Personal awards:
1997-2000 Postdoctoral fellowship
American Heart Association (declined to accept the NRSA, NIH)

1997-2000 National Research Service Award
National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (USA)  (terminated for relocation)

1999-2002  National Research Service Award,
National Institute for Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health (USA) 
 
2007-2011 Leaders Opportunity Funds 
Canada Foundation for Innovation  

2009-2014 Early Researcher Award
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation

2009 Henry J. M. Barnett Research Scholarship award
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

2009-2014 New Investigator Award (Decline to accept HSFC award) 
Canadian Institute of Health Research

2009-2014 New Investigator Award
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

2014-2018 Mid-Career Award (Ranked #1) The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario

2021 CFI Cardioneuro/mind innovation fund, component: In vivo optogenetic stimulation and electrophysiological  recording system in free moving animals undergoing behavioural tests)