AWARDS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, & HONORARIUMS
$ 617K +
External Research Grants
$ 177k +
Internal Grants and Fellowships
External Grants & Fellowships
2026 – 2028
CPRA SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow ($140,000) - Ranked #4
SSHRC Canada Postdoctoral Research Award program
From Past Attacks to Present Threats: Network Analysis of Extremist Manifestos.
2025 – 2027
Digital Citizen Contribution Program (USD $160,398)
Digital Citizen Contribution Program
Shana MacDonald (Principal Investigator), Karmvir Padda (Co-Principal Investigator)
From Front Lines to Policy: Engaging Influencers to Counter Gender-Based Hate and Extremism in Canada.
2025 – 2026
CIGI Digital Policy Hub Doctoral Fellow ($52,000)
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and Mitacs Accelerate
Platform Governance and Gendered Misinformation
2025 – 2026
Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholar (USD $25,000) - Awarded to only Canadian in 10 years
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Navigating the Digital Terrain of Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism: A Comprehensive Analysis of Online Radicalization.
2025 – 2026
Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($15,000)
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) Program
Navigating the Digital Terrain of Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism: A Comprehensive Analysis of Online Radicalization
2025 – 2026
Connections Grant ($25,000)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Lai-Tze Fan (Principal Investigator), Caitlin Fisher (Co-Principal Investigator), Karmvir Padda, Monique Tschofen, Armstrong, Jolene, Neil Randall (Collaborators)
The Electronic Literature Organization @25 International Conference
2024 – 2025
Research Grant ($9,300)
Canadian Network for Security, Extremism and Society
Fragmented Beliefs, United Threats: Network Analysis of Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism in Canada
2024 – 2025
P.E.O. Scholar Award ($25,000) – ranked #1 out of 857 applicants
International Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood
2024 – 2025
KKG Foundation of Canada Scholarship for Canadian Women ($10,000)
Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation of Canada
2021 – 2024
Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarship ($105,000)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Navigating the Digital Terrain of Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism
2020
Research Training Award ($6,000)
Mitacs
2026
Governor General's Academic Gold Medal Alumni Nominee – Faculty of Arts, University of Waterloo
2026
Governor General's Academic Gold Medal Nominee – Faculty of Arts, University of Waterloo
2026
Outstanding Graduating Sociology Student Award – Canadian Sociology Association
2024
SSHRC Talent Award (Institutional Nominee) – University of Waterloo
2024
Travel Award – Canadian Network for Security, Extremism and Society (CANSES)
2024
Bursary Award – Int. Academic Partnership for Science and Security
2024
Doctoral Summit Scholar – Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)
2023
Student Scholarship – Canadian Law and Society Association (CLSA)
2023
Gala Fellowship Award – Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS)
2022
Summer School Travel Award – VOX-Pol Network of Excellence
2020
Graduate Student Support Award – Simon Fraser University
2020
Professional Development Grant – Graduate Student Society, Simon Fraser University
2019
Travel and Minor Research Award – Caucus Criminology, Simon Fraser University
2014 – 2018
Dean’s List Award – Humber College
2015
Degree Entrance Scholarship – Humber College
2021 – 2024
President's Graduate Scholarship ($20,000)
University of Waterloo
2021 – 2025
PhD Graduate Scholarship ($100,000) - replaced with SSHRC CGS-D
University of Waterloo
2018 – 2020
MA Graduate Student Scholarship ($27,500)
Simon Fraser University
2018 – 2020
M.A. Graduate Fellowship ($6,500)
Simon Fraser University