Honors & Awards

2025 | University Graduate Fellowship (Dissertation-Year), University of Kansas, Full tuition and a $13,925 stipend

2025 | Selected Participant, 2025 New Energy Summer Summit, Irving Institute for Energy and Society, Dartmouth College (Competitive selection; full travel and lodging support provided)

2025 | Graduate Student Travel Fund, University of Kansas, $750

2025 | Best Reviewer Award, International Journal of Public Administration (IJPA)

2024 | Recognized in the Fall 2024 issue of Management Matters, Public Management Research Association (PMRA)

2024 | SPAA Doctoral Research & Travel Fund Award, University of Kansas, $850

2024 | Graduate Student Travel Fund, University of Kansas, $750

2024 | Meier PMRC Travel Inclusion Award, Public Management Research Association (PMRA), $1,000 

2024 | Selected to represent the University of Kansas at the 2024 Capitol Graduate Research Summit (CGRS)

2023 | Inside Higher Ed highlighted "Navigating the First Years of a Ph.D. Program" among the most-read career advice pieces of 2023

2023 | Graduate Student Travel Fund, University of Kansas, $750

2023 | SPAA Doctoral Research & Travel Fund Award, University of Kansas, $850

2023 | Thomas Page & Barbara Kester Scholarship, University of Kansas, $500 

2023 | 2023-24 Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Policy & Social Research (IPSR), University of Kansas 

2023 | Summer 2023 Doctoral Student Research Funding  Award, School of Public Affairs & Administration, University of Kansas, $1,500 

2022 | Summer 2022 Doctoral Student Research Funding  Award, School of Public Affairs & Administration, University of Kansas, $1,500 

2022 | Applied Humanities Summer Fellowship with the KU Center for Undergraduate Research, University of Kansas, $3,000 

2021 | Energy & Environmental Justice Advocacy Grant, Sierra Club Kansas Chapter, $5,000

2021 | Selected among the top 10 praised projects, "Designer's Dream, Future Imagination" Challenge to envision the future of energy-efficient buildings, Architecture & Energy Journal (Farsi), Iran

2019 | Ranked as Excellent Teaching Assistant, UP 503 Physical Planning, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  

2019 | College of Fine and Applied Arts Scholarship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, $5,000

2018 | Second Place Award Winner in the Iranian Interior Design Award, member of design and construction team, Lomenz Restaurant, Tehran, Iran (Published on Archdaily.com)

2018 | College of Fine and Applied Arts Scholarship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, $10,000

2017 | Graduated with an Excellent degree from the University of Tehran

2014 | Full-Tuition Scholarship for graduate studies, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Iran

2014 | Ranked 9th in the National University Entrance Exam for Master`s Degree, Iran

2009 | Full-Tuition Scholarship for undergraduate studies, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Iran

2002 | Selected for the School of National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET), Qom, Iran