2024~2028 Selected to receive grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for research titled “リテンション・トレーニングによる英語4技能と語彙習得への効果の検証”: 24K00611 (260万円)
2024 (received) TESL-EJ Award for Excellence, Top Ten 2023 Reviewer.
2023 – Educational Resources Development Grant (令和5年度教育開発推進経費（東北大学内の競争経費）) for project titled「全学英語カリキュラム HP 用の知的教育システム作成・導入 」With Jessica Takeda
2023 – Best Paper Award (研究奨励賞受賞論文) from Association for Teaching English through Multimedia for paper “Using digital storytelling and project-based learning with elementary school EFL learners”. With Thiri Soe and Christopher Aiezza.
2023~2028 Sub-researcher for grant (23K00741) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for research titled “英語講義聴解からノートティキング・予約作成へ：難しさと効果的な指導方法の研究” lead researcher = Shizuka Sakura
2022 – Best Paper Award (優秀論文賞) from The Japanese Society for Language Sciences （日本言語科学会） for presentation “A pilot study of an integrated AI-human writing-rater system: How I learned to stop worrying and love the machine” at The Japanese Society for Language Sciences 24th Annual International Conference (JSLS 2022).
2022 – Educational Resources Development Grant (令和4年度教育開発推進経費（東北大学内の競争経費）) for project titled「英語カリキュラムに対応する多モードの学習ツール開発と実証研究」With Jessica Takeda and Takayuki Miura.
2022~2027 Grant (22K00810) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for research titled “学術英語スピーキング・ライティングのための自動採点アシスタント・プログラム開発”
2021 – Educational Resources Development Grant (令和3年度教育開発推進経費（東北大学内の競争経費）) for project titles「TOEFL ITPからiBTに繋がるEGAP教育のための教材研究と開発」With Takeshi Okada and Shizuka Sakurai
2020 – Best Paper Award (研究奨励賞受賞論文) from Association for Teaching English through Multimedia for paper “How watching subtitled YouTube videos can affect EFL listening and reading abilities”. With Sachiko Nakamura.
2020 – Article “The Importance of L1 Awareness in Teaching English as a Foreign Language: Examples from Korean and Japanese EFL learners” selected for appearance in the 51st issue of “Collected Articles on the English Language” (第51号 英語学論説資料収録論文集) by the Ronsetsu Shiryo Hozonkai of Japan (日本論説資料保存会)
2019~2022Grant (19K13286) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for research titled “英語発信力向上のためのプロジェクト型外国語学習：有効性と上達の要因”
2017 – President’s Award (総長賞) from Tohoku University for excellence in education and educational research
2017 – Article ‘Getting in the right frame of mind to learn English as a second language’ selected for appearance in the 48th issue of “Collected Articles on the English Language” (第48号 英語学論説資料収録論文集) by the Ronsetsu Shiryo Hozonkai of Japan (日本論説資料保存会)
2017 (Jan. 5th) – Received Tohoku University Educational Contribution Award (H28全学教育貢献賞)
2016~2019 – Grant (16K16868) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for research titled “英語句動詞習得を推進する認知類型論の応用研究”
2015 – Certificate of Appreciation from The Foreign Language Association of North Carolina 49th Fall Conference
2014 – President’s Award (総長賞) from Tohoku University for excellence in research
2012~2014 – DC2 special researcher grant (12J06949) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for the research titled “認知類型論による第二言語習得の研究：日本人と中国人による移動・変化表現の習得”
2010 – Best Student Paper Award at PACLIC 24