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The National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) Year 12 Program is one of Australia’s most well-known Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs for students aged between 16 and 18 years. It offers an exciting range of digital STEM experiences, including health and medical sciences, to help students select their future training, study, and career options. Both Australian students living overseas or international students are eligible. They must be betwee

Deadline for application: 1st September 2021 The Tsuha Global Fellows Program at The University of Western Australia (UWA), Perth, seeks to support the next generation of leaders from low- and middle-income countries. The Program will provide successful applicants with targeted educational, mentorship and networking opportunities to implement projects in their home country related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Eligibility: To be eligible for the Program

The risk factors for heart disease begin to develop in childhood and are associated with adverse outcomes in adulthood. Risk factors such as childhood obesity and elevated blood pressure have become extremely common. 57% of today’s children are expected to be obese by the time they are 35 years of age and there has been a 75% increase in prevalence of high blood pressure in youth between 2000 to 2015. Thus, identifying factors that contribute to cardiovascular health (CVH) in

Virtual free event - 24 August 5 pm - 6.30 pm AEST Horizon Europe is the European Union’s key funding programme for research and innovation with a budget of €95.5 billion for the period of 2021-2027. The Horizon Europe Launch in Australia & New Zealand is a high-profile formal event organised by EURAXESS Australia & New Zealand in collaboration with the Delegation of the European Union to Australia, the Delegation of the European Union to New Zealand and SF28 – EU-Aus

Launch of a French-Australian research group to prevent adolescent obesity A research node on health and wellness in children and adolescents in the Pacific region was inaugurated on Friday, March 12, 2021. This node will be hosted at the Charles Perkins Centre (Sydney) and will be co-directed by Corinne Caillaud, professor at the University of Sydney, and Olivier Galy, senior lecturer at the University of New Caledonia. It will gather a multidisciplinary team of 45 rese

Cell heterogeneity in tumours: a barrier to cancer treatment Tumours are cell clusters that proliferate anarchically due to multiple alterations, especially at the genetic level. Recent progress in deciphering these alterations has led to the development of new targeted compounds to treat advanced cancers, which have permitted the development of some individualised cancer therapies. Unfortunately, the performance of these targeted therapies has not reached initial expec

Deadline for abstract submission: 15 October Workshop: 15-19 November, Ajaccio More frequent occurrence of large wildfire events is a major public safety concern, as is their possible increase with climate change. Advances across a broad range of scientific disciplines can help predict the outcomes, guide decision support, and therefore help to mitigate losses from large wildfires. In particular, we note the availability of large computing facilities and new observatio