| 2014 | The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), ‘TUBITAK 2232 Yurda Dönüş’ Award and Research Grant |
| 2013 | Australian Research Council (ARC) – Discovery Early Career Researcher (DECRA) Award |
| 2013 | Newcrest Mining Assoc. Research Grant ($150,000 for three years, including one PhD student stipend) |
| 2012 | The University of Queensland New Staff Research Start-Up Grant |
| 2012 | The University of Queensland Dean’s Award for Research Higher Degree Excellence 2011 for PhD thesis. This award gives formal recognition to outstanding PhD graduates who have demonstrated excellence in a research higher degree and who have been commended by advisors and independent examiners for substantial contribution to their field of research |
| 2011 | ResTeach Grant for 2012 and 2013, Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland |
| 2008 – 2011 | Australian Government: Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) PhD Scholarship and Golder Geomechanics Centre Top-up Scholarship. School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia |
| 2004 | Cooperative Research Centre for Mining (CRC Mining) PhD Scholarship, CRC Mining, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia |
| 2002 | Italian Government MSc Scholarship, Department of Structural and Geomechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy |
| 2001 | Graduated BE (Hons II) in Mining Engineering (in English), Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, with the second highest general cumulative grade |
