Awards & Grants

  1. Grantee and Principal Investigator – CODESRIA’s 2023/2024 Meaning-making Research Initiatives (MRI) competition on the research “Climate Change-Induced Flooding: Implications for Food Security and Income among Female Smallholder Farmers in Nigeria”.
  2. Grantee and Co-Principal Investigator – “Gendering Climate Change and Post-Conflict Transition: Contextualizing North-East Nigeria’s Resettled Communities”. Funded by the British Academy.
  3. Grantee and Co–Principal Investigator – “Cancer Patient Navigation in Nigeria: Identifying Gaps and Intervention Priorities”. Funded by Association of Radiation and Clinical Oncologist of Nigeria (ARCON),
  4. Awardee – African German Network of Excellence in Science (AGNES) Junior Researcher Grant 2023.
  5. International Vaccine Access Centre (IVAC) Funding through Direct Consulting and Logistics (DCL), Women Advocate for Vaccine Access (WAVA) and National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) to generate Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine demand and uptake in Nnewi North Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria
  6. Japan-funded Training Programme on “Developing Essential Digital Skills for Women and Youth in Africa: Enhancing Employment Opportunities and Livelihood Development in the Digital Economy”, organized by The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in partnership with Microsoft.
  7. British Academy International Writing Workshop (Migration Trajectories and Livelihood Transformation in Nigeria), funded by the British Academy with support from Leeds Beckett University, UK; University of Lagos and Benue State University, Makurdi. November 19-22, 2023
  8. African Research Excellence Foundation (AREF) Essential Grant Writing Skills Programme (September-November 2023)
  9. French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA), Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan full bursary support to a co-creation workshop on Making Sens: Co-exploration of sensitive ethnographic methods, held July 6-7, 2023, Ibadan, Nigeria
  10. Inspire World International Foundation, with support from Brown University and Health Information Futures Lab, full bursary support to a co-creation workshop on using youth-led approach to assess community health information needs in communities across Nigeria held 23-24 June, 2023, Abuja, Nigeria;
  11. Volkswagen Foundation full sponsorship award to present a paper at Entebbe, Uganda at the Workshop on Ageing and Health of Older Persons in Sub-Saharan Africa (February, 2023);
  12. Inspire World International Foundation Seed Grant for Community Development Project;
  13. 100 Women in Tech Nigeria with Accelerate Estonia, Garage48 and NITDA Award for Innovative Ideas on the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria;
  14. World Health Organization-HRP Alliance/the University of Nairobi full sponsorship award to attend Research Method Course in Nairobi, Kenya;
  15. Carnegie Corporation New York (Through University of Ghana, Legon, Accra) award to attend the Pan African Doctoral Academy in University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana;
  16. Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) sponsorship to attend the Social Sciences Research Methodology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria;
  17. AsianMeta Centre for Population and Sustainable Development sponsorship to attend the Demographic Analysis with Applications to Aging Societies workshop at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand;
  18. Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO) Thesis Support Grant;
  19. University of Ibadan, Ibadan Nigeria Award of Excellence for Community Service;
  20. University of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria Award for Best Graduating Student and Best Student in Academic Performance.
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