- IRO KU Leuven, ‘Multispecies justice and repair: Forging epistemic encounters between Belgium and South Africa’, (with Brunilde Pali, KU Leuven, Ashleigh Dore, Endangered Wildlife Trust, and Annette Hubschle, University of Cape Town) 2021 – 2022. Euro 19,630.
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Grant, ‘The art of resilience: How security professionals manage the unpredictable’. (with Benoit DuPont, University of Montreal) 2018 – 2023. CAD $ 385 472.
- Australian Research Council Discovery Grant, ‘Integrated governance of water and coal seam gas’. (with Cameron Holley, University of New South Wales, and Amanda Kennedy, Queensland University of Technology) 2017 – 2023. (AUD $ 291 914).
- Global Change, Society and Sustainability (GCGC): ‘Fulcrum institutions for Socio-ecological Resilience’. National Research Foundation Grant 2012 – 2017. Principal Investigator. ZAR 3 630 300
- South African Norway Research Co-operation: ‘Transition to Sustainable Energy Systems in Emerging Economies: A South African focused comparative project’. Research Council of Norway/South African National Research Foundation Grant 2014 – 2017. Principal Investigator. ZAR 3 000 000.
- Flanders Research Foundation Grant, Belgium ‘Ports of Call: Understanding Transnational Security Networks’. Grant with Prof. Marleen Easton, University of Ghent (principal CI) and Philip Stenning , Griffith University (CI), 2016 – 2020. Euro 405 000
- Environmental Entrepreneurs Support Initiative Grant, Mauerberger Foundation Grant 2014 – 2018. ZAR 750 000
- Mauerberger Foundation, 2015 – 2024 ZAR 1 800 000
- City of Cape Town’s Neighbourhood Policing Initiative, 2017 – 2019. ZAR 2 248 637
- 2008 – 2018: NRF Rating South African National Research Foundation Incentive Funding Award: ZAR 1 000 000.
- 2007 – 2014 SARCHI Chair: ZAR 2 247 300 per annum. Total ZAR 11 236 500.
- 2011: Embassy of Finland. Food Security Animation. ZAR 161 818.
- 2010 City of Cape Town Neighbourhood police: ZAR 162,000
- 2010 – 2011: Department of Community Safety & Security. Cape Provincial Council Strategic Objectives SO5. ZAR 1 196165.
- 2010: Access Applied Centre for Climate and Earth Systems Science. ZAR 200 000.
- 2010: ACDI. ZAR 263 500.
- 2010: Open Society Foundation. Food Security Project. ZAR 400 000.
- 2010: Open Society Foundation: Public Private Partnerships. ZAR 300 000.
- 2008 – 2010: Finnish Embassy of South Africa, Supporting Poor Economies.: ZAR 1 750 000.
- 2007: Finnish Embassy of South Africa: Community Peace Project: ZAR 1 500 000.
- 2003 – 2006: Australian Research Council: Policing for the 21st Century AUD $ 971 424 with Prof. PN Grabosky and Mr. J Murray. LP034.
- 2003 – 2007: Australian Research Council: The New Policing. With P.N .Grabosky and C. Nixen. AUD $ 700 000.
- 2004 – 2006: Australian Research Council: Resourcing Public Law Enforcement Agencies in the 21st Century with Prof. P N Grabosky AUD $ 200 000.
- 2004 – 2006: Local Capacity Regulation: Facilitating Participatory Environmental Policy AUD $ 237 074 with Prof. N Gunningham.
- 2001 – 2004 The Governance of Security in Transitional States: A Study of Policing Reform in Northern Ireland. CAN $ 67 710.
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