Grant and Awards
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). ($400,000).
2021: PI. Early Career Innovator Fellow Program. Portland Equitable Resilience to Cascading hazards (PERCH).
NSF- Advance Catalyst Grant. ($300,000)
2021: Co-PI. Spaces of Empowerment for Equity and Diversity: Advancement through Access (SEE DATA).
NSF SCC-PG Grant. ($150,000)
2021: Co-PI. Using a Network of Campus Testbeds and Community Engagement to Accelerate the Mutual Creation, Adoption and Transfer of Urban Innovation in Cities.
NSF-CNH2-L-RUI-ROA-Collaborative Proposal, ($1,598,847)
2020: Co-PI. Undoing Legacies of Inequality in Urban Tree-Human Dynamics: From redlining to equitable and resilient urban socio-ecological systems, Co-PI
Mitigating Natural Hazard Risk in Small Communities through Shared Learning and Vision. ($3,100)
2020: Simon Fraser University. Co-PI. Community Engagement Initiative (CEI).
PSU Vision 2025. ($28,647)
2019: PI. City-to-city exchanges on socially inclusive resilience planning and adaptation to extreme events in the Pacific (C2C Pacific Resilience Project).
McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI) Ideas Fund. ($50,000) (Fund #172524)
2018: Co-PI. Resilience Planning in New Master-Planned Cities. Co-PI: Sarah Moser.
Faculty Development Enhancement Grant. ($15,000)
2018: PI Portland State University. Identifying windows of opportunity for transformative adaptation in South East Asia.
Institute for Sustainable Solutions. ($7,000)
2018: Co-PI Portland State University, “Gender in Water Careers Examining the implications of gender disparities in water resource management Profession.
SSHRC Postdoctoral fellowship. ($81,000)
2014: Building Resilient Cities: a proposal for ‘Just Adaptation’ in developing countries.
The Belmont Forum. a €1.126m (2013-2016)
2013: Member of a research consortium led by Professor Mark Pelling, Kings College London, United Kingdom). Theme: Transformation and Resilience on Urban Coasts (TRUC),
CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, International Research Initiative on Adaptation to Climate Change (IRIACC). a $2.5m (2011-2016)
2011: Member of research consortium led by Professor Gordon McBean, Coastal Cities at Risk (CCaR).
International Development Research Center (IDRC), ($20,000)
2011: Doctoral Research Grant.
Awards & Fellowships
Outstanding Researcher Award for the Earth Sciences for 2021
2021: Columbia-Willamette Chapter of Sigma Xi
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Researcher of the Year Award
2021: Portland State University
Excellence in Sustainability Research Award
2020: Institute for Sustainable Solutions, Portland State University.
National Science Foundation-funded Enabling Fellow
2020: the Next Generation of Hazards and Disaster Researchers
Professional Development Award
2020: Institute for Sustainable Solutions, Portland State University.
Distinguish Feminist Award
2019: Portland State University, Women Resource Center.
The Ronald McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program
2018: Mentor Appreciation
Western Graduate Research Scholarship
2009: University of Western Ontario, ($105, 700)
The Rt. Hon. Jeanne Sauvé's Fellowship Award for Emerging Global Leaders
2008: Former Governor General of Canada, School of Environment, McGill University ($30,000)
UNESCO-Youth Fellow Award
2008: University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut ($3000)
Human Rights Fellow Award
2006: University of Utrecht. ($5000)
Recruitment of Excellence Scholarship
2005: University for Peace ($23,000)
UNU Fellowship Award
2005: United Nations University Tokyo, Japan ($10,000)
Nigerian Professional Award for Academic Excellence
2004: NIPRO
Merit Scholarship
2004: Federal Government of Nigeria (N40, 000)