About the program
Forrest postdoctoral fellows are more than just intellectually brilliant. They are adventurous, curious, open to ideas from anywhere. They embrace unusual approaches to problem-solving and take risks that others may not. They enjoy breaking with convention – the path less travelled is appealing because new frontiers offer new opportunities for discovery. They are intellectually generous and take time to understand and challenge ideas, collaborating to improve outcomes for the community and the world. Forrest Fellowships are offered to early-stage postdoctoral researchers who have outstanding academic profiles and who have already made significant personal research contributions within and beyond their discipline. Forrest Fellows will have been among the top performing students in their undergraduate and graduate cohorts. They will already have gained high-level research experience through studying and researching in several different institutions, and their innovative doctoral research will be recognised well beyond their current institutional home.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants should be in their final year of PhD or have received their PhD degree within the last 2 years.
- Candidates must be willing to reside at Forrest Hall during the fellowship program.
- Applicants must have received and accepted the offer by a Western Australian university.
- Fellows will have to report their progress to the Forrest Research Foundation Director and the Minderoo Foundation every year.
