FIU Top Scholar Award, Florida International University, 2016

Joseph Wholey Distinguished Scholarship Award for Outstanding Scholarship on Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations, American Society for Public Administration, 2015

Carlo Masini Award for Innovative Scholarship in the Fields of Public and Nonprofit Management, Academy of Management, 2014

JPART-PNP Top Reviewer Award, Academy of Management, 2014

Carl Goerdeler Award, best Ph.D. dissertation on a local-government related topic in Germany, Goerdeler Foundation, 2012

Best-Paper Award, Study Group “Performance in the Public Sector”, European Group of Public Administration (EGPA), 2011