Travel Grant/Full Sponsorship by The American University in Cairo (AUC) to attend and present a paper at the International Conference for Research on African Challenges (ICRAC) at AUC Campus, New Cairo, Egypt, 04 to 05 December 2019.

Travel Grant/Full sponsorship by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace as a Guest Speaker at its International Colloquium on The Challenges of Governing in North Africa and the Sahel, Washington, DC, 8 May 2018

Travel Grant/Full sponsorship by the West African Peace and Security Network (WAPSN), to attend and present a paper at the Ecole de Maintien de la Paix (EMP) in Bamako, Mali, May 4-5, 2018.

Travel Grant/Full Sponsorship by the African Peacebuilding Network (APN), New York, to attend and present a paper at the 4th Dubai International Conferences on Social Sciences and Humanities at Flora Grand Hotel, Near Al Rigga Metro Station, Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 17-18 February 2018

Travel Grant/Full sponsorship by the African Studies Association to attend its 60th Anniversary in Chicago, Il, USA from 16-18 November 2017.

Travel Grant/Full Sponsorship by the Carnegie Fund for Conference Attendance to attend and present a paper at the Asian Conference on Politics, Economics and Law, at Dubai, United Arab Emirate, 26 to 28 February 2017

Scholarship by the Summer University Programme of the Central European University, Budapest to attend an intensive course on The Political Psychology of Populism, at the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, 06 to 13 July 2016

Travel Grant/Full sponsorship by the Nordic Africa Institute to attend and present a paper at international conference on Between Democracy and Big Man Politics: The Micro-level Dynamics of Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa, in Uppsala, Sweden, 23-24 October 2015

Travel Grant/Full sponsorship by American Council for Learned Societies to undergo a two-month residency at the International Institute for the Advanced Study, (of Cultures, Institutions and Economic Enterprise (IIAS), University of Ghana, Legon, 8th October to 10th December 2014

Travel Grant/Full Sponsorship by the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) to attend an Advanced and intensive Methodological Training on Political Economy Analysis, Nairobi Kenya; 23rd -25th September 2014.

Travel Grant/Full Sponsorship by African Institute of South Africa, Pretoria,to attend and present paper at international conference on OAU/AU at 50 and Beyond: The Quests for African Solution for African Problems (ASAP) at University of Tshwane, Pretoria, South Africa, 22nd -23rd May 2014 

Travel Grant/Full Sponsorship by Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, to attend and present a paper at an International Conference on Africa in the Global South: Biographies of Mobility and Aspirations of Success, at Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, 15th -17th May 2014

Travel Grant/Full Sponsorship by the Tertiary Education Fund (TETFUND), Nigeria, to attend and present a paper at a Roundtable on Africa and the Diaspora in the New Millennium at the University of Missouri, St Louis, USA 30th Oct – 1st Nov 2012.

Travel Grant/Full Sponsorship by African Institute of South Africa, Pretoria,to attend and present a paper at Roundtable on Second Scrabble for Africa at the University of Tshwane, Pretoria, South Africa, 23rd to 25th May 2012.

Travel Grant/Full Sponsorship by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to attend its African Workshop and Training Program at University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana 15th to 27th July 2012.

Travel Grant/Full Sponsorship by the Institute for African Securities, Pretoria, to attend and present a paper at an Expert Roundtable on Private Security Sector in African Conflicts at Nairobi, Kenya, 21-22 July 2010.

Travel Grant/Full Sponsorship by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Pretoria, to attend and present a paper at Expert Roundtable on Proxy Border Conflicts and their Impact on Peace Processes in Africa at Accra, Ghana from 19th -22nd April 2010.

Travel Grant/Full Sponsorship by Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Pretoria, to attend and present a paper at Expert Roundtable on the State of the Union 2030: Security Threats and Responses, at Kampala, Uganda, 21-22 July 2009.

Travel Grant/Full Sponsorship by the United Nations University – World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) to attend and present paper at a conference on The Role of Elites in Economic Development at Helsinki, Finland, 12-14 June 2009.

Travel Grant/Full Sponsorship by the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC), Lagos to attend and present a paper at an international colloquium on Teaching and Propagating Africa’s History at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 10th to 14th, 2008.

Travel Grant/Full Sponsorship by Factory of Ideas, Centre for Afro-Asia Studies, Salvador, Brazil, to attend Summer Training/Fellowship on Citizenship, Human Rights and Identity Formation Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, 1-30 August 2008.

Travel Grant/Full Sponsorship by the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC), Lagos to attend an international colloquium on Global African Spirituality, Social Capital, and Self-Reliance in Africa, Ouidah, Republic of Benin, 4th-8th Nov. 2007.

Full Sponsorship by CODESRIA to attend its Regional Methodological Courseon Social Sciences in Africa: Fields and Theories of Qualitative Investigation, Special Session for Nigeria; at the University of Ibadan, 30 July – 3 August 2007.