- January 2016 Personalist Economics Research Grant
issued by the Scientific Committee of International Research Group in Personalist Economics - January 2013 Research Grant for the research project: “Qualità della democrazia, istituzioni e sviluppo economico. Capire perché emergono i paesi emergenti” financed by a donor of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Milan
- October 2010 Graduate of the Year Award: “Premio Agostino Gemelli, Laureato dell’anno 2008”
issued by Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Milan - October 2009 Three-year merit-based Ph.D. full scholarship issued by Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Milan