– Ministry of High Education Grant: research Title: “Productivity, costs and structural constraints to exporting by manufacturing enterprises in Sudan”, 2009.

– African Economic Research Consortium Grant, Nairobi, Kenya (ongoing research). Research Title: “Export Supply Response Capacity Constraints in Africa: Sudan Study”, 2008.

– African Economic Research Consortium Grant, Nairobi, Kenya. Research Title: “Scoping Study on the Impact of China on Sudan”, 2007.

– African Economic Research Consortium Grant, Nairobi, Kenya. Research Title: “Female Labor Supply in Sudan: The Role of Education”, 1996.

– Rockefeller Foundation Post-doctoral Research Fellowship at Yale University. Research Theme: Development and Demographic Change in Sudan, 1989.

– University of Gezira Research Grant. Research Title: “Measurement and Disaggregation of Income Inequality in Sudan”,1988.

– University of Gezira Research Grant. Research Title: “Land Tenure and Markets in Agriculture in Sudan”,1986.