2003: Studio grant at Mummelsee (fine arts) 2001: Working grant / guest artist, Center for Art and Media Technology (ZKM), Karlsruhe 2000: Selection of the dance piece "Ellis Is.", Theater Festival "Theaterzwang 2000" 1999 : Selection of the dance piece "Ellis Is.", Competition "Blue Bridge", Dresden Center for Contemporary Music 1998: Annual grant from the Heinrich Strobel Foundation, Südwestfunk Baden Baden 1995: Selection of the piece "Brentano , Lullaby†for the World Music Days 1995 1994 - 1995: DAAD scholarship, Computer Center for Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University, USA 1993: Folkwang Prize for composition 1991: 1. Federal University Competition Composition, Felix Mendelssohn- Bartholdy Prize 1990: 1. Prize composition competition of the Cooperativa Neue Musik (CNM) 1987: 1. Prize Forum of Young German Composers