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The Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS) is a world-leading marine science institute and the principal marine research facility in NSW.

27/10/2026

Heading out into the field! 🌊⛴️🪸🤿

Guess where our team is heading today👇

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21/10/2026

What’s going on in the SIMS Aquarium? 🌊

Tahlia Robinson and her team from Macquarie University’s Benthic Ecology Lab are testing whether the seaweed Ulva australis can create “cool spots” for rocky shore snails.

Swipe to see how the experiment works ➡️

19/10/2026

🪸 Calling all Honours, Masters and PhD students! 🪸

The Sydney Coral Project and SIMS are offering student research grants to support research that improves understanding, monitoring and management of coral ecosystems in NSW.

💰 Honours grant: $2,000
💰 Research Masters/PhD grant: $4,000

📅 Applications open: 1 November 2026
📅 Applications close: 11:59 pm AEDT, Sunday 28 February 2027

Projects must involve active collaboration between your Australian university and at least one other NSW university.

Check the full eligibility requirements and funding guidelines before applying.

👉 Grant guidelines, application form and Sydney Coral Project updates are linked in our bio.

ResearchGrants Honours PhD CoralConservation

16/10/2026

Last night the SIMS team had a wonderful night at the Australian Museum Gala 🌊

It was the perfect setting to launch the Sydney Waterways Project, our new partnership with the Australian Museum and the GAMAY RANGERS 🐋 .

Together, we’ll be learning so much more about what’s in our waterways and turning that discovery into action.

Thank you to the Australian Museum for having us, and to everyone in the room for the incredible support. We can’t wait to share what comes next. 💙

OceanConservation

07/10/2026

Despite how close dolphins, fur seals, and whales are to millions of Sydneysiders, we still don’t fully understand how these marine mammals move through and use it!

That’s where Wild Sydney Harbour comes in — the first ever dedicated study of the Harbour’s marine mammals, run in partnership with the Gamay Rangers.

You can be part of it too! Citizen scientists can report sightings via Instagram Wild Sydney Harbour Project or the Wild Sydney Harbour website.🐬🐳🌊

Every donation to this project helps fund this research and protect Sydney Harbour’s marine life for future generations. Link in bio to support 🔗

📷 Images (1,2,4,5): Dr Vanessa Pirotta🐋🐳🐬

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02/10/2026

Seahorse hotels, a harbour cruise and a room full of climate finance delegates!
Mitch Brennan, project lead of the Sydney Seahorse Project, shared the research on Sydney Harbour’s seahorses with delegates heading to the UNFCCC, on a cruise hosted by Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Habitat restoration and the breeding program, working together 🌱

📸 credits :
White’s Seahorse: Mike Jones
SSP team: ALIAH | Marine Biologist & Photographer

18/09/2026

🌊 SIMS is joining the Mosman Seaside Scavenge! Sunday 22nd September, 10am–2pm at Balmoral Beach.

Come clean the beach and turn your trash into treasure; every 10 pieces of litter collected and sorted earns you 1 Trash-Token, redeemable at the pre-loved market.

See you there🐟

Find out more SEASIDE SCAVENGE

17/09/2026

Behind every marine science project is a network of people🌊

At Where Marine Science Grows, five researchers shared how collaboration shaped their work!

Swipe for 5 takeaways on what makes a partnership actually work👉

Thank you to UNSW Science, the Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, and Sydney Airport for making the night possible, and to our five brilliant researchers for sharing their work.

📖 Read the full recap - link in bio

11/08/2026

A busy day at Chowder Bay yesterday - a flurry of activity from a school of Salmon saw a resident Seal get in on the action!

07/08/2026

SIMS flagship projects come to life at the Australian Museum🌊

SIMS is celebrating scienceweek in partnership with the Australian Museum

We’re excited to share with participants at the Sydney Science Trail and The Science Social a few of our flagship projects.

Join us to:
• Find out ‘what’s for dinner’ for an Endangered White’s Seahorse
• Take a selfie with Neil the Seal’s mates!
• Uncover how SIMS scientists make the average artificial seawall a thriving home for marine life

🔗Find out more about our research and how to register for these events via the Link in the Bio!

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Building 19/Chowder Bay Road
Mosman, NSW
2088

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Website

http://www.sims.org.au/

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