2013 - Incentive for Research and Publication of Works on Social Communication - 2013 awarded to Crime, Punishment and Gender in Mediatized Societies: Policies of (In)justice in Media Discourse, awarded by Gabinete para os Meios de Comunicação Social

2012 - bero-American scholarship for young teachers and researchers Santander Universities 2012, awarded by Santander Universidades

2010 - Prize II Fórum Açoriano Franklin D. Roosevelt 2010, awarded by Fundação Luso-Americana

2007 - Short-term scholarship from Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, awarded by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

2006 - PhD scholarship (SFRH/BD/29099/2006); grant co-financed by the European Social Fund (ESF) under the Human Potential Operational Program (POPH) of the NSRF. , awarded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia