NEWS -ASPAB Conference 2010: 15-18 November 2010, Rottnest Island, WA - more info click here   - ASPAB Prize for Publication Excellence: to acknowledge outstanding contributions by our members made to phycology and aquatic botany.... more info click here -2010 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes Entries for Australia’s premier national science awards program close midnight AEST Friday 7 May. For further information on any of the 19 prizes on offer go to http://eureka.australianmuseum.net.au/ Finalists will be announced online Thursday 22 July   -2010 L’Oréal Australia For Women In Science Fellowships. Applications close at midnight on Monday 3 May 2010 and will only be accepted via the online form.The three $20,000 Fellowships are intended to help early-career women scientists to consolidate their careers and rise to leadership positions in science.The Fellowships are awarded to women who have shown scientific excellence in their career to date and who have an appropriate research plan that will be assisted by the one-year Fellowship. The 2009 Fellows were: · Tamara Davis from the University of Queensland/University of Copenhagen.Tamara is searching for supernovae and dark energy. · Marnie Blewitt from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. Marnie is investigating how our genes get turned on and off. · Zenobia Jacobs from the University of Wollongong. Zenobia is dating the emergence of human society using the clock inside every grain of sand. They are looking for women who have completed their PhD in the last five years (allowance is made for maternity leave).The L’Oréal Australia For Women In Science Fellowships are now in their fourth year. They are supported by the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian National Commission for UNESCO. The Fellowships are highly competitive and potential nominees are encouraged to read the brief profiles of past recipients before applying.Full criteria for eligibility, application instructions and profiles of past Fellows are online at http://www.scienceinpublic.com.au/loreal Read about past Fellows at http://www.scienceinpublic.com.au/loreal/fellows.   -The Australasian Hydrographic Society offers an Annual Education Award of AUD $ 2,500. The award is open to students studying or researching in any maritime discipline including, but not limited to: - Hydrography – Nautical Charting – Surveying at Sea - Coastal Studies – Coastal Zone Management - Offshore Resource Surveys and Management - Port Development and Maritime Engineering - Law of the Sea- Marine Cartography - Environmental Studies - Marine Geology and Geophysics Closing Date – Thursday 9th December 2010 Application Forms are available from the Australasian Hydrographic Society Web Site http://www.ahs.asn.au A copy of the 2010 application form is attached to this brief For further information please contact The Australasian Hydrographic Society – Education Board Ph: +612 9909 3437 Fax: +612 9953 8203 Email: fitzynet@bigpond.net.au