Awards  
Vyla has been the recipient of a number of awards, research grants, and fellowships for her work in the areas of project management, management consulting, as well as for her contributions to the body of knowledge in the UK and US Psychological community, and field of organisational behaviour.
  • Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society
     
  • Currie and Brown/ Association of Project Managers Prize
    In the early 1990’s she was awarded the Currie and Brown/ Association of Project Managers prize in London for an article entitled “Project Management: A Perspective on a Behavioural Based Approach”, which was designated as a topic of general interest in the field of Project Management.
     
  • Commendation, Board of the Institute of Management Consultants
    In 1996, she was one of three individuals commended for consultancy work undertaken with the Board of the Institute of Management Consultants in London, working with them to develop their strategy, vision and subsequent organisational change programme.
     
  • Recipient of Two Richter Foundation Fellowships (Domestic and International)
    The Richter Scholars Fellowship Program is funded by the Paul K. and Evalyn E. Cook Richter Trusts. These fellowships are awarded to a small number of undergraduate students enrolled at twelve selected colleges and universities in the United States, and provide funding for research proposals deemed creative as well as meaningful and significant to a wider community. Vyla's research fellowships were carried out in San Francisco, California and London, England.