M.Sc Scholarship from Mining Ministry of Iran, 1996.

Ph.D Scholarship from Japan’s Government (Monbukagakusho), Oct. 2001 – Oct. 2005.

Visiting Scholar in Chinese State Key Laboratory for GeoMechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing, 2009-07-08 ~2009-09-08.

Visiting Scholar in Chinese State Key Laboratory for GeoMechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing, 2010-06-09 ~2010-09-10.

Visiting Scholar in Chinese State Key Laboratory for GeoMechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing, 2018-08-21 ~2018-09-30.

Financial support from the Special Funds for the Hydraulic Fracturing Basic Research Project  under Grant No. 2010 SKLGDUEK0913, The State Key Laboratory for GeoMechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, Beijing, China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing.

Honorary Member at the State Key Laboratory for GeoMechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, Beijing, China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing.