OCS Research Awards
Each year, OCS proudly awards a student research grant to support and foster innovative research within the student community. This grant is designed to provide students with the resources and opportunities needed to advance their academic pursuits, enhance their research skills, and contribute to their chosen field.
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OCS Student Research Grant
2025/26 round
We are pleased to announce that the OCS Student Research Grant - 2025/26 round is now open!
This year, Passions of Paradise and OCS are pairing up to provide $3,000 AUD towards a student research project in the Oceania region.
You can download detailed information and instructions below:
Eligibility criteria and conditions apply.
Proposals of no more than four pages are invited from eligible students.
If eligible, please email your proposals to the OCS Secretary at: executive4ocs@gmail.com
APPLICATIONS CLOSE 5:00PM AEST on FRIDAY 22nd of AUGUST 2025.
Note that applications received after 5:00PM AEST on 22nd August 2025 or that do not contain all the required information will not be considered.
Past Research Awards Receipients
2022
Rebecca Bateman
2021
Bailee Woolley
Life-history and reproductive behaviour of the Vulnerable Melbourne Skate to inform fisheries management and conservation
2020
Madie Cooper
Genome skimming of the critically endangered largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis) using portable nanopore sequencing technology
2018
Shiori Kanno
Habitat use, movement patterns and trophic ecology of elasmobranchs within mangroves
2017
Ian Bouyocous
Reef shark performance in the 21st century
2016
Lauren Meyer
Trophic ecology of white sharks towards identifying key foraging habitats using novel biochemistry techniques
2015
Lauren Davey
2014
Jonathan Smart
Age, growth and demography of grey reef sharks and silvertip sharks in Papua New Guinea
2013
Chris Mull
Evolutionary transitions among modes of maternal investment in elasmobranchs
2012
Kathryn Buckley
Public aquariums and the conservation of the Freshwater Sawfish, Pristis microdon; impacts and benefits of keeping a threatened species
2011
Cassie Rigby
Life history of deepwater sharks in the Great Barrier Reef: non-lethal ageing
2010
Fernanda de Faria
Recreational fishing of sharks in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park: Species composition and catch and release stress
2009
Kathryn Lee
Tracking the movements of Wobbegong Sharks
