2022. Community Collaborative Research Center, Grand Challenges, University of Colorado Denver (PI). $275,000.

2022. Diversity, social capital, and resilience: How can diverse communities resist gentrification? Office of Research Services, University of Colorado Denver. (PI). $6,000. 

2021. Safe outdoor spaces: A new land use type for Denver and beyond? EVOLVE Grant Program, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver. (PI). $10,000.

2020. Open streets, for whom? COVID-19 responses, active living, and social equity. Office of Research Services, University of Colorado Denver. (PI). $17,000. 

2020. Diversity, social capital, and resilience: How can diverse communities resist gentrification? EVOLVE Grant Program, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver. (PI). $10,000.

2018. Designing for difference: Planning for integration in immigrant arrival neighborhoods. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Research Innovation Seed Programs (CRISP), University of Colorado Denver. (co-PI). $10,000.

2018. Designing for difference: Planning for immigrant integration in Metro Denver’s arrival neighborhoods. EVOLVE Grant Program, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver. (PI). $10,000.

2017. Green gentrification in Chicago: Development, displacement, and community activism. Office of Research Services, University of Colorado Denver. (PI). $3,000

2016. Bringing Stein back in: Regional planning and equity in the 21st Century American West. Clarence S. Stein Institute, Cornell University. (PI). $16,000

2013-15. Tri-County Health Department, Health Impact Assessment Grant, funded by Pew Trust. (PI). $25,000

2015. Colorado Center for Sustainable Urbanism. Gates Family Foundation. (PI). $98,500

2012-2015. National Park Service internship program. Master of Urban and Regional Planning program, University of Colorado Denver. (PI). $149,595

2014. Sustainable Communities Initiative: Outcome Assessment and Knowledge Sharing. Denver Regional Council of Governments. (Contributor). $76,850

2014. NSF (RAPID): Affordable Housing and Equitable Recovery: A Study of the 2013 Colorado Flash Floods. National Science Foundation. (Co-PI). $35,000

2014. Income, Community Development, and Transit Quality in the Denver Region. Office of Research Services, University of Colorado Denver. (Co-PI). $12,000

2014. Toward Equitable Recovery: Affordable Housing after the 2013 Colorado Floods. Office of Research Services, University of Colorado Denver. (Co-PI). $2,981

2013. Understanding Household Recovery Following Colorado Flash Floods. Natural Hazards Center. (Contributor). $3,000

2011. Privatization of public space: Incentive Zoning programs in the US. Center for Faculty Development, University of Colorado Denver. (PI). $1,000

2010. Spatial inventory training using various geospatial technology platforms. Center for Faculty Development, University of Colorado Denver. (PI). $2,000

2010. Development of sustainable joint urban design studio with Tongji University. Institute of International Business (IIB) CIBER program, University of Colorado Denver. (PI). $2,500

2009. Perceptions of publicness in NYC’s privately owned public spaces. Institute for the Social Sciences, Cornell University. (Co-PI). $5,000

2008. Lost space: Security zones and the shrinking of public space. Center for Faculty Development, University of Colorado Denver. (PI). $20,000

2008. Denver Union Station public space studio course. Open Space Initiative Group, Denver. (PI) **Winner of APA Colorado Student Project Award** $8,000

2007. Control by design: Encouraging diversity in Denver’s public spaces. Center for Faculty Development, University of Colorado Denver. (PI). $5,000

2007. Inner ring suburb design/redevelopment study. Wheat Ridge 2020. (PI). $3,500