Fellowships Awarded 2023

Fellowships Awarded 2023

We’re delighted to highlight the award of four new postdoctoral fellows and four new postdoctoral fellowships to start in 2023.  These fellowships are highly sought after and produce excellent research as well as providing an important contribution to research...
Fellowships and grants on offer for 2023

Fellowships and grants on offer for 2023

Thanks to funding provided by our Foundation, applications are now open for up to 9 awards for research at Lizard Island Research Station from April 2023: Lizard Island Doctoral Fellowships For field-intensive coral reef research by PhD students. Applications for up...
The next Crown-of-Thorns Starfish outbreak is coming

The next Crown-of-Thorns Starfish outbreak is coming

Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (COTS) are natural members of coral reef communities and their numbers erupt periodically into outbreaks. Adult starfish – which can reach more than 50 cm diameter – eat the living tissue of corals. When outbreaks occur, COTS consume...
2022 Critical Research Grant awarded

2022 Critical Research Grant awarded

The 2022 Lizard Island Critical Research Grant has been awarded to Prof. Andrew Baird of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University and colleagues from the Museum of Tropical Queensland and University of Hawai’i at Manoa. The project,...
Damselfishes in colour

Damselfishes in colour

To anybody familiar with the coral reef systems of the Great Barrier Reef and their inhabitants, the importance of the damselfish family is well understood. Take a quick look at the reef while snorkelling on Lizard Island and you will see hundreds of this family’s...