Fourteen University of Colorado at Boulder faculty have been awarded prestigious Faculty Fellowships for the 2006-07 academic year for research ranging from foreign policy in ancient Athens and nanometer-sized machines to suicide prevention in bipolar adolescents.
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 members 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.
This year's Faculty Fellowship winners include Beth Dusinberre and Peter Hunt of classics, Jason Glenn of astrophysical and planetary sciences, Roop Mahajan of mechanical engineering, Thomas Manteuffel of applied math, Keith Maskus of economics and Josef Michl of chemistry and biochemistry.
Others include David Miklowitz and Tiffany Ito of psychology, Warren Motte of French, Charles Rogers of physics, Michael Tooley of philosophy, Carol Wessman of ecology and evolutionary biology and Mark Williams of geography and the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research.
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, e-mail the Graduate School's Candice Miller at candice.miller@colorado.edu or visit .