Alpesh has received two research grants for his book project, which explores the conceptual overlaps among glass as a material, “trans” as a prefix, and decolonial theories: a British Paul Mellon Centre research grant to study the glass works (some of which incorporate lethal gas) of British-Pakistani Hamad Bhutt, who died of AIDS in the early 1990s, and a Danish Arts Foundation research grant to meet artists who take a decolonial thematic approach to glassblowing and other artmaking practices. Alpesh is currently on leave working on this book project.

And, Alpesh was appointed to the Editorial Advisory Committee for Getty Research Journal.