2019-2022. Academy of Finland. A funded project on “Muslim Empowerment  in Ghana” MEG.

2019. Finnish Society of Letters: awarded a grant to understudy Islamic Radicalisation in public Universities in Ghana.

2019. Visiting Research Fellowship. Research on Minorities in Social Sciences and Humanities. Abo Akademi University in Finland.

2018. Visiting Research Fellowship. Research on Minorities in Social Sciences and Humanities. Abo Academic University in Finland.

2016. 13th Cadbury Fellow, Dept of African Studies and Anthropology, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

 2011-2013. Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden.

2008-2009.  Research Fellow, Centre for Contemporary Islam. University of Cape Town, South Africa.