Mar 19, 2026 | Fellowships, Reef condition
Dr Wyatt Million was awarded the 2025 Maple-Brown Family Foundation Fellowship. A good understanding of coral tolerance to ocean deoxygenation is required to predict how ocean deoxygenation will change the species composition, coral cover, growth, and success of... 
Mar 18, 2026 | Fellowships, Reef condition
Dr Mike McWilliam was awarded the 2024 Maple-Brown Family Foundation Fellowship, funding postdoctoral research conducted at Lizard Island Research Station in October – November 2024. The primary aims of Mike’s project were to explore the relationship between coral... 
Sep 16, 2025 | Fellowships
APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR 2026 The Lizard Island Postdoctoral Fellowships program has operated since 2008 and 56 awards have been made to date. It is funded by the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation and its donors. Three fellowships are offered for 2026: The Isobel... 
Sep 16, 2025 | Fellowships
APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR 2026 The Lizard Island Doctoral Fellowships program supports field-intensive research at Lizard Island Research Station (LIRS) by outstanding PhD students worldwide. Since its inception in 1984, 83 PhD students have been supported. The program is... 
Mar 20, 2025 | Fellowships
With thanks to the generosity of our donors, six new fellows have been announced for work to commence for field work in 2025 – two PhD students and four recent post-docs. The scope of projects supported by Fellowships is intentionally broad to enable applicants to... 
Dec 17, 2024 | Fellowships
The evaluation report, covering the period 2006-2020, highlights how the Program contributes to building and maintaining a field research capacity within the marine research community both nationally and internationally. It provides a clear endorsement of the Program...