May 29, 2023 | Fellowships
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... 
Oct 10, 2022 | Biodiversity, Fellowships, Research
Finally, a long-delayed field trip takes place! Dr Chris Goatley (University of New England) and Dr Simon Brandl (University of Texas Austin) were jointly awarded The John and Laurine Proud Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2020. After two years’ delay forced by... 
Sep 15, 2022 | Fellowships, Grants
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... 
Mar 3, 2022 | Fellowships, Research
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... 
Dec 15, 2021 | Fellowships, Grants
No new fellowships or grants were awarded for 2021 due to severe limitations on travel caused by COVID-19. We’re pleased that this important program has now resumed. Four new postdoctoral fellows and three new postdoctoral fellowships have now been selected to start... 
Sep 29, 2021 | Fellowships, Global change, People
At just 27 years of age, Sterling Tebbett has already seen stark changes in the coral reefs he knows and loves. In early 2015, he made his first trip to Lizard Island as a research assistant and recent graduate. “It was, in hindsight, a strange time to visit with...