Awards and funding

2017 - 2018

Claude Leon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

2016

National Research Foundation (NRF) Grantholder-linked Postdoctoral Fellowship

2014 - 2015

National Research Foundation (NRF) Postdoctoral Innovation Fellowship

2013

National Research Foundation (NRF) Postdoctoral Innovation Fellowship

University Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of Cape Town

2012

South African National Antarctic Programme (SANAP) / National Research Foundation (NRF) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans and Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (POGO-SCOR) Visiting Fellowship for Oceanographic Observations. Host Institute: British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK.

2007 - 2011

SANAP / NRF PhD Bursary

2008 - 2010

Carl and Emily Fuchs Foundation Doctoral Scholarship

Postgraduate Merit Bursary, Stellenbosch University

2010

Awarded best session presentation, Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina

SCAR travel grant, Open Science Conference 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2009

DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology travel prize for the best presentation by a doctoral student

2008

Dudley D’Ewes Scholarship

The Ernst and Ethel Eriksen Trust Scholarship

2006

Worcester College, Oxford: awarded college prize for MSc distinction

2005

International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) biodiversity grant for MSc transboundary conservation study

1998

Rhodes University full academic colours

Ewer prize for Zoology

Zoological Society of Southern Africa (ZSSA) award for the best student

Foundation for Research and Development (FRD) Bursary

William Waddel Trust Bursary

Fred Bousfield Trust Scholarship

Rhodes University Sports Bursary (underwater hockey)

Rhodes University full sports colours (underwater hockey)

1997

University of Cape Town class medal

Placed on Dean’s Merit List, University of Cape Town

University of Cape Town Sports Bursary (underwater hockey)

University of Cape Town sports colours (underwater hockey)