In all the following grants, I am/have been the LPI:

(2020a). Qatar University High Impact Grant (QU-HIG-2020-1-163) for the project titled ‘Community sports in Qatar/Examining and bridging the gap between branding strategies and lived realities’. Collaboration with Dr. Mahfoud Amara, Sports Science Program, Qatar University, Dr. Lina Majed, Sports Science Program, Qatar University. QR 398,400 (ongoing)


(2020b). Qatar University Student Grant (QUST-2-CAS-2018-5) for the project titled ‘Constructing solidarity with Qatar online: A corpus linguistic approach’. Duration of the Grant: June 2018-December 2018. QR 3,548 (completed)

(2015). Seed funding from the Center for Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS–SF–14–7), College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, for an interdisciplinary project titled ‘Branding Qatar as a sports tourism destination: A social semiotic analysis’. Collaboration with Dr. Julieta Alos, Department of English Literature & Linguistics (Translation). Duration of the Grant: January 2015-May 2015. QR 20,000 (completed)

(2013a). Junior Scientists Research Experience Program (JSREP) Grant (JSREP 4-009-6-003) from Qatar National Research Fund for the project titled ‘Between offline and online Qatar: Sociolinguistics of globalized social class, gender and culture’. Duration of the Grant: 2013-2016. $267,986 (completed)

(2013b). Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP) Grant (UREP 13-094-5-023) from Qatar National Research Fund for the project titled ‘Developing an illustrated glossary of Qatar’s traditional architectural terminology’. Collaboration with Dr. Yasser Mahgoub, Department of Architecture & Urban Planning, Qatar University. Duration of the Grant: 2013-2014. $56,200 (completed)

(2011). Start-Up Grant from Qatar University (QUSG-CAS-SPR-11/12-7) for a sociolinguistic project titled ‘Social class, language and globalization in contemporary Qatar’. Duration of the Grant: 2011-2012. $14,000 (completed)