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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...

In partnership with the University of Western Australia’s Modern Slavery Research Cluster, we were delighted to host Professor Dame Sara Thornton DBE QPM for an informal breakfast with our early-career...

An evolutionary biologist fascinated with animal behaviour who hopes to help tackle global problems such as climate change and a psychologist who is working towards advancing our understanding of depression...

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...

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...

Forrest Fellow Dr Jessica Buck has today been named one of Australia’s official Superstars of STEM for her work into childhood brain cancer. Dr Buck’s work aims to find better...

The Forrest Foundation has awarded eight Prospect Fellowships to outstanding early-career researchers to enable them to undertake their innovative work in Western Australia. The Forrest Foundation funded 20 Prospect Fellowships...

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...

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...

Tim Hammer, the very first of the Forrest Scholars to commence his PhD in 2015, was also this week the first to submit his doctoral thesis. Tim came to UWA...

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...

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....