Nine faculty members, two who are College of Sciences faculty, have been awarded up to $6,000 each in this year's Summer Faculty Fellowship Program competition.

The fellowships, administered by the ODU Research Foundation, provide funds and a small expense account to support research or scholarly activities for an eight-week period during the summer. Funding for the program comes from indirect costs recovered from sponsored program awards to the university for faculty activities.

"We are extremely proud of the quality of the research that was proposed by our faculty this year," said Robert Ash, interim vice president for research. "The Scholarly Activity and Research Committee is commended for the thoroughness of its review and for providing helpful guidance to its colleagues.

"This summer, we will be investing in scholarly activity ranging from studying the relationship between democratic governance and economic output through quantifying how simple biological organisms can reduce beach erosion during hurricanes."

Nineteen research proposals were submitted. Recipients of this year's fellowships for the College of Sciences only are:

Ian Bartol, assistant professor of biological sciences, "Wake Structure Analysis of Jet-propelled Squid."

Nora Noffke, assistant professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, "Hurricane Isabel: The Significance of Microbial Mats for Biostabilization and Protection of Coastal Zones - New Perspective for Coastal Engineering?"

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