1. Post Doctoral Summer Research Award from the British Council.(1993). Joint research on vegetable seed testing and physiology conducted in co-operation with Dr. Stan Matthews and Dr. Alison Powell at the Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
2. Sabbatical leave at the National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation, USDA, Fort Collins CO., USA. (1995). Joint research on vegetable Seed storage and testing conducted in co-operation with Dr. Eric Roos.