What is Sigma Xi?

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society was founded in 1886 as an honour society for research scientists and engineers. Sigma Xi is an independent, non-profit research society with more than 500 chapters around the world - at colleges, universities, industrial research centres, and government research centres. Membership in Sigma Xi is by invitation and promising young scientists and students with demonstrated research potential are invited to join Sigma Xi firstly as Associate Members. Full membership is conferred upon individuals who have demonstrated noteworthy achievements in research. Sigma Xi is a well respected organisation that boasts 198 Nobel laureates among its members. In addition to awarding hundreds of grants annually to promising young researchers, Sigma Xi publishes the journal American Scientist. For more information follow the link to Sigma Xi.

The Australian Chapter:

The Australian Chapter of Sigma Xi was founded by Dr. Colin Walker in the early 1990's, and has close to one hundred members from around the country. The Australian Chapter has close affiliation with the Royal Society of Western Australia. For more information on the Australian Chapter, please contact me (see Contact details on my Homepage) or the members listed below.

Contact Information:

Dr. Colin Walker
President
Perth, WA, Australia
Email: ghem@bigpond.net.au

Dr. Bill Scott
Secretary
Perth, WA, Australia
Tel: + 61 (0)8 9360 2923
Email: B.Scott@murdoch.edu.au
Research web page: http://espc22.murdoch.edu.au/~scott/

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Email: bkgalton@utas.edu.au