My first ever international conference grant!

Indeed, last year was the start of a good year!

I was privileged to be given a chance to choose one of the projects to transfer from my previous short-term ecotoxicology project. My current project is the Soft Coral project. I am grateful to my senior RA and principal investigator for allowing and supporting me to submit a part of the project for the Asia-Pacific Coral Reef Symposium (APCRS) 2023. Successfully submitting an abstract for poster presentation made me eligible to apply for the regional travel grant.

And yes, I was one of the awarded early career professionals to attend the 5_^th APCRS 2023 in NUS, Singapore in July. The grant is very meaningful to me especially that this conference only happens once every four years and the last one was held in Cebu City, Philippines. This will be my first international conference experience, and I am looking forward to it.