Funding | Grants
I received funding/grants totalling £110,000 from major international organisations and institutions.
Funded Projects (a selection):
Funder:
Project:
Role: Principle Investigator (...)
Funder: The University of the South Pacific, School of Law and Social Sciences, Fiji Islands
Project: The Ontological (in)Security of Fijians in the Context of Climate Change
Role: Principle Investigator (2022-2023)
Funder: The British Academy, United Kingdom
Grant: Knowledge Frontiers Symposium Australia Seed Funding
Project: Understanding dynamic interactions between climate-induced natural hazards, livelihood security, and human mobility in Fiji
Role: Principle Investigator (2020-2021)
Funder: The British Academy, United Kingdom
Grant: Knowledge Frontiers Symposium Australia Seed Funding
Project: Developing new and innovative forms of collaboration between religious institutions and climate science in the Pacific islands
Role: Principle Investigator (2020-2021)
Shortlisted Projects - Not Funded (a selection):
Funder: European Commission
Grant: European Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship
Project: The ontological security of Pacific island states and islanders in the context of climate change: the cases of Tonga and Tuvalu
Role: Principle Investigator (2021-2023)
Outcome: My project was deemed fundable but did not get funded in the end. It was marked at 83.80% whilst the threshold for a MSC Fellowship was set at 70%. Research proposals that scored 85% or more, received a Seal of Excellence, which aims to help researchers in finding alternative funding for their project from regional, national or institutional sources.
Grant: Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom
Project: Soft power through narration: the cases of Britain, Bhutan and Qatar
Role: Principle Investigator (2018)
Outcome: The Politics Department at Durham University (UK) selected me as their departmental candidate for an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship. The aim of the Fellowship was to consolidate my PhD through developing publications, networks, and research and professional skills. My application was shortlisted by the ESRC and made it through to the last round.
Grant: Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom
Project: The soft power of non-Western small states: the cases of Bhutan and Qatar
Role: Principle Investigator (2012)
Outcome: My project ‘The soft power of non-Western small states: The cases of Bhutan and Qatar’ was deemed fundable. It was ranked first on the reserve list of fundable PhD projects in the Politics Department at Newcastle University.