Grau was awarded a
FONDECYT project in 1993, for "Discurso, Género y Poder: Un Análisis de Discursos Públicos Oficiales en Chile (1978-1993)" (Discourse, Gender and Power: An Analysis of Official Public Discourses in Chile (1978-1993)) and in 1995, for "El Relato Mítico de la Quintrala en el Imaginario Cultural" (The Mythical Story of the Quintrala in the Cultural Imaginary). In 2010, she was awarded another FONDECYT project entitled: "Filosofía, Literatura y Género: La Escritura de
Simone de Beauvoir" (Philosophy, Literature and Gender: The Writing of Simone de Beauvoir). She works as a full professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities and at the "Centro de Estudios de Género y Cultura en América Latina" (CEGECAL) (Center for
Gender and
Cultural Studies in
Latin America) at the University of Chile. She is also coordinator of the Philosophy for Children program and director of the " Comunidad de Indagación en Filosofía e Infancia en Chile" (CIFICH) (Community of Inquiry in Philosophy and Childhood in Chile). Grau has written books and essays, and made presentations on gender, sexuality, philosophy, childhood, education and literature. ==Awards and honours==