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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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

Congratulations to the Kelp Forrest team, who have completed this year’s Rottnest Channel Swim. Anna Faber, Dr Samuel Starko, Marie Windstein, Lianna Gendall, paddler Dr Jacob Martin (alumnus) and skipper Oliver...

In partnership with the Perth Festival, the Forrest Research Foundation hosted acclaimed writer and director Garin Nugroho, Producer Gita Fara and dancer Juliet Burnett from Samsara: A Cine-Concert for an...

The Forrest Research Foundation was delighted to host Artistic Director, Natalie Hennedige as part of the Perth Festival’s renown Festival Lab series. As part of the Festival Lab’s initiative, artists...

Professor Martin Van Kranendonk, Head of School of Earth and Planetary Sciences in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Curtin University visited the Foundation this week. As a world-renowned...

In the latest episode of Clever Quokkas, host James Arvanitakis, Director of the Forrest Research Foundation, talks with Callan Wood, Forrest Scholar about his journey to become an astrophysicist and...

A husband-and-wife team from The University of Western Australia will be centre stage for an epic performance and live exhibition as part of this year’s Perth Festival. Dr David Gozzard,...