2008 Graham Foundation Grant. Symposium on Dakota Sacred Places, Past, Present, and Future 2006 CBIP (Commercial Buildings Incentives Program) Grant, Natural Resources Canada. Passive energy technology, Pictou Landing Health Centre 2005 SSHRC major grant, co-applicant with Ted Cavanagh, Roger Mullin Cheticamp Projects – Coastal studio (undisclosed amount) 2004 Industrial Research Assistance Program – Pictou Landing Health Centre,community sawmill / training centre design 2003 Industrial Research Assistance Program Grant: Multiple unit , low energy affordable housing design 2002 Collaborator and project initiater in CIDA major grant proposal development: Gambia Project. Major Grant awarded to Dalhousie University Faculty of Architecture 2002 Appointed Honorary Research Associate, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design August 2002 2001 Travel Research Grant to Baubiologie Institute & Prof. Gernot Minke, Germany. 2000 Canada Council Major Grant in Architecture: Study of First Nations Building Technology in North Eastern North America. 2000 Industrial Research Assistance Program Grant : Development of Prefabrication Methods for Small Diameter Roundwood Structures 2000 Nova Scotia Education Development Grant. Gambia: Design and Community Development Education Project: Results in Major CIDA Grant to Dalhousie University School of Architecture, 2002 1999 Industrial Research Assistance Program Grant : Earth Forming of Concrete Shell Structures. 1995 SSHRC Minor Grant: Documentation of Eskasoni Project. 1995 Participant in RAIC - CIDA Youth Program in Architecture, Columbia. Principal grant recipient Dr. Essy Baniassad 1994 Canada - Nova Scotia Agreement on Sustainable Economic Development: Green Building Grant awarded in association with Eskasoni First Nation.