In 2012, he was a recipient of a pilot grant for emerging Cuban designers, developed by the Vermont Studio Center, in partnership with Architecture Omi, the JM Kaplan Fund, and the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation. Fiallo participated in a 6-week residency program at the Vermont Studio Center, which culminated in the exhibition Skyline Adrift: Cuban Art and Architecture at Architecture Omi. Skyline Adrift featured the work of Fiallo, fellow grant-recipient Yilena Feitó, and two Cuban émigré artists Armando Mariño Calzado and Alexandre Arrechea.