Connected Minds Postdoctoral Scholarship (CFREF)
Awarded 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝 (CFREF), (2025–2027) supporting postdoctoral research on responsible AI and mental health.
Academic Awards & Recognitions
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨 & 𝐎𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 - Merit-based provincial scholarship recognizing academic excellence during PhD studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering .
PhD Entrance Scholarship
𝐎𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 - Multi-year scholarship supporting doctoral research on AI for predicting neuropsychiatric symptoms and agitation in dementia care (2020–2024).
PhD Best Thesis Award Nomination
𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐎𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 - Nominated for the Best PhD Thesis award for work on AI-driven agitation prediction and clinical deployment in a dementia care …
Canada’s Student Work Placement Program (SWPP) Funding
𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐇𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐜 Industry–academia data science internship focused on large-scale retail price analytics and NLP
National Prototype Innovation Grant for PortaCare
𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐃𝐀 & 𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀 (𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭) , National funding for one of the best functional IoT-based portable ICU prototypes