2019 - FEUC Ciência, awarded by Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra

2017 - Bolsa Sabática, Universidade KULeuven, Bélgica, awarded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)

2013 - FLAD Fellowship Award for Lecturing and Research in the USA, Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento , awarded by University of San Diego, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Jutice, USA, 3 November-3 December

2010 - Grant by the International Studies Association (ISA), Workshop Grants Committee, Catalytic Workshop Grant, for the organization of the Worskhop on "Domestic and International Dynamics: Agency and (Re)action in Russian Foreign Policy" (with R.Kanet), awarded by International Studies Association (ISA), Workshop Grants Committee Chair 2010-11, Marijke Breuning

2007 - Grant for the organisation of the Intensive Programme "Rethinking Peace and Security: new dimensions, actors and strategies" within the framework of the PhD Programme in International Politics and Conflict Resolution, 7-16 July 2008, awarded by National Agency for Communitarian Prgrammes Socrates and Leonardo da Vinci

2006 - Millennium Award Presented for the Outstanding Research Paper by a Younger Scholar, awarded by Comparative Interdisciplinary Studies Section, International Studies Association

2006 - Third Prize - Prize Jornal do Exército 2005, awarded by Jornal do Exército

2004 - International Relations - Professor of the Year, VIII Edition of Minerva Prizes, awarded by University Lusíada of Porto