Grants and Awards

Across my career I have received approximately USD$1 million in awards, prizes, and research funding (grants) for projects on human cognition, cultural evolution, cultural learning, brain plasticity, individuation of the senses and sensory substitution.

GRANTS ​
  • 2018-2020. Russian Science Foundation [The role of volitional act in intentional agency] with Prof. Danil Razeev and Dr Sergei Levin. (RUB ₽18000000 = approx. GBP£ 212000.00. Project No. 18-18-00222)
  • 2019-2020. Nazarbayev University, Republic of Kazakhstan. ( Tenge ₸545000 approximately GBP £1000)
  • 2016-2019. British Academy. British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship. November 1st, 2016 -October 31st, 2019. (£280,968.75)
  • 2018. Cultural Institute, King's College London with Steph Singer (and in collaboration with http://www.bittersuite.org.uk/) , (£4700.00)
  • 2017-2018. British Academy. Top up Grant. March 30th, 2017. (£3000.00). 
  • 2017. National Research Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow. Teaching Excellence Initiave. February 6th-26th, 2017 (£1500.00)
  • 2012-2015. International Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (iMQRES) - January 2012 – June 2015 AUD $230000.00)
  • 2014. Cognitive Science Postgraduate Funding. Macquarie University (AUD $ 3273.00)
  • 2014. Junior Research Fellowship. Center for Mind, Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Evolution, Ruhr University, Bochum (Germany). (€2000 = approx. AUD $2900.00)
  • 2014. Cognitive Science Postgraduate Funding, from Discovery Award Grant from the Australian Research Council to Nicolas Bullot (AUD$500.00) 
  • 2013. Postgraduate Research Fund. Macquarie University, Sydney. (AUD$5,000.00)
  • 2013. Junior Researchers Grant. Danish Government and Aarhus University. (DKK 22000.00= approx AUD$4300.00)
  • 2013. Cognitive Science Postgraduate Funding. Macquarie University (AUD $1100.00)
  • 2013. Travel Bursary, Wellcome Trust Centre. The University of Cambridge (£500.00)
  • 2013. Travel Bursary. The University of Riga. ($200.00)
  • 2013. Travel Bursary. The British Society for the Philosophy of Science. (£100.00)
  • 2013. Travel Bursary. International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB)  - USD $100.00)
  • 2012. Travel Subsidy. The University of Auckland and AAP (AUD$205.00)
  • 2012. Cognitive Science Postgraduate Funding. Macquarie University (AUD $ 1250.00)
  • 2012. Cognitive Science Postgraduate Funding.  Macquarie University (AUD $800.00)
  • 2011. Research Travel & Support Grant.The University of Edinburgh. (£713.98.00)
  • 2010. Research Travel & Support Grant.The University of Edinburgh. (£272.00)
  • 2010. Research Travel & Support Grant. The University of Edinburgh. (£578.00)
  • 2009. Research Travel & Support Grant.The University of Edinburgh. (£350.00)
  • 2008. Research Grant for Erasmus Students. University of Milan. (€2,500.00)

AWARDS
  • 2019. Certificate of Outstanding Academic Merit. The British Academy (Humanities and Social Sciences). 
  • 2014. Macquarie University Research Excellence Awards 2014. Winner of the Category Excellence in Research in Social Sciences, Business, and Humanities (AUD $2000.00)
  • 2014. Macquarie University Research Excellence Awards 2014. Highly Commended for Excellence in Research in Social Sciences, Business, and Humanities [video interview here]
  • 2014. HDR Research Excellence Award 2014 - Winner for the Faculty of Human Science (Macquarie University, Sydney) [AUD $250.00]
  • 2013. Excellence in Research Student Award 2013 - Winner for the Department of Cognitive Science (Macquarie University, Sydney) [AUD $500.00]
  • 2013. HDR Research Excellence Award 2013 - Winner for the Faculty of Human Science (Macquarie University, Sydney) [AUD $250.00]
  • 2008. LLP, EU’s Lifelong Learning Programme (2008),  (€2,000.00) European Union
  • 2008. LLP, EU's Lifelong Learning Programme (2008),  (€500.00) European Union
  • 2004. Official Mention and Scholarship (2004), (€500.00) Bolsena City Hall