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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 individual category and one for organisations. The name of […]

Announcement of the winners of the 9th Malaspina Awards

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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 of […]

Announcement of the SRAP-frA Early-Career Researcher Award 2026

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Microscopic Worlds with Major Impacts: Learning from Dr Penelope Ajani’s Algal Art Sydney SRAP members recently had the pleasure of hosting a special meet and greet event with marine biologist and microalgae expert Dr Penelope Ajani, centred around her photographic exhibition of harmful algae and marine plankton observed through microscopy. […]

SRAP visits “Blooming Alagae” exhibition by Dr Penelope Ajani

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The announcement by Anthony Albanese that Australia will begin negotiations to associate with Horizon Europe (24/03/2026) represents a major strategic leap in international research collaboration. Horizon Europe is the largest multinational research and innovation programme in the world, with a budget of about $160 billion. This development also reflects the […]

AUSTRALIA WILL JOIN THE HORIZON RESEARCH FUNDING SCHEME- SRAP ROLE

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On Thursday 19th March, SRAP New Zealand representative, Dr Marta Ribó was invited to the Kristin School to talk about her journey as a Spanish researcher in Aotearoa New Zealand. The event was organised by the Consejería de Educación en Australasia and the Language Circle. The students were very excited […]

Dr Marta Ribó invited talk to Kristin School, Auckland, New ...

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Hosted by SRAP Victorian Representative, Mr Ivan Martinez Botella, the event consisted of talks by four SRAP members. The talks invited the audience to learn about research in different topics like organometallic catalysis, malaria, astrophysics, and plants in space. The event was well attended with over 50 people registered. The […]

Research Bites event to celebrate International Women’s Day in Melbourne

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At the end of February, Spanish professionals from across South-East Queensland gathered in Brisbane for an informal networking event organised by Jose Lopez the Honorary Consulate of Spain in Brisbane in collaboration with SRAP (Spanish Researchers in Australia Pacific) and Eat Spanish . The event took place at the Palace […]

Spanish Professionals Networking event in Queensland

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On Friday, March 6, SRAP Melbourne invites you to celebrate International Women’s Day with another another Research Bites event at The Spanish Club, the Spanish Home of Melbourne (57 Johnston St., Fitzroy), featuring a series of talks on research in Spanish by female researchers working in Australia. An opportunity to […]

Celebrating International Women’s Day with Research Bites Melbourne

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Continuing SRAP’s collaboration with SBS Radio in Spanish, today an interview with our President, A/Prof. Ángel López-Sánchez (Macquarie University), has been published, focusing on explaining NASA Artemis II mission. The Orion spacecraft carries astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II. To learn more about this mission listen […]

Radio SBS in Spanish interviews Ángel López-Sánchez about Artemis II ...

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Continuing SRAP’s collaboration with SBS Radio in Spanish, today an interview with our President, A/Prof. Ángel López-Sánchez (Macquarie University), has been published, focusing on the total lunar eclipse that we will be able to enjoy from New Zealand and Australia next Tuesday, 13 March. The full interview can be accessed […]

Radio SBS in Spanish interviews Ángel López-Sánchez about lunar eclipse

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On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2026 the Spanish Embassy of Spain in Australia and Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific (SRAP) wanted to share the spotlight of some amazing Spanish scientist and SRAP members working in Australia. They created short science postcards about themselves […]

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2026

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Joins us in congratulating SRAP member and The University of Queensland ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Igneous Petrology/Volcanology Teresa Ubide named Distinguished Fellow of the Geological Society of Australia at the Australian Earth Science Convention. What an incredibly honour! The SRAP community is happy to share the news.

Assoc. Prof. Teresa Ubide named Distinguished Fellow of the Geological ...

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On Tuesday, 3 February, the President of SRAP, A/Prof. Ángel López-Sánchez (Macquarie University), the Vice-President of SRAP, A/Prof Marian Vidal-Fernández (University of Sydney), and SRAP Honorary Presidents Prof Luis Salvador-Carulla (University of Canberra) and Prof Sergio León-Saval (University of Sydney) held a working lunch in Sydney with the Ambassador of […]

SRAP meets Luis Fonseca, Department of Foreign Affairs, Spanish Government

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Continuing SRAP’s regular collaboration with SBS Spanish Radio, our Victoria representative Ivan Martinez Botella (CSIRO) has been interviewed to discuss what SRAP is about and what we do. The interview was conducted by Claudio Vasquez. You can find the full article and interview in Spanish on the SBS Spanish website.

SBS interview presenting SRAP in Melbourne

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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 9th Malaspina Awards in the categories of Individual and Organisation are now open.   The Malaspina Awards are an honour bestowed by the Spanish Embassy in Canberra and the Association of […]

Nominations open for the 9th Malaspina Awards Edit

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On 17–18 December 2025, representatives of Spanish scientific associations from around the world gathered in Madrid for the “Somos RAICEX” event, celebrating seven years of the Red de Asociaciones de Investigadores y Científicos Españoles en el Exterior (RAICEX). The meeting took place at the Fundación Ramón Areces and brought together […]

SRAP participates in “Somos RAICEX”

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The Mental Health Policy Unit received the 2025 Outstanding Team Achievement Award for its performance directed by SRAP member Luis Salvador-Carulla . The MHPU was the most productive team in publications during 2024–2025 and in completed research grants in 2025. Major contributions include delivering the MChart Navigation Tool for the Digital Health […]

Prof. Luis Salvador-Carulla and his team received the 2025 Outstanding ...

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Congratulations to our member Dr Miguel Ángel Berrocal Rubio awarded 2025 International Student of the Year in Research by the Victoria government, Australia. Dr Berrocal Rubio is a molecular biologist whose work seeks to uncover how genes and their products control cell differentiation and tissue development, with far-reaching implications for […]

Dr Miguel Angel Berrocal awarded 2025 International Student of the ...

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The Ambassador of Spain in Australia, Her Excellency Ms Esther Monterrubio Villar; Ignacio Boloix Peiro, Science Counsellor; and Paula Llull Llobera, Cultural affairs, Science and Public Diplomacy Officer, visited the SRAP Victorian Representative, Ivan Martinez Botella at CSIRO, Clayton on Thursday, November 20th. During the visit, they talked about the […]

Spanish ambassador visit to Melbourne

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On Friday, November 14th 2025, SRAP organised a Research Bites event to commemorate the 10th year anniversary of SRAP Research Bites in Victoria at The Spanish Club – Hogar Español Melbourne (57 Johnston St, Fitzroy).     Hosted by SRAP Victorian Representative, Ivan Martinez Botella, the event consisted of talks […]

10th year anniversary of SRAP Research Bites in Victoria

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The 8th Malaspina Awards Ceremony took place at the Australian Shine Dome of the Australian Academy of Science in Canberra on Friday 31st October 2025 at 11am. From left to right: A/Prof. Ángel López-Sánchez, Dr TJ Higgins, Mr Bill Bennett, H.E. Ms Esther Monterrubio Villar, Prof Simon Handley and Prof. Sergio León-Saval.   The 2025 […]

8th Malaspina Awards Ceremony

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