Donald C. Stone Best Student Paper Award: Best Graduate Student Paper on Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations written in 2019, American Society for Public Administration, 2020

Henry Reining Award for the best dissertation written in public policy and management awarded by Price School of Public Policy at University of Southern California, 2019

Grant for Research on Collaborative Management for Groundwater Basin Sustainability in California (Co-PI, $132,000, PI: Shui-Yan Tang), John Randolph Haynes Foundation, 2019-2020 

Best Urban and Local Politics Paper presented in 2017, American Political Science Association, 2018

Equity and Inclusion Fellowship, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, 2018

Lusk Doctoral Fellowship, Lusk Center for Real Estate, USC ($32,000 plus tuition and fees), 2018-2019

Summer Research Grants, JPMorgan Chase & Enterprise Community Foundation ($72,200), 2015-2019

Summer Research Grant, Office of the Provost, USC ($7,500), 2017

Research Grant, International Yonsei Foundation ($1,500), 2016

Graduate Fellowship, Price School of Public Policy , USC ($30,000), 2014-2017

Scholarship, Bou Family Foundation, Georgetown University ($2,500), 2013-2014
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Merit Scholarship Award, Georgetown University ($40,000), 2012-2014