AWARDS & HONORS

* Nagle Scholarship. San Francisco State University, 2004-07.
* Iranian Student Scholarship Fund, 2006.

* Second place winner of 2005 Star Musician of Iran Competition. Washington DC.
* The National Deans' List

* Meet the Composer Grant, 2007.

* MetLife Creative Connections Grant, 2007.

* Graduate Fellowship 2008-09. University of California, Irvine. - Graduate Opportunities Fellowship

* ArtBlock Fellowship, 2009.

* Medici Scholar Award, 2009.

* Graduate Research Award. Claire Trevor School of The Arts. 2009. - Project: Traveling the Silk Road (American Museum of Natural History), The Silk Road Project (Silk Road Ensemble and Yo Yo Ma).

* Grant - Alliance For California Traditional Arts for Echomerz Concert. January 30th, 2015.

* Grant - New Music Solidarity Fund. 2020

 * Grant - Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies, 2022 for Documentary of 12 Persian Songs by Blair Fairchild