The Forrest Research Foundation

Research for a better world

About the Foundation

The Mission of the Forrest Research Foundation is to create a world-leading collaborative centre of research and scholarship in Western Australia.  

The Foundation supports over 60 PhD scholars and postdoctoral fellows and their families, who bring their talents and creativity from all parts of the world to Western Australia to conduct ground-breaking research. 

Our researchers pursue everything from ‘blue sky research’ to projects focused on commercialisation and policy.

We have no defining theme but draw researchers from across disciplines. Our essential selection criteria are excellence, engagement and curiosity.

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Foundation opportunities

Scholarships
Forrest PhD Scholarships – for the brightest minds, the best research, the biggest impact. We attract ambitious, enthusiastic, and curious minds from around the world to conduct bold and exciting doctoral research at any of Western Australia’s five universities.
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Fellowships
Forrest Postdoctoral Fellows are more than just intellectually brilliant. They are adventurous, curious, and open to new ideas. We embrace unusual and innovative approaches to problem-solving and take risks that others may not. We encourage our fellows to break from convention, pursue new frontiers, be intellectually generous, and collaborate to improve outcomes for the community and the world.
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Creative Fellowships
The Forrest Research Foundation Early-career Creative and Performance Leadership Fellowships are designed to offer a new route through which to nurture the creative talents and research leadership skills of those working in the creative and performing arts sector. Embedded within the broader Foundation community, our Creative Fellows work to cross the arts/science divide through collaboration, engagement and innovative approaches to their practice.
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News

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3 Apr 2025
Forrest Scholarships bring global talent to Perth
Six bright young academics from New Zealand, Brazil, Ethiopia and Australia will pursue research across three of the State’s five universities after being awarded prestigious Forrest Scholarships. Brazilian-born Jaqueline Lopes...
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31 Mar 2025
Forrest Creative Fellow Dr Madison Godfrey receives 2025 Red Room Poetry Fellowship
We are proud to announce Forrest Creative Fellow Dr Madison Godfrey has been awarded a 2025 Red Room Poetry Fellowship. The annual residency program recognises the achievements and artistic goals...
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21 Mar 2025
Perth Dialogue launch: Why should we care about modern slavery and what can we do to stop it?
For tens of millions of people around the world, slavery isn’t a vestige of the past, but a reality. In Australia alone, an estimated 41,000 people were living in modern...
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21 Mar 2025
The art of light with Bruce Ramus
For thirty years, Bruce Ramus has designed and directed grand-scale, theatrical light experiences for some of the biggest names in music, including U2, David Bowie and R.E.M. From his Melbourne...
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14 Mar 2025
WA-first program a new benchmark for intellectual thought across the state
The Forrest Research Foundation (FRF) is excited to launch its pioneering Thinkers in Residence program that creates an intellectual hub connecting global thought leaders across all five Western Australian Universities....
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4 Mar 2025
Neuroscience students exhibit creativity
The Forrest Research Foundation will host a new exhibition this month on creativity in science which will showcase artworks by first-year students studying neuroscience at The University of Western Australia. Presented...
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Partners
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Events

28
Apr
Shaping Tomorrow: Future-proofing WA for the Next Generation
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08
May
Forrest Fellowship info session
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I have always been driven by a child-like curiosity to understand the world around me, complemented by a conviction that it is our duty to apply the knowledge gained for the betterment of humanity. My curiosity is easily piqued, and this has manifested in a large range of research interests; before starting my PhD, I have worked in neuroecology, genetics, bioimaging, and physiology labs. Nevertheless, these research interests have a common over-arching theme: to understand how organisms work.
Dr Grace Goh
Dr Grace Goh