Year: 2021
Funding: Cork City Council Air Quality Projects Fund.
Project: Two projects based in Cork City investigating 1) citizens’ views about air quality alerts based on air quality forecasting and 2) parents and school staff’s views on air quality outsides schools. (Co-PI)
Awarding Body: Cork City Council https://www.ucc.ie/en/eri/news/cork-air-forecasting-and-public-response.html

Year: 2020
Funding: UK-Ireland Knowledge Frontiers Network Seed Fund.
Project: Building interdisciplinary capacity for the promotion of wellbeing in urban planning and policy. (Co-PI)
Awarding Body: British Academy https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/british-academy-announces-funding-11-collaborative-research-projects-tackling-natures-cultures

Year: 2020
Award: IJERPH Outstanding Reviewer Award 2019
Reason: Outstanding contribution to peer-review process
Awarding Body: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/awards

Year: 2019
Funding: School of Applied Psychology Research Support Fund.
Project: The Individual and Community Experiences and Impact of the Douglas Village Fire in Cork. (Lead Applicant)
Awarding Body: School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork, Ireland

Year: 2018
Funding: College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Studies Impact Fund.
Project: Cognitive and Sensory Experiences of Outdoor Spaces in Older Age. A survey study (Co-applicant)
Awarding Body: College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Studies, University College Cork, Ireland

Year: 2017
Funding: School of Applied Psychology Seed Fund
Project: Outdoor Lived Environment as Brain Training (Co-applicant)
Awarding Body: School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork, Ireland

Year: 2016
Award: Irish Gerontological Society Presidential Prize 2016 for poster presentation
Project: The moderating role of physical activity for urban-rural differences in cognitive health in ageing.
Awarding Body: Irish Gerontological Society

Year: 2014
Award: Strategic Research Fund Postgraduate Scholarship (two years)
Project: Urbanisation and Cognitive Ageing – An investigation of geographical variations in the cognitive health of older adults in Ireland (Doctoral project)
Awarding Body: University College Cork

Year: 2013
Award: School of Applied Psychology Postgraduate Scholarship (one year)
Project: Urbanisation and Cognitive Ageing – An investigation of geographical variations in the cognitive health of older adults in Ireland (Doctoral project)
Awarding Body: School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork

Year: 2007
Award: University of Padua Postgraduate Scholarship for academic merit (two years)
Project: Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology
Awarding Body: University of Padua, Italy

Year: 2004
Award: University of Padua Undergraduate Scholarship for academic merit (three years)
Project: Bachelor’s Degree in Cognitive Psychology and Psychobiology
Awarding Body: University of Padua, Italy