Science & Technology Australia
Science & Technology Australia is an organisation representing the interests of about 68,000 Australian scientists and technologists, and promoting their views on a wide range of policy issues to the Australian Government, Australian industry, and the Australian community.
The organisation has three formal objectives:
- to encourage scientific dialogue between industry, government, and the science and technology communities,
- to promote public understanding of science,
- to foster close relations between member societies.
The organisation was formerly known as the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS) until June 2011. The Federation was formed in late 1985, as a reaction to the 1984 Australian Federal Budget, which made substantial cuts to funding for science; its formation followed the statements of the then Minister for Science, (Barry Jones), that the Australian S&T community did not provide him with sufficient support in his dealings with cabinet.
The organisation is best known for Science meets Parliament and Science meets Business, which are events STA holds each year.
S&T Australia member societies
The members are the societies which represent the professional interests of scientists and technologists in Australia.[1]
Aquatic Sciences
Biological Sciences
- Australian Entomological Society
- Australian Mammal Society
- Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Australian Society for Biophysics
- Australian Society for Microbiology
- Australian Society for Parasitology
- Genetics Society of Australasia
- Society for Reproductive Biology
Chemical Sciences
Geographical and Geological Sciences
- Australasian Quaternary Association
- Institute of Australian Geographers
- Australian Geoscience Council
Mathematical Sciences
- Australian Mathematical Society
- Australian Society for Operations Research
- Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
- Statistical Society of Australia
- Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute
Medical and Cognitive Sciences
- Australasian Society of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacologists & Toxicologists
- Australian Neuroscience Society
- Australian Physiological Society
- Australian Psychological Society
- High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia
- Nutrition Society of Australia
- Psychology Foundation of Australia
Physical Sciences
- Astronomical Society of Australia
- Australasian Radiation Protection Society
- Australian Institute of Physics
- Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
- Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society
- Australian Nuclear Association
- Australian Optical Society
- Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand
Plant and Ecological Sciences
Technological Sciences
- Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet)
- Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
- Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand
Affiliate Members
- Australian Council of Environmental Deans and Directors
- Australian Council of Deans of Information and Communication Technology
- Australian Council of Deans of Science
- Bioplatforms Australia
- Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQuS), An Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence
- Centre for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP)
- Computer Research and Education
- Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations
- CSIRO Staff Association
- International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)
- Medicines Australia
- National Computational Infrastructure Australia (NCI)
- National Youth Science Forum
- National Tertiary Education Union
- Professionals Australia
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- Research Data Services
References
- ↑ member societies, scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au