2026

Fulbright Predoctoral Fellowship

Awarded to conduct a 6-month Ph.D. research stay at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Johns Hopkins University; funding valued at EUR 60,000 (California and Maryland, USA). Diario Sur, Junta de Andalucía.

2026

Accésit, Cátedra de Comercio y Transformación Digital

University of Malaga award for the M.Sc. thesis; EUR 250 award. Cátedra de Comercio, UMA press release.

2025

100 Malagueños del Año 2025

Diario SUR recognition for contributions to science and innovation (Malaga, Spain). Diario Sur.

2025

IMFAHE Excellence Fellowship

Awarded to conduct an international research visit abroad; fellowship value USD 5,100; selected among 120 students from 9 European universities (California, USA). UMA news, IMFAHE Innovation Camp 2024.

2024

IEEE Student Travel Grant

Travel grant for the IEEE ICMLCN 2024 conference (Stockholm, Sweden).

2023

FPI Scholarship

4-year full contract to fund the Ph.D., including a dedicated mobility budget; selected among 16 students at the University of Malaga in 2023 (Malaga, Spain).

2022

Cassini 4th Hackathon Winner

Winner in Entrepreneurship in Space; Spain winner in Barcelona, EUR 1,000 award, and qualification for the online European series, where Federico delivered the pitch (Barcelona, Spain). Diario Sur, FarmSat project.

2022

Spin-Off Winner

University of Malaga annual startup contest, with the Blueberry Malaga project; awarded EUR 6,000 and access to entrepreneurial programs including Polaris (Malaga, Spain). La Opinión de Málaga, El Español.