2026 - Best LGBTQ Film, awarded by Your Way International Film Festival

2025 - Best LGBTQ+ Film award, awarded by Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival (AIMAFF)

2022 - ERC Consolidator Research Grant (5 years), awarded by European Research Council

2016 - 100 Mulheres Cientistas Portuguesas , awarded by Ciência Viva - Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica e Tecnológica

2013 - Research Starting Grant (5 years), awarded by European Research Council

2009 - Travel grant , awarded by British Academy

2005 - Bolsa de Curta Duração, awarded by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

2004-2007 - Research Scholarship, awarded by University of Leeds, UK

2001 - Travel grant, awarded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2000 - Bolsa de Curta Duração, awarded by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian