Competitive awards/ Funding

2026-2030 Natural Environment Research Council Pushing the Frontiers (£950,000)

2026-2027 University College London Global Engagement Award (£5,000)

2024                Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (AUD$ 478,545) (awarded; declined in order to take up permanent position at University College London)

2023 – 2026    Australian Research Council Discovery Project (AUD$ 411,554)

2021                Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies ResComm funding (AUD$ 1,000)

2017 – 2020    Australian Antarctic Division for ENRICH voyage (AUD$ 60,000)

2017                Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies award for Best PhD Thesis

2016 - 2017    SCAR Fellowship to Laboratoire d’Océanographie Microbienne CNRS/UPMC, France (USD$ 10,500)

2016                Third place at the IMAS/SET 3-minute thesis competition (AUD$ 200)

2016                Best presentation at the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists Conference (USD$ 300)

2015                UTAS Graduate Research Conference Travel Award (AUD$ 2,500)

2015               University of Tasmania Central Science Laboratory Peter W. Smith Postgraduate Award (AUD$ 500)

2014 - 2016    Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (AUD$ 21,500)

2014 - 2016    Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre Top-Up Fellowship (AUD$ 15,000)

2014              Best presentation at the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre Symposium (AUD$ 1,000)

2013 - 2017    University of Tasmania PhD Scholarship; living stipend (AUD$ 78,000) and tuition fee scholarship (AUD$ 106,000)

2012 - 2013    American Association of University Women (USD$ 20,000)

2012 - 2013    Philanthropic Educational Organization Sisterhood International Peace Award (USD$ 7,000)