Eighteen University of Colorado at Boulder faculty have been awarded prestigious Faculty Fellowships for the 2005-'06 academic year for research ranging from black holes and natural hazards to Japanese gender geography.
The fellowships were created to acknowledge research excellence and allow faculty to devote a year to research projects as an alternative to sabbatical semesters, said Fred Pampel, CU-Boulder associate vice chancellor for research. Carrying awards of up to $7,000 each, the fellowships are given to a select number of faculty annually by the Graduate School's Council on Research and Creative Work, or CRCW.
Faculty Fellowships are highly competitive and are based on the applicant's proposal, professional record and the likelihood that the applicant's research will result in significant contributions to academia and society, Pampel said. The CRCW received a record number of proposals this year.
This year's Faculty Fellowship winners include Daniel Barth of psychology; Mitchell Begelman of astrophysical and planetary sciences and JILA; Christopher Bowman of chemical engineering; Anna Brickhouse of English; Sharon Collinge and Andrew Martin of ecology and evolutionary biology; and Kim Dickey of art and art history.
Others include Zygmunt Frajzyngier of linguistics; Arthur Joyce of anthropology, Edward Kinney and Michael Ritzwoller of physics, Terry Kleeman of East Asian languages and civilizations, Kristine Larson of aerospace engineering sciences; Gifford Miller of geology and INSTAAR; Robert Pasnau of philosophy; Margaret Tolbert of chemistry and biochemistry and CIRES; Brian Toon of LASP; and Margaret Yonemoto of history.
CRCW was created in 1935 to encourage and strengthen research and creative work at the university. For more information on CU-Boulder Faculty Fellowships and other CRCW awards, visit:
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