2024 UMass Center for Justice, Law, and Societies and SBS RISE Award (Remedying Inequity through Student Excellence) to mentor a student from an under-represented group. $5,000 to support the research assistant and $1000 in additional research funds.
2025 NOAA Climate Resilience Regional Challenge (2025). $2,000,000. PI. “Habitat restoration and coastal resilience planning for underserved communities: Rumney Marsh and surrounding municipalities”. In preparation to be submitted in May 2025. Participating scholars from UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, and Tufts University.
2024 NSF Regional Resilience Innovation Incubator R2I2 (2024). $500,000. Co-PI. “Accelerating Climate Resilience through Habitat Restoration Planning and Green Workforce Development in the U.S.A. Northeast Coastal Zone”. Submitted in January 2025. Participating scholars from UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Lowell and UMass Dartmouth.
2024 University of Massachusetts Amherst - Strategic Partnerships to Advance Research and Creative activity (SPARC), $20,000. Co-PI. “Regional Resilience Network: Co-Producing Knowledge for Action ”. Submitted in February 2024.
2022 UMass School of Earth and Sustainability – Seed Grant. $10,000. Co-PI. “Pathways towards Transportation Infrastructure Resiliency in New England” Ongoing (9/2022 to 12/2023). With Eleni Christofa (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Camille Barchers (LARP), Chengbo Ai (Civil and Environmental Engineering), and Michael Knodler (Civil and Environmental Engineering).
2021 NSF, $200,000. PI. Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP). “Towards a green and inclusive post-pandemic recovery of the Blue Economy and coastal communities (RRR-Coast)” Ongoing (7/2022 to 7/2025). This grant is part of a larger T-AP award, equivalent to $1,000,000. Participating institutions: University of Costa Rica (Costa Rica), University of Glasgow (Scotland), University of Massachusetts Amherst, and United Nations University (Bonn, Germany).
2021 European Union, €5,000,000. Staff associate. Nature-based solutions, prevention and reduction of risks and the insurance sector (HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-06). “Naturance – Insurance for Nature, Nature for Insurance” Ongoing (3/2022 to 3/2026). Participating institutions: Grantham Institute - London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (UK), Cambridge University (UK), the Euro-Mediterranean Center for Climate Change (Italy), IIASA (Austria), Kalsruher Institute fur Technologie (KIT) (Germany), Stockholm University (Sweden), and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
2021 University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Social & Behavioral Sciences Dean's Research Council, $5,000. PI. “Ecosystem-based approaches to climate-change adaptation and disaster risk reduction: a global review” .
2020 NSF, Sustainable Regional Systems Research Networks (20–611 SRS RN), $149,000 . Faculty Associate. PI: Elizabeth Infield, LARP UMass. “Preparing Receiving Regions for a Just and Sustainable Climate Migration – Systems and Scenarios for New England.”
2018 University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Social & Behavioral Sciences - Ken Feinberg Course Development Grant $5,000. The grant supports the design and development of a new course using the Feinberg Innovation Space, a new classroom facility with cutting-edge audio and video capabilities. “PUBADMIN 697EV- Environmental Policy and Economic Analysis”.
2021 PEDRR Champion Award for research on Nature-based Solutions, United Nations Environment Programme.
2011 Best Poster Award at the Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference 2011
“El Nino and Mexican Children: medium-term effects of early-life weather shocks on cognitive and health outcomes”
2008-2010 Founding President of the Columbia University Sustainable Development Doctoral Society (SDDS).
This organization serves as a forum for discussion on Sustainable Development and
promotes linkages between academia, the private sector and policy makers. SDDS was awarded:
- the Columbia University President’s and Provost’s Student Initiative Fund 2009, and
- the Graduate Students Advisory Board Award in 2009, and in 2010
2008 NASA Goddard Institute of Space Studies, Best Publication Award
2008 Finalist, Columbia University Presidential Awards for Outstanding Teaching by Graduate Students
2007 Contributing author to the International Panel for Climate Change (IPCC), Nobel Peace Prize 2007
2007 Medal of Merit, conferred by the Mayor of the city of Muggio`, Italy, for science outreach and public education
2007 Award for Excellence in Research for contribution to the IPCC 2007--
Award received from the Italian Prime Minister and the Minister of the Environment
2018 University of Massachusetts - School of Social and Behavioral Sciences Ken Feinberg Innovation Course Development Grant
2009-2010 Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow, Sustainability Science Program, Harvard University (25,000 USD)
2008 Peccei Award/Fellowship for Outstanding Research. IIASA, Austria (5,000 Euros)
2007 National Academies of Sciences, IIASA Young Scientist Fellowship (3,000 USD)
2006 Alliance Doctoral Mobility Program Fellow, Columbia University – École Polytechnique, France (4,000 USD)
2005-2011 Columbia University Doctoral Fellowship (260,000 USD)
2004-2005 Alice Stetten Fellow, SIPA, Columbia University (15,000 USD)
2003-2004 Research Fellow, Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York
2000-2004 École Normale Supérieure Élève-Fonctionnaire Fellowship, French Ministry of Education (80,000 Euros)