Grants & Awards

Select Research Grants, Fellowships and Awards

2021 :: Anderson Ranch—Center for the Book Scholarship. To support my training in printmaking at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Colorado, US.

2020–21 :: Windgate Fellowship, Center for the Book, University of Iowa, US. To support my training and research in Book Arts.

2019–21 :: Junior Fellowship of the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography, Rare Book School, University of Virginia, US. To support my research and training in Critical Bibliography and the History of the Book.

2019 :: Dwight and Hannelore Bozeman Fellowship, University of Iowa, US. To support my research in Persian and South Asian Studies.

2019 :: Barbara W. & Rex W. Montgomery Award in recognition of academic excellence in the field of religious studies; awarded by the Department of Religious Studies, University of Iowa, US.

2019 :: The Robert and Mary Ann Small Stenger Religious Studies Scholarship, University of Iowa, US. To support my academic research and dissertation writing.

2018–19 :: Newberry Library Chicago—École Nationale des Chartes Exchange Fellowship, Paris, France. To support my archival research and fieldwork in France.

2018–19 :: Marcus Bach Fellowship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, US. To support my academic research and dissertation writing.

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2018 :: President & Mrs. Eugene Gilmore Award in recognition of scholarship on the relationship between religion and culture with an emphasis on the visual arts; awarded by the Department of Religious Studies, University of Iowa, Iowa City, US.

2017 :: Sally and Ken Mason Travel Grant, Office of the Executive Vice President & Provost, University of Iowa, US. To support my graduate research and fieldwork in Jordan.

2016 :: Junior Research Fellowship, American Institute of Indian Studies, Chicago, US. To support my archival research and fieldwork in India.

2016 :: Thomas W. Simons Fellowship, American Institute of Indian Studies, Chicago, US. To support my archival research and fieldwork in India.

2016 :: T. Anne Cleary International Dissertation Research Fellowship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, US. To support my fieldwork in England and Tajikistan.

2015 :: Alice Lampe Heidel & John B. Heidel Award in recognition of commitment to teaching and exceptional service to undergraduate students; awarded by the Department of Religious Studies, University of Iowa, US.

2014–19 :: Presidential Fellowship, Graduate College, University of Iowa, US. To support my graduate studies and research.

2012–14 :: University of Tehran’s Academic Scholarship for Graduate Studies in recognition of academic excellence in the field of Iranian Studies; awarded consecutively in 2013 and 2014 by the Faculty of World Studies, Tehran, Iran.

2012 :: Barbara W. and Rex E. Montgomery Award, in recognition for academic excellence in the field of religious studies; awarded by the Department of Religious Studies, University of Iowa, US.

2012 :: Stanley – University of Iowa Summer Language Scholarship. Awarded for the study of Mughal Persian at the American Institute of Indian Studies, Lucknow, India.

2011 :: Stanley Fellowship for Graduate Student Research Abroad, University of Iowa, US. To support my archival research and fieldwork in India.

2011 :: Stanley – University of Iowa Summer Language Scholarship. To support my study of Prakrit languages at the American Institute of Indian Studies, Pune, India.

2010-12 :: Presidential Fellowship, Graduate College, University of Iowa, US. Awarded in recognition of academic excellence, and to support my graduate studies and research.