Conferences, awards and grants

Below are a list of (i) conferences our group tends to attend, (ii) associated conference awards, and (iii) grants and bursaries you may consider applying for.

Tip

Conferences generally offer student travel awards for partial travel/registration costs, in addition to student research awards and grants. Check the conference and society website for more information.

Conferences

Domestic

• Australian Marine Sciences Association (annual)
  
• Australian Society for Fish Biology (annual)
  
• Forum for Operational Oceanography (annual)
• Australian Marine Sciences Association QLD Postgraduate Symposium (biannual)
  
• Oceania Chondrichthyan Society (annual)
• Australasian Ornithological Conference (biannual)

International

• Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans (ECCWO5, every four years)
• Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM, every four years)
• World Fisheries Congress (WFC, every four years)
• International Congress for Conservation Biology
• Ecological Society of America (ESA, yearly)
• IMBeR ClimEco Summer School
• International Biologging Symposium
• White Sharks Global
• World Seabird Conference (every five years)

Societies to consider joining

If you join a society, you will often get discounted conference registration, weekly/fortnightly society email bulletins, invitations to society events and other privileges.

• Australian Marine Sciences Association
• Australian Society for Fish Biology
• Oceania Chondrichthyan Society
  
• Ecological Forecasting Initiative (esp. Oceania division)
• The Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (SORTEE)

Small grants and bursaries

UniSC

UniSC offers a range of scholarships and bursaries for merit and equity. The below list is not exhaustive; check the scholarships page for updates each semester:

• Rotary Postgraduate Scholarship, $4500
• Rural and Regional Enterprise Scholarships Program (RRES), $18 000
• UniSC 1996 Society HDR Bursary, $5000
• Zonta Club of Brisbane North Advancement Grant, $1000
• LGBTIQ+ Leadership Bursary, $1500
• UniSC LGBTIQ+ Bursary, $1500
• Zonta Club of Noosa Women in Science Bursary, $1000
• Environmental Legacy Foundation (ELF) Sustainability Honours Bursary, $2500 (honours program only)
• Vice-Chancellor’s Honours Scholarship, $5000 (honours program only)

Academic societies and NGOs

• Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment
  
• Jock Clough Marine Foundation
  
• Australian Wildlife Society’s University Research Grants
• Seaworld Research and Rescue Foundation Small Grants
• SCB Marine: Conservation Research Small Grants
  
• ASFB Student Resarch Grants and Awards
• AMSA Allen Award
• ESA Fundamental Ecology Award
  ESA Jill Landsberg Trust Fund Scholarship
  
• Ecological Consultants Association of NSW grants (note, do not need to reside/study in NSW to be eligible)
  
• The Explorers Club Grants
  
• Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour Student Grants
  
• RSPCA Animal Welfare Student Scholarships
  
• Elite Editing Thesis Write-up Scholarship
  
• UniSC Three Minute Thesis (see details on Student Portal)
• AAS The Margaret Middleton Fund for endangered Australian native vertebrate animals
• Dance your PhD contest
• QCWA Billie Maykin Memorial Bursary, $500
• Zonta International Women in STEM scholarship, 5000 USD

PhD funding

• UniSC Research Training Program Scholarship
  
• UniSC Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Degree by Research Scholarship
  
• National Industry PhD Program
• CSIRO Postgraduate Scholarships
• CSIRO Industry PhD scholarship program
• Australian Graduate Women: Barbara Hale Fellowship
  
• Australian Graduate Women: Georgina Sweet Fellowship