Elisa D’Amico

Grants & Honors

Grants and Awards

  • 2026–2030Ad Astra Fully Funded PhD Studentship, University College Dublin (€116,000)
  • 2026–2027UCD Earth Institute Strategic Interdisciplinary Award (€10,000)
    Project: Foundations for CADRE (Climate And Displacement Research Ensemble). Lead Applicant, selected as an Earth Institute Strategic Priority for 2026–2027
  • 2025–2030Ad Astra Fellow Research Award, University College Dublin (€25,000)
  • 2025–2027Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), UK (£70,000)
    Project: Global Fragmentation and Conflict Management. £40,000 in 2025–2026 and £30,000 in 2026–2027
  • 2025APSA Migration and Citizenship Section Research Award (C$300)
  • 2024Political Economy of Climate and Environment (C$400)
  • 2024Institute for European Global Studies, University in Basel (₣11,985)
  • 2023World Wildlife Fund, fishery, conflict, and climatological data and research ($20,800)
  • 2023ISA Pay It Forward Travel Grant & Mentoring Program ($500)
  • 2023ISA Research Workshop Award (Collaborator on Proposal, $2,500)
  • 2023Box-Steffensmeier Scholarship (fully funded ICPSR methods courses for both sessions)
  • 2023Loyola Rule of Law Institute, Graduate Student Fellow ($3,500)
  • 2023Institute of Turkish Studies Language Grant Awardee ($3,000)
  • 2023International Studies Sponsorship, Iowa State University ($1,500)
  • 2018IMISCOE/Association of Migration (GAR) Doctoral Research Award on Integration & Adaptation Strategies for Refugees (funded PhD summer school)
  • 2017Dwight Ink Scholar, Iowa State University ($1,000)

Honors

  • 2026Teaching & Learning Awards 2025/26, Nominee, College of Social Sciences and Law, University College Dublin
  • 2025“Together, Research Excels” Peer Recognition, InFrame Wellcome Funded Project, University of St Andrews
    Nominated by peers for mentorship excellence and contribution to positive research culture
  • 2025Oxford University Press Early Career Researcher First Book Prize, Finalist
  • 2025Advisory Board Appointment, Climate Laws, Institutions, Policies and Practices (CLIPPS) Database
  • 2025APSA First-generation Scholar Award, Diversity and Inclusion Program
  • 2025APSA Early Career Scholar Mentorship Program (Liam Beiser-McGrath, LSE)
  • 2025Global Environmental Politics Early Career Scholar Mentorship Program (Matthew Hoffmann, University of Toronto)
  • 2024Top 10 Most-Cited Article, Environmental Policy and Governance, Wiley/ERP Environment
    Vulnerability, climate laws, and adaptation in the Middle East and North Africa (with T. Maboudi)
  • 2024APSA Best Dissertation Prize, Migration & Citizenship Section, Honorable Mention
  • 2023Equity in Quantitative Research Fellow, Institute for Racial Justice (IRJ)
  • 2023Gannon Graduate Leadership Fellow
  • 2023Fulbright U.S. Scholarship Program (Istanbul, Turkey), selected as alternate
  • 2022ISSS Pay It Forward mentoring program for early career women
  • 2022, 2023MPSA Mentorship Reception