·         German Academic Exchange Program for studying the Ph. D. at the University of Khartoum, 1991- 1996

·         Short Research Period (October 1998- Feb. 1999) at the Institute of Microbiology and Disease Diagnosis, FU, Berlin- Germany, funded by DAAD.

·         UNESCO Pilot African Academic Exchange Program Fellowship to conduct research in South Africa, March- August 2001.

·         Islamic Deveolpment Bank for Young Researchers Support Programme, University of Khartoum, 2004.

·         German Academic Exchange Program (DAAD) agreement with University of Khartoum for Post doc., University of Giessen, Germany September 2005- March 2006.

·         Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF) and ALJ Grant for Funding Scientific Research & Innovation in Technology for the project: Intermediate Technology Interventions and Camel Nomadic Community Development, 2009.