Apparently, prizes matter.

It’s not really in my nature to talk about awards and prizes I’ve won, but I recognise that sometimes it is necessary for professional reasons. So here’s a list of some awards and honours I have won, for whom it might concern.

2025

• Social Science Research Council Graduate Research Fellowship, Ministry of Education Singapore
• Jerry Bentley Endowed Scholarship in World History, Department of History, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• Donald Johnson Prize for Outstanding Research Paper in a Graduate Seminar, Department of History, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• Library Treasures Summer Scholarship, University of Hawaii at Manoa Library
• Best Graduate Paper, 41st Hawai’i Phi Alpha Theta History Honour Society Regional Conference
• Fritz Rehbock Prize for Best Paper in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, , 41st Hawai’i Phi Alpha Theta History Honour Society Regional Conference
• 2025 History Department University of Hawaii Foundation Research and Travel Award

2024

• History Department Achievement Scholarship Award 2024, Department of History, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• East-West Center Conference Travel Grant 2024, East-West Center
• SEASSI Tuition Scholarship 2024, Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute
• WISLI Tuition Scholarship 2024, Wisconsin Summer Intensive Language Institute

2023

• Graduate Degree Fellowship, East-West Center (2023-2025)

2020

• Wang Gungwu Medal & Prize Best Masters Thesis in the Social Sciences/Humanities AY2019/2020, National University of Singapore

2019

• Inducted into Graduate Students’ Teaching Award Honour Roll, NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
• Third Place, The Substation Writing Competition 2019, The Substation, Singapore

2018

• Tan Suan Imm History Prize (Best Masters History Student for Graduate Teaching), Department of History, National University of Singapore
• Graduate Students’ Teaching Award (Sem 1, AY18/19), NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
• Graduate Students’ Teaching Award (Sem 2, AY17/18), NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

2017

• Graduate Teaching Fellowship, National University of Singapore
• Graduate Students’ Teaching Award (Sem 1, AY17/18), National University of Singapore
• Presidents’ Honour Roll, University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore

2016

• George Edwin Bogaars Memorial Book Prize, AY2015/2016, Department of History, National University of Singapore
• Dean’s List Semester 1, AY2016/2017, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore

2015

• Senior Honour Roll, University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore

2014

• University Scholars Programme Honour Roll, University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore

2013

• Dean’s List Semester 1, AY2013/2014, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
• NUS Merit Scholarship, 2013-2017, National University of Singapore