2021 - Best paper, awarded by APDR 26th Workshop "Civic Universities, Ecosystems and Regional Development in Regions of Low Industrial Density"

2012 - Winner of Bartolomeu award (best young researcher communication), awarded by APDR - Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento Regional

2008 - Finalist of the Academic Tech Transfer and Commercialization Graduate Student Literature Review Prize da , awarded by AUTM - Association of University Technology Managers