U to Uni Queensland in October where she will become inaugural professor of community health and wellbeing.
Vicki Chen becomes provost of UTS in November. She moves from ED of Uni Queensland’s faculty of engineering, architecture and IT.
Of the week
The Australian Society of Microbiology’s Distinguished Service Awards go to Sarah Foster (Launceston General Hospital), Ulrike Kappler (Uni Queensland), Renato Morona (Uni Adelaide) and Lisa Shepherd (South Australia Pathology)
Tracy Chalk becomes head of marketing and comms at UTS. She moves from Uni Newcastle.
Alan McKee starts as head of Uni Sydney’s School of Art, Communication and English. He moves from UTS.
Renee Fry‑McKibbin (ANU) is one of the three-person panel appointed to review the Reserve Bank.
Jennifer Leigh Campbell (Griffith U) wins the Breaking Barriers Award at the 2022 Queensland Women in STEM prizes. Katrina Wruck (QUT) wins the Judges’ Award.
The short list for South Australia’s Scientist of the Year is, Corey Bradshaw (Flinders U) Maria Makrides (SA Health and Medical Research Institute), Peter Veitch (Uni Adelaide)
Studiosity’s Tracey Bretag Prize for Academic Integrity for 2022 goes to the UPASS team, from QUT and Swinburne U, Caslon Chua, Sam Cunningham, Sarah Dart, Edmund Pickering, Rick Somers, Sheona Thomson