Fulbright Scholarship, 1987-1988. The International Exchange of Scholars sponsored my sabbatical leave at the University of California Davis, Davis, California, U.S.A.

NEAR EAST FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP, 1984, allowed me to have a short sabbatical at the Rabbit Research Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.

AMIDEAST SCHOLARSHIP, 1977-1979, provided for my Master's Degree.

SEA GRANT SCHOLARSHIP, Oregon state University, 1979-1981. This federal program paid for my Ph.D. Degree.

NEAR EAST FOUNDATION GRANT, 1983-1986, whose aim is to promote the idea of raising rabbits for meat production in the Third World.

WELFARE ASSOCIATION GRANT, 1986-1987, for research into alternative utilization of animal wastes.

AMIDEAST GRANT, 1989-1990, for the promotion of backyard farming (rabbit raising).

HIGHER EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION, 1990. The Commission of the European Community sponsored a visit to University College, Dublin, in the area of curriculum and community development programs.

AMIDEAST GRANT, 1990, for a visit to institutions in Jordan engaged in fish farming and the utilization of treated waste water.

A short course on University teaching management. Sponsored by the UNDP, June 1992, Jerusalem.

Mid-campus project sponsored my participation in a short course on: Down stream processing in biotechnology. EGE University and Biotechnology center, June, 1995, Izmir, Turkey.

European Community grant, 1993-1995, supported a pilot research project on the utilization of treated waste water in aquaculture and monitoring of food and feed quality in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Irish support fund 1996-1997. Conduct research on food quality surveillance and preparation of food tables for local food ingredients.

French consulate, Jerusalem, sponsored a three week working visit to the veterinary school of lyons, and the Agriculture Research Center (INRA), January, 1996.

Association of Arab Universities. 2000. Sponsored a research project on: The environmental conditions of local industrial establishments and their impact on the health of their employees and the surrounding environment.

Excellence in Applied Marine Research from Sea Grant and National Ocean Industries Association, U. S. A. 1980.

Professor Abd Salam's prize for biological sciences, 1990. Prof. Abd Salam is a Nobel Prize laureate in 1979.

Bachelor of Science With Honor, 1970.