Warham Studentship

For postgraduate studies of Sphenisciform and Procellariiform seabirds


The aim of these studentships is to support postgraduate studies of Sphenisciform and Procellariiform seabirds, by citizens of Commonwealth countries.

These studentships are fully funded by the John and Pat Warham Scholarship Fund, a legacy left to the BOU by the late John and Pat Warham.

Three scholarships have been awarded to date:

2018 | Kirsty Franklin
Round Island petrels
University of East Anglia, UK, Zoology Society of London (ZSL), UK and British Antarctic Survey, UK

2019 | Paige Green
Crested penguin ecology
University of Tasmania, Australia

2020 | Émile Brisson-Curadeau
King Penguin foraging ecology
McGill University,Canada and CNRS (France)

2023 | John Lamaris
Beck’s Petrel recovery
Monash University, Australia

Image Credit
Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea © JJ Harrison | via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 3.0