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... 
May 6, 2023 | Fellowships
Abigail Shaughnessy was awarded the 2023 Gough Family Doctoral Fellowship. Here she shares some preliminary results from her field research conducted at LIRS, where she has been investigating how molecular plasticity of the visual systems function in coral reef fish.... 
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... 
Jun 19, 2022 | COTS, Grants, Research
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... 
Apr 10, 2022 | Biodiversity, Grants
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,...