2020 Impacts of multiple sensory pollutants on freshwater communities. Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne; Parris: $30,000.
2018 Winner, Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne
2018 McCoy Project Grant; Listening for Conservation: Building capacity for acoustic monitoring of Victoria’s critically endangered species; Lahoz-Montford, Rowe, West and Parris: $19,100
2016 Australian Academy of Science, Fenner Conference on the Environment: Urban Sustainability and Conservation, 2017/18; Jones, Hahs, Parris and Hall; $20,000
2016 Winner, British Ecological Society Science Slam
2015-2021 National Environmental Science Program, Research Hub for Clean Air and Urban Landscapes: Rayner, Parris, Hobbs, Bekessy et al. ($8,882,910)
2014-2017 ARC Linkage Grant (LP140100343): Swearer, Parris, Mulder, Pettigrove and Coleman, Assessing the ecological costs and benefits of artificial wetlands in urban landscapes ($299,963)
2011-2015 National Environmental Research Program, Research Hub for Environmental Decisions, University of Melbourne Node: Wintle, McCarthy, Vesk, Parris, Burgman and Bode ($3,200,000)
2010-2013 ARC Linkage Grant (LP100200158): Parris, Melville, Austin and Littlejohn, The impact of severe bushfires on the ecology, demography and genetics of frogs in the Victorian Kinglake region ($210,000)
2009-2012 ARC Linkage Grant (LP0990161): Parris, McCarthy, Hamer and Melville, Optimal management of threatened amphibian metapopulations in urbanising landscapes ($340,000)
2006-2008 ARC Linkage Grant (LP0667815): Kearney, Melville, Parris and Littlejohn, Human-induced changes in the genetic structure of amphibian populations ($221,000)
2008 University of Melbourne Knowledge Transfer Project Award: Parris, Conserving frogs in urban habitats: A dynamic partnership with Zoos Victoria and the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne ($10,000)
2008 Faculty of Science Research Development Grant: McCarthy and Parris, Towards viable populations of the endangered growling grass frog (Litoria raniformis) in Melbourne’s urban growth areas ($10,000)
2004 Finalist, National Fresh Science Competition
2003-2005 ARC Discovery Grant (DP0343787), including an ARC Postdoctoral Fellowship: Parris, The impact of noise and vibration from road traffic on the community composition and acoustic communication of birds and frogs ($240,500)
2000 The Herpetologists’ League Award for Graduate Research, US$500