Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsorship 

2011:

Event funding  ($6,000.00 AUD) sponsored by the Asian Australian Studies Research Network and RMIT for Asian Australian Film Forum (AAFF), November 2011 (with corporate sponsorship including from SBS, Village Cinemas and Madman Entertainment with assistance from Gung Ho Productions and RMIT raised to the value of $2000).

2010:

Early Career Researcher Invitatee & presenter at Monash University Adoption Policy Symposium, Melbourne, 30 September - 1 October, 2010.

Invited Chair of the Sociology Panel at the International Adoption Summit in Canada, sponsored by The University of Waterloo, 22 - 25 September 2010.

2008:

Early Career Researchers' Workshop, Asian American Studies with Professor David Eng, sponsored place, held by the Asian Australian Studies Research Network and Monash University, Melbourne, 6 December 2008.

2007:

The Queensland Multicultural Summit, sponsored place. Awarded by the Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland, November 2007.

Elizabeth Usher Memorial Annual Travelling Scholarship. Awarded through the University of Queensland Alumni Association, October, 2007.

Diversity Week Award Grant from The University of Queensland's Equity Office.

2006:

Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General Division: ‘For service to the community through the establishment and administration of the Adopted Vietnamese International organisation’, Awarded by the Council for the Order of Australia and Approved by His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia AC CVO MC (Ret’d), June 2006. Details

2005:

International Conference Travel Grant from The Association for Women's Rights In Development (AWID) to attend their 10th International Forum, Bangkok, Thailand, 27 – 29 October 2005.