APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR 2026
Lizard Island Research Grants support important coral reef research. They are enabled through funding provided by donors to the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation.
The program has operated since 2012 and 33 grants have been awarded to date within several research themes. These have now merged into a single theme – critical research.
Critical research grants
Critical research grants support important and usually time-sensitive coral reef research projects. This theme has developed in response to severe, repeated impacts on coral reefs around the world, including at Lizard Island.
Critical research grants are offered irregularly depending on the funding available. A grant will only be awarded in any particular round if a proposal is considered sufficiently compelling and feasible. The assessment is made by a panel of Australian Museum scientists that includes members of the LIRRF Science Committee.
Applicants whose expressions of interest are selected for further consideration will be invited to submit a detailed research proposal.
Click here to learn more or submit an expression of interest for a Grant on the Australian Museum website.