| 2006-2010 – PhD Scholarship by the Foundation for Science and Technology of Portugal (FCT).

| 2000 –  1^st Award for best research work in Regional Economics 1999 by the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, CCDR, BES Bank and Commercial and Industrial Association of Coimbra: Moreno Pires, S. & Rosa Dias, J.P. (1999) “A Gestão dos Resíduos Industriais em Portugal” ("Industrial Waste Management in Portugal").