· Federal government of Nigeria overseas scholarship award (To study in the United States of America 1982 -1984)
· American University Deans List (May, 1983)
· International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED) Dry Lands Small Grants Fund for thesis writing (For PhD thesis completed 1995)
· Wellcome Trust Research Grant for population Studies (Awarded January 2000, completed in December, 2002)
· African Studies Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands, Visiting Fellows Award, April to July 2002
· Wellcome Trust Research Grant award on Health Consequences of Population Change in Developing countries (2003- August, 2005)
