SCHOLARSHIPS/ AWARDS/ RESEARCH GRANTS

Grant for Academic Publications (doctoral thesis) Hugo-Schuchardt-Foundation, Graz/Austria, 2020.

Scientific Award of the Austrian-Canadian Society for the doctoral thesis “Female Identities in Lesbian Web Series”, 2019.

Grant for Academic Publications (doctoral thesis) of Land Steiermark (city office for region Styria) Graz, 2019.       

Publication grant (doctoral thesis) at Publication Services at the University of Graz, 2018.                                                             

Deanship of Humanities Scholarship (April 2014 – March 2016) for the doctoral thesis project “Conquering the Web: Lesbian Web Series Constructing Identity” (former working title), University of Graz/Austria.

Travel Grant to present at the Forum Junge Romanistik (FJR) conference “(Un-)Sichtbarkeiten” [engl. (In‑)Visibilities] at the University of Rostock/Germany, in March 2015, University of Graz/Austria.

American Council for Quebec Studies (ACQS) Travel Grant to present at the conference “Communautés québécoises et francophones – Pluralités – Communities in Québec and Francophone North America (section: Queer Québec)” in Montreal/Canada in October 2014.

KUWI Scholarship for a 1-month Research Period in Canada in October 2014, University of Graz/Austria.

Marietta Blau Scholarship from the Federal Ministry of Science and Research in Austria for a 11-months Research Period in the USA, Canada and Spain in 2013-14.

Deanship of Humanities Grant for Travel Expenses in the USA and Canada in 2013, University of Graz/Austria.

KUWI Scholarship for a 1-month Research Period in Canada in May 2012, University of Graz/Austria.

Alumni Association Grant 2012 (ASG) for PhD Students, University of Graz/Austria.

Austrian Cine Art Film Funding 2010 for a Screenplay in Cooperation with German Filmmaker Britta Lang.

Utrecht Network and Center for Inter-American Studies Scholarship 2010 for the International Summer School „The Americas – When One Is Not Enough” at Seggau Castle/Austria.