In order to support the training of research and teaching staff at the Pakistan Forest Institute (PFI), the German Project provided scholarships for training abroad. Besides advanced training in Forest Management and Wood Technology for a period of about one year in Germany, PFI-Officers were also sent for long-term studies for Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Research was conducted by the officers during their stay abroad as part of their degree programmes and major findings of research are briefly described