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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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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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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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26 Sep 2024
2025 Forrest Scholarships – Applications now open!
The Forrest Research Foundation is now accepting applications for PhD Scholarships commencing in 2025. The Forrest Research Foundation is offering up to six prestigious Scholarships in 2025 to outstanding researchers...
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21 May 2024
Forrest Fellowship Information Session Recording
The recording of the Fellowship information session from 14 May is now available. To apply for a Fellowship when applications open on 22 May, please go to this page: https://forrestresearch.org.au/fellowships/...
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28 Feb 2024
Forrest Creative Fellowships announced
A musician and a writer have been awarded 2024 Forrest Research Foundation Creative and Performance Leadership Fellowships. After working in England and Berlin oboist Dr Niamh Dell will return to...
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18 Dec 2023
Forrest scholarships attract top early career researchers
The Forrest Research Foundation has announced six new prestigious Forrest Scholarships to pursue research in Western Australia at three of the State’s universities. The Foundation’s mission is to bring together...
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16 Aug 2021
New Fellows to drive discovery in Western Australia
A scientist passionate about preventing future pandemics, a researcher looking to ‘future proof’ Australia’s kelp forests and a chemical engineer focused on improving the process of hydrogen liquefaction are all...
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22 Jul 2021
Deep-sea sponges set to inspire future construction designs
A group of international researchers has shown that the unique skeletal structure of a deep-sea sponge can inspire the design of future skyscrapers. In an article published in Nature today, researchers show...
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