- Gerd Hegemann travel grant from the Association of Bavarian Surgeons in 1999 to visit centers for colorectal surgery in Australia
- Müller-Osten Prize of the German Society for Surgery 2002: Intraoperative radiotherapy progress through a CT-supported navigation system
- Travel grant 14th United European Gastroenterology Week 2006
- Travel grant from the German Research Foundation 1997 - ISW, Acapulco, Mexico, Alternatives At Colorectal Carcinoma: IORT
- Travel grant from the German Research Foundation 2000: 2nd International Conference Of The International Society Of Intraoperative Radiation Therapy, Boston, USA
- Travel grant from the German Society for Surgery 1997 to visit centers for colorectal surgery in the USA and Japan
- Travel grant from the German Society for Visceral Surgery 2005 for professional exchange with Prof. Dr. Bismuth, liver surgeon, Paris, France
- Travel grant from the Japanese Society of Surgery 2003 to attend the 100th Annual Congress Of Japan Surgical Society
- Travel grant from the Japanese Society for Surgery 2003 to attend the 103rd Annual Congress Of Japan Surgical Society