With donor support, and no shortage of wonderful candidates to take up fellowship positions, we're expanding our Healthy Country Fellowship program to host an increasing number of postgraduates.
Fellowships are focused on resolving practical, on-ground issues that are either species specific, reserve specific or that tackle a broader issue common to all areas of our work.
Fellows on the academic journey together will develop their own knowledge and experience and ultimately generate new insights in their specialist areas that can benefit conservation work across Australia.
Our Fellows are brought together virtually every three months to share their projects at each stage of development – establishment, field trips, data analysis and writing up.
Chapter by chapter, the students learn from each other and from other ecologists – regardless of geographic location.
There's great potential for exchanges including visiting each other’s field sites and for an annual face-to-face get together with students, supervisors and our broader science team, featuring workshops, presentations, lectures and sharing of individual experiences in a casual, collegiate atmosphere.
Early-career scientists gain:
- conservation science skills under the supervision of professional scientists;
- experience developing, undertaking, analysing and reporting on a research project;
- skills in landscape monitoring, data collection and analysis, report writing and presentation;
- experience working with Traditional Custodians and the non-profit sector;
- access to professional networks; and
- increased opportunities for employment.
