Obtained together with Professor Frank Grosse a grant from the “Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft” to cover 3 years salary for 1 Ph.D. student and 30,000 € for expenses. Title: “in vitro und in vivo Characterisierung der durch Topoisomerase I induzierten DNA-Reparatur”. Translated: “Characterization of the in vitro and in vivo topoisomerase I induced DNA repair”.