Technical Skills Scholarship: Applications now open

Applications are now open for a new round of technical skills training scholarships available to our cohort of AINSE postgraduate scholars.

Students who hold a current AINSE postgraduate award (PGRA or RSS) can now apply for a top-up scholarship to receive additional technical skills training relevant to their research project. Successful applicants will be awarded up to A$1,000 (excluding GST) towards the cost of technical skills training at a registered training provider.

Applications close on 11.59pm AEST 14th July 2023. For more information, please visit our technical skills scholarship website.

AINSE 2023 Award Ceremony and Networking Dinner

On Tuesday 23rd May, AINSE Scholar Gold Medals for excellence and impact in research were formally awarded to Dr. Rhiannon Boseley (Curtin University) and Dr. Gemeng Liang (University of Wollongong). Following the Award Ceremony, a special networking dinner was held to bring together representatives from the Australian nuclear science and technology sector. AINSE member representatives from across Australia and New Zealand met with members of the AINSE and ANSTO Boards, representatives from ARWA, ARPANSA, the ANA, WiN Australia, AusYGN and the French Embassy in Australia, alongside AINSE alumni and ANSTO researchers, at the Sydney Masonic Centre.

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AINSE Early Career Researcher Grant (ECRG): Applications now open

Applications for the AINSE Early Career Researcher Grant (ECRG) are now open to researchers holding a postdoctoral position at an AINSE Member Institution and planning to undertake work in collaboration with ANSTO in the period 1st October 2023 – 31st December 2024.

The AINSE ECRG is a one-time payment of up to A$10,000 (excl. GST) offered to postdoctoral scholars who are in their first five years (full-time equivalent) of employment in a research role at an AINSE member university or organisation – with allowances made for career breaks of a reasonable time frame.

Applications will be received up to 11:59pm AEST 31^st July 2023. For further information, and to apply, please visit our ECRG website.

AINSE Welcomes New Board Member:  Prof. Janice Aldrich-Wright

The first regular AINSE Board Meeting for 2023 was held on Friday 17th March. During this meeting, the AINSE Board welcomed new Board Member Professor Janice Aldrich-Wright, Deputy Dean (Graduate Studies) at Western Sydney University, as a University Representative.

Professor Aldrich-Wright’s appointment from 1 January 2023 comes after Emeritus Professor Bill Boyd completed his term on the AINSE Board, having served as a University Representative from August 2019 to August 2022.

AINSE extends a warm welcome to Professor Aldrich-Wright, and would like to thank all members of the AINSE Board for their ongoing service to AINSE and its member organisations.

In Memory of Mr. E.A. (Bill) Palmer

It is with deep sadness that AINSE informs the scientific community that Mr E.A. (Bill) Palmer, the first Scientific Secretary/Executive Officer of AINSE, recently passed away in September 2022. Bill made an enormous contribution to Nuclear Science and Engineering as the leader of AINSE from 1959 – 1988.

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