Grants & Awards
Explore Dr. Ajibade’s funded research projects, fellowships, and academic recognitions.
Research Grants
Funded projects exploring climate justice, urban planning, and community resilience.
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
PI. Early Career Innovator Fellow Program. Portland Equitable Resilience to Cascading hazards (PERCH)
2021
($400,000)
NSF- Advance Catalyst Grant
Co-PI. Spaces of Empowerment for Equity and Diversity: Advancement through Access (SEE DATA)
2021
($300,000)
NSF SCC-PG Grant.
Co-PI. Using a Network of Campus Testbeds and Community Engagement to Accelerate the Mutual Creation, Adoption and Transfer of Urban Innovation in Cities
2021
($150,000)
NSF-CNH2-L-RUI-ROA-Collaborative Proposal
Co-PI. Undoing Legacies of Inequality in Urban Tree-Human Dynamics: From redlining to equitable and resilient urban socio-ecological systems, Co-PI
2020
( $ 1,598,847)
Mitigating Natural Hazard Risk in Small Communities through Shared Learning and Vision,
Simon Fraser University. Co-PI. Community Engagement Initiative (CEI)
2020
($3,100)
PSU Vision 2025
I. City-to-city exchanges on socially inclusive resilience planning and adaptation to extreme events in the Pacific (C2C Pacific Resilience Project)
2019
($28,647)
McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI) Ideas Fund
Co-PI. Resilience Planning in New Master-Planned Cities. Co-PI: Sarah Moser
2018
($50,000)
Faculty Development Enhancement Grant
PI Portland State University. Identifying windows of opportunity for transformative adaptation in South East Asia
2018
($15,000)
Institute for Sustainable Solutions
Co-PI Portland State University, “Gender in Water Careers Examining the implications of gender disparities in water resource management Profession
2018
($7,000)
SSHRC Postdoctoral fellowship
Building Resilient Cities: a proposal for ‘Just Adaptation’ in developing countries
2014
($81,000)
The Belmont Forum
Member of a research consortium led by Professor Mark Pelling, Kings College London, United Kingdom). Theme: Transformation and Resilience on Urban Coasts (TRUC), a €1.126m (2013-2016)
2013
(€1.126m)
CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, International Research Initiative on Adaptation to Climate Change (IRIACC)
Member of research consortium led by Professor Gordon McBean, Coastal Cities at Risk (CCaR) a $2.5m (2011-2016)
2011
($2.5m)
International Development Research Center (IDRC)
Doctoral Research Grant
2011
($20,000)
“Dr. Ajibade’s research on climate justice represents a groundbreaking approach to understanding the intersection of climate change, social equity, and urban planning. Her work has significant implications for policy development and community resilience.”
National Science Foundation
Award Committee, 2022
Awards & Fellowships
Recognition for excellence in research, teaching, and academic leadership.
Outstanding Researcher Award for the Earth Sciences for 2021
Columbia-Willamette Chapter of Sigma Xi
2021
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Researcher of the Year Award
Portland State University
2021
Excellence in Sustainability Research Award.
Institute for Sustainable Solutions, Portland State University.
2020
National Science Foundation-funded Enabling Fellow,
the Next Generation of Hazards and Disaster Researchers
2020
Professional Development Award,
Institute for Sustainable Solutions, Portland State University.
2020
Distinguish Feminist Award,
Portland State University, Women Resource Center.
2019
The Ronald McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program,
Mentor Appreciation
2018
Western Graduate Research Scholarship,
University of Western Ontario.
2009
($105, 700)
The Rt. Hon. Jeanne Sauvé's Fellowship Award for Emerging Global Leaders,
Former Governor General of Canada, School of Environment, McGill University
2008
($30,000)
UNESCO-Youth Fellow Award:
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
2008
($3000)
Human Rights Fellow Award,
University of Utrecht.
2006
($5000)
Recruitment of Excellence Scholarship,
University for Peace
2005
($23,000)
UNU Fellowship Award,
United Nations University Tokyo, Japan
2005
($10,000)
Nigerian Professional Award for Academic Excellence,
NIPRO
2004
Merit Scholarship,
Federal Government of Nigeria