Grants and Awards
Below is a list of the funding and prizes I have been lucky enough to win over my career to date:
Grants and funding
2020 National Geographic Explorer Grant* £23,000
2018 University of Otago Research Grant $53,728NZ
2016 Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fast Start Funding $300,000NZ
2016 Department of Anatomy Strategic Research Funding $23,635NZ
2016 Future Leader Award and People's Choice Award 180 Seconds of Science $7,000NZ
2015 Department of Anatomy Strategic Research Funding $10,000NZ
2015 Birds NZ research grant $3,622NZ
2015 University of Otago Research Grant (AI on grant)* $58,633NZ
2015 Allan Wilson Centre legacy funding – kiwi (AI on grant)* $11,000NZ
2015 Allan Wilson Centre legacy funding – tuatara (AI on grant)* $11,000NZ
2014 Allan Wilson Centre internship grant $2,888NZ
2014 Birdlife International Grant $8,000NZ
2014 Victoria University Doctoral Submission Scholarship $6,000NZ
2013 Kathleen Stewart Scholarship $2,100NZ
2012 Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology (CBRE) grant $1,500NZ
2012 Victoria University of Wellington Faculty Strategic Research Grant $3,000NZ
2011 SCB Travel Grant $200NZ
2011 Kaitiaki o Kapiti Trust donation $1,000NZ
2011 Allan Wilson Centre Scholarship $108,900NZ
2010 Chester Zoo Studentship £1,000
2009 North West Development Agency Bursary £1,250
*Primary author of grant application
Awards
2018 Royal Society of New Zealand Callaghan Medal for Science Communication
2016 Young investigator award runner up, Mapnet, Queenstown Research Week, Nelson, New Zealand
2016 Future Leader Award, 180 Seconds of Science video competition
2016 People's Choice Award, 180 Seconds of Science video competition
2013 Best presentation on a conservation topic, Australasian Wildlife Management Society conference
2013 Outstanding student presentation, Biodiversity Genomics meeting, Canberra, Australia
2012 Best presentation, New Zealand Molecular Ecology Conference
2012 Best student presentation, Allan Wilson Centre annual meeting
2011 SCB Student Spotlight award