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The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) has awarded Forrest Scholar Tyrone O’Doherty the Ken and Julie Michael Prize 2024. The prize recognises the outstanding achievements of graduate students...

Julien Magne is the inaugural recipient of the National Geographic’s Pristine Seas, The University of WA and the Forrest Research Foundation’s joint scholarship. Mr Magne recently completed a master’s degree...

Congratulations to Dr Jessica Kretzmann, Dr Matthew Dodd, Dr Mark Wong and Dr Benjamin McAllister (alumnus) who are recipients of the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award scheme (DECRA). The scheme...

A visual artist amplifying Indigenous children’s voices and a musician who will explore culturally significant sites have been awarded 2025 Creative and Performance Leadership Fellowships by the Forrest Research Foundation....

The Forrest Research Foundation had the pleasure of welcoming the Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia, His Excellency Mr Jaan Reinhold. It was an honour to have the Ambassador visit...

It was a privilege to welcome Professor Paul Harpur OAM to the Foundation this morning. As an Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the University of Queensland’s T. C. Beirne...

Last night, the Foundation welcomed back Forrest Fellow Alumna Dr Julie Ji. Dr Ji presented preliminary findings from the Emotional Mental Imagery in Vaccine Acceptance (EMIVA) study, a WA Child...

This week, we had the honour of Professor Alex Easton, Director of the Institute of Advanced Study at Durham University join us for a ‘fireside’ discussion. In his capacity as...

In the latest episode of Clever Quokkas, host James Arvanitakis, Director of the Forrest Research Foundation, discusses underwater noise pollution with Dr Chong Wei, Forrest Research Foundation alumnus and Research...

This morning, our early-career researchers gathered for an informal breakfast with celebrated clinical neurologist, Professor Kevin Talbot. Over coffee, Professor Talbot, who has spent decades at the forefront of motor...

In this episode of Clever Quokkas, host James Arvanitakis, Director of the Forrest Research Foundation, speaks with Forrest Research Foundation alumna Dr Lucy Furfaro. Dr Furfaro is a microbiologist and...

Creative and Performance Leadership Fellowship alumna Elham Eshraghian-Haakansson is an award-winning Iranian-Australian Bahá’í video artist, director and researcher. Her debut theatrical production ‘a love letter to the Nightingale‘ opens at...