Research Grants/Awards

2022 Awarded an ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) “Comparative genomics to improve conservation planning in Australian deserts” ($432,469)

2020 Awarded an Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) National Taxonomy Research Grant ($190,000)

2017 Awarded a travel grant to deliver a travelogue Plenary talk at the Joint Meeting of Ichths & Herps (JMIH) in Austin USA ($1500)

2011 Nominated by 2 reviewers for PhD thesis ANU Crawford Prize.

2010 Nominated for ACT Young Australian of the Year for contribution to public outreach in science.

2009 Society for the Study of Evolution travel grant. ($700)

2009 Australian Society of Herpetologists research grant. ($750)

2009 Wentworth Group Science Program Scholarship, The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists.

2008 International Alliance of Research Universities travel grant, ANU. ($3000)

2008 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for cross-institutional travel to UC Berkeley, ANU. ($5000)

2007 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Field Research, ANU. ($2500)

2007 Species’ Modelling Workshop travel grant, Environmental Futures Network, Queensland. ($500)

2007 Australian Museum research fellowship. ($910)

2007 ACT Herpetological Society research grant. ($500)

2007 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Conference Travel, ANU. ($1400)

2007 Early Career Researcher grant, Environmental Futures Network. ($1500)

2007 Postgraduate Research Award & Stipend, ANU.

2006 Murray Littlejohn Prize (Best talk by an Honours Student), Australian Society of Herpetologists.

2005 Australian National University Summer Research Scholarship.