Yearly Archives: 2024

The 7th Malaspina Awards Ceremony took place at the Shine Dome of the Australian Academy of Science in Canberra on Monday 9th December 2024 at 11am. The 2024 Malaspina Awards have been conferred to Prof Alfredo Martínez-Expósito (Individual) Eat Spanish (Institution) The event counted with the participation of Ms Anna-Maria Arabia (Chief Executive of the Australian Academy of […]

7th Malaspina Awards Ceremony

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The Malaspina Awards is an honour bestowed by the Spanish Embassy in Canberra and the Association of Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific (SRAP) to individuals and organisations who have made a significant contribution to the scientific and/or cultural relationship between Spain and Australia. The award will be presented in two categories, an […]

Announcement of the winners of the 7th Malaspina Awards

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SRAP is committed in boosting the career perspectives of Early-Career Spanish researchers in the Australia-Pacific region. To achieve this goal, the SRAP-frA Early-Career Researcher Award aims to recognize extraordinary research trajectories of Early-Career SRAP members. The SRAP-frA Early researcher career grant is organized by SRAP, and it is sponsored by […]

Dr. Isabel Nuñez Lendo: Winner of the 3rd SRAP-frA Early-Career ...

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The astronomical images and videos that our president, A/Prof Ángel R. López-Sánchez (Macquarie University) has produced during the last decade under the dark skies of Siding Spring Observatory has been used for a special ABC News segment in the main Australian National News, today, Wednesday 2nd October 2024. The ABC […]

Ángel López-Sánchez astronomy photos and videos in ABC News

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DEADLINE EXTENDED until October 28th by 11.59pm (AEDT time). The Spanish Embassy in Canberra in collaboration with the Association of Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific (SRAP) are pleased to announce that the nominations for the 7th Malaspina Awards in the categories of Individual and Organisation are now open. The Malaspina Awards […]

Nominations open for the 7th Malaspina Awards

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The association Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific (SRAP) organises annually the “Australia-Spain Research Forum”, a multidisciplinary conference aimed at the wider community, to highlight Australia-Spain research and present broad research and cultural topics which are of special interest to the Australian and Spanish societies. SRAP promotes and supports networking between Australia-Pacific and […]

Announcement of the 10th Australia-Spain Research Forum “Art & PEOPLE! ...

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SRAP members and friends in Melbourne meet every Friday from 5pm since June 2024. The gatherings have taken place mainly at the rooftop of the funky Spanish joint Bombabar (103 Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000), but some Fridays the group have met at other venues. For example, on Friday, August 9th, the […]

Weekly social meetings in Melbourne

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Our member Dr. Noelia Martínez-Rey (ANU) has been awarded with a prestigious ARC DECRA Fellowship. Looking at the universe through the Earth’s atmosphere is, for an astronomer, like viewing an art masterpiece from the bottom of a swimming pool. Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics enable the correction of atmospheric turbulence […]

Dr. Noelia Martínez-Rey receives an ARC DECRA Fellowship

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The “Science @Heart 2024” event, held at the Western Plains Cultural Centre in Dubbo on August 17th for Australia National Science Week, was a resounding success, engaging audiences of all ages in a fun and interactive exploration of science. The event featured a variety of talks and displays with shark teeth. From […]

Success of “Science @Heart 2024”

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Exciting Stargazing Online Event for Science Week in Australia! Join us for a celestial adventure under the stars! The Instituto Cervantes Sydney and the Association of Spanish Researchers in the Australia-Pacific (SRAP) are thrilled to invite you to an unforgettable live stargazing event with A/Prof. Ángel R. López-Sánchez from Macquarie […]

Stargazing Line Online with SRAP and Instituto Cervantes Sydney during ...

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Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific (SRAP) is an independent and non-for-profit community association of volunteers in Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific that aims to disseminate excellent-quality research and facilitate collaboration opportunities to contribute to the cultural enrichment and knowledge advance of our society. SRAP is committed in boosting the career perspectives […]

Announcement of the SRAP-frA Early-Career Researcher Award 2024

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UPDATE: Read about how the event was! We are thrilled to announce Science@Heart, an engaging and enlightening event taking place on August 17th at the Western Plains Cultural Centre in Dubbo. This event is made possible thanks to the successful collaboration between SRAP (Spanish Researchers in Australia Pacific) and the […]

Science@Heart in Dubbo for Australia National Science Week

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SRAP Research Bites Victoria – 5th June 2024 On Wednesday June 5th, SRAP organised a Research Bites event at The Spanish Club – Hogar Español Melbourne (57 Johnston St, Fitzroy, Vic, 3065) in collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes Australia. Entitled “Talks about researching in Australia in Spanish”, Research Bites invited […]

Melbourne Research Bites 2024

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An Incredible Opportunity: A PhD Scholarship at Sydney Law School Inma Cumbrera Conde, originally from San Fernando (Cadiz, Spain), has been awarded the esteemed WA Cooke, Jane Cooke and Alfred Godfrey Scholarship at the University of Sydney Law School, making her the first Spaniard to receive this distinguished honor. This […]

Inma Cumbrera Conde: awarded with the WA Cooke, Jane Cooke ...

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SRAP Member Dr. José-Miguel Bello y Villarino, a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sydney and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automating Decision Making and Society (ADM+S), will lead from 2025 an Australian Reserch Council (ARC) Industry Fellowship together with the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on the […]

SRAP member will lead with the NSW ICAC an ARC ...

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Our SRAP member A/Prof Teresa Ubide (University of Queensland) has participated in a field campaign in La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain) to study the new volcano that erupted in September 2021. The field campaign in La Palma has involved researchers from the Complutense University of Madrid, Rey Juan Carlos University, […]

Research of the new volcano at La Palma by Teresa ...

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