Awards & Grants

External awards and grants
Internal awards and grants

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External awards and grants

ON Prime
Project: Climate Resilient Economies and Transformative Cities
Leaders: Dr Taha Chaiechi and Dr Silvia Tavares
August 2019

PIA Queensland Award for Planning Excellence, Category: Public Engagement & Community Planning 
Project: Urban Thinkers Campus – Urban Health & Livability in Tropical Australia
Leader: Dr Silvia Tavares
November 2018

Griffith University ARC Linkage Support Scheme – 2018/2019
Project: Embracing Integrated Urban Design for Coastal Resilience in Cairns
Leader: A/Prof Karine Dupré
September 2018

UN-Habitat’s World Urban Campaign
Urban Thinkers Campus: Urban livability in tropical Australia through urban diaries and community engagement
Leader: Dr Silvia Tavares
March 2018

Fulbright Specialist Program
Project: Promoting urban livability in tropical Australia through urban diaries and community engagement
Leader: Dr Silvia Tavares
January 2018

48 Hour Design Challenge
Project: Gloucester Street Site Category Award
Awarded by Christchurch City Council, New Zealand
July 2011

PROCEL Masters Scholarship (Brazil)
Project: Simulação computacional para projeto de iluminação em arquitetura
July 2005 – June 2006

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Internal awards and grants

College of Science and Engineering ECR/MCR Research Support Scheme 2019 ($5,000)
Project: Sensing Cities: A Study of Townsville Urban Heat Island
James Cook University
August 2019

JCU TropEco Partnerships and Engagement Award (Highly Commended)
Project: Urban Thinkers Campus – Urban Health & Livability in Tropical Australia
October 2018

JCU Blended Learning and Innovation Grant ($2,837.50)
James Cook University
May 2017

JCU Startup Grant ($5,586)
James Cook University
February 2017

Research Writing Grant ($1,000)
Lincoln University – Faculty of Environment, Society and Design (ESD)
April 2014

Thr3sis – Three Minute Thesis Competition
ESD Heat – Runner up
Lincoln University, New Zealand – Faculty of Environment, Society and Design (ESD)
June 2012

Highly Recommended Research in the ESD session of the Lincoln University Post-Graduate Conference
Lincoln University, New Zealand
September 2011

PhD Teacher Fellow Scholarship
Lincoln University, New Zealand
July 2011 – June 2014