2005 LEOS/Newport/Spectra-Physics Research Excellence Award As the recognition of research excellence, Masud Bakaul was awarded the ‘best student paper award’ in the Annual Meeting of IEEE Laser and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS 2005) held in Sydney, Australia, during 24-27 October, 2005. The winning insertion was “Hybrid multiplexing towards the integration of millimeter-wave fiber-radio systems in DWDM Access Networks”. The award was featured in FEB 2006 and APR 2006 issues of IEEE LEOS Newsletter.

Travel Scholarship School of Graduate Studies (SGS) Travel Scholarship, University of Melbourne, 2004.

Ph.D. Scholarship  Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre (APCRC) Scholarship, 2002-2005.

Undergraduate Study Scholarship Merit Scholarship from the Ministry of Education of Bangladesh, 1991-1996.