AWARDS

2021 Top 100 Leading Nigerian Women
2021 Named Among 16 Canadian Women in Tech Worth Following
2021 Featured Among the 8 Distinguished Nigerian Women of Igbo Heritage
2020 Appointed to the Royal Society of Canada
2020 Top 5 Powerful Women in STEM
2020 Linkedln Top Influencer Award - Africa Top Voice
2020 The Most Inspiring Immigrants: Maritime, Canada.
2019 Research Excellence Award: Dalhousie University.
2019 Top 50 Personalities on Linkedln
2019 Rising Star Award
2019 Top 60 Outstanding African Women In STEM
2019 Canada Top 100 Black Women to Watch
2019 Top 80 Women and Non-Binary People in Canadian Tech Worth Following
2018 Best Presentation Award: Persuasive Technology 2018, PPTs Workshop
2018 Best Poster Award: ACM SIGCHI Human Factor in Computing System (CHI 2018), HCIxB.
2018 Top 4 Under 40 Young Immigrants: My Halifax Experience
2018 Women Leader in the Digital Economy: Digital Nova Scotia, Digital Diversity Award, Canada
2018 Invited Speaker at the United Nations 62 Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) Panel: It is Up to Me.
2018 Best Poster Award: HCIxB ACM SIGCHI CHI 2018
2017 One of the Top 150 Canadian Women in STEM: hEr VOLUTION, Canada.
2017 Top 50 Young Most Influential Best Brains: Enugu State Government, Nigeria, Youth Affairs, ranked 4th out of 50 recipients.
2017 Award of Excellence in Recognition of Contribution for the Advancement of Knowledge in Computer Science: Faculty of Physical Science, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria
2017 Award of Excellence in Recognition of in Recognition of Scholarly Achievement and Contributions to Advancement of Education: Greater Owelli, Enugu State, Nigeria.
2017 Best Journal Paper of the Year 2016 Award: Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A).
2017 Commendation Letter for Recognition as a STEM Leader: President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
2016 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Ranked Top 6% out of 223 NSERC Banting PDF applicants 23 recipients nationwide.
2016 (Declined) NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Ranked 4th; 180 recipients overall and 579 overall.
2016 Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Grant: renewable for 2 years.
2016 Best Reviewer Award: International Conference on Computing Research and Innovations, CoRI, 2016
2015 Best Journal Paper of the Year Award 2014: User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction Journal (UMUAI).
2015 Best PhD Thesis Award Nominee: Computer Science Department, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
2015 Commendation Letter for Outstanding Academic Performance Overall: President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
2015 Commendation Letter for Outstanding Academic Performance Overall: Nigerian High Commissioner to Canada
2014 Association of Computing Machinery - Women (ACM-W) Scholarship: 2014 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, USA.
2014 Best Poster and Demo Award: 9th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, Italy.
2013&2014 ACM Scholarship: Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing, USA
2010-2014 Student Travel Award: University of Saskatchewan, Canada - 6 times.
2013 Graduate Students Association Travel Grant: University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
2012&2013 (Declined) Computing Research Association -Women (CRA-W) Travel Grant: Graduate Cohort Workshop, USA.
2013 Research Excellence in Sciences Award: University of Saskatchewan, Graduate Students Association, Canada.
2012 The Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM) Student Travel Grant: Blackwell-Tapia Conference, USA. - (Declined)
2012 Best Oral Presentation Award: Annual Conference on Interdisciplinary Knowledge Innovation - Speak Up for Change. University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
2012 Chancellor Commendation Certificate: University of Saskatchewan, Canada
2011 - 2014 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
2011 - 2014 Vanier Holders Supplementary Scholarship: University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
2011 - 2014 NSERC Supplementary Scholarship: Computer Science Department, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
2010 - 2013 Dean's Doctoral Scholarship: University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
2011 Ranked Among the Top 5 Out of 167 Vanier Scholarship Recipients: NSERC, Canada.
2009 - 2012 Postgraduate Scholarship Award: Federal Government of Nigeria and Federal Government of Turkey.
2009 - 2012 College of Graduate Studies and Research Doctoral Scholarship: University of Saskatchewan, Canada. - (Declined)
2007 - 2009 Faculty M.Sc. Scholarship/Department Teaching Fellowship: University of Saskatchewan, Canada. - (Declined)
2007 M.Sc. Scholarship: University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom - (Declined)
2004 One of the Best Graduated B.Sc. Student (first class honours): Computer Science Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Nigeria.
2004 B.Sc. B.Sc. Award of Excellence Recognition: Enugu State, Nigeria .
2001 - 2003 B.Sc. Outstanding Performance Scholarship: Federal Government of Nigeria.