Eleven faculty members have been awarded $5,000 each in this year's Summer Faculty Fellowship Program competition.

The grants provide funds to conduct research or creative projects for an eight-week period during the summer. The funds are generated by overhead dollars of grants and contracts managed through the Old Dominion University Research Foundation. Faculty receive a set stipend of $5,000; extra expenses of up to $1,000 are also available for certain projects.

"The quality of proposals submitted this year was quite high," said Robert L. Ash, associate vice president for academic affairs. "Since this program uses a selection process that approximates national grant competitions, we hope that the faculty members who have participated in the process feel that they have gained a better understanding of how to put together a competitive research proposal.

"We have already begun to work with a number of applicants to help them begin to develop research proposal submissions to agencies or foundations."

The following faculty are the recipients of this year's awards:
MARIA LUISA A. CARINO, visiting associate professor of Filipino and Filipino-American studies, and English, "Novel on Filipino Journeys to America."
WILLIAM JOHN FORBES HUNTER, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, "Understanding and Assessing the Effect of Web-based Teaching and Learning in General Chemistry."
KEVIN H. JOHANNESSON, assistant professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, "Developing an Analytical Technique to Determine the Fraction of the Rare Earth Elements Complexed with Organic Matter in Natural Waters."
SUSAN KENT, professor of sociology and criminal justice, "Making the Invisible Visible: An Exploratory Study to Identify Sites."
MARK D. LEE, assistant professor of psychology, "The Effects of Age and Consistency on Performance in Auditory Search."
WILLIAM E. LUTTRELL, assistant professor of medical laboratory sciences and environmental health, "Effects of Ketone Pretreatment on the Activity of Major Drug- Metabolizing Enzyme Systems in the Liver."
MANUELA MOURAO, assistant professor of English, "Rewriting Victorian Fantasies: Anne Thackeray Ritchie's Kunstmarchen."
BRIAN K. PAYNE, assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice, "Perceptions and Reaction to Elder Abuse."
JENG-JONG RO, assistant professor of aerospace engineering, "Control of Nonlinear Panel Flutter Using Shape Memory Alloy."
JAMES R. SWEENEY, associate professor of history, "Race, Reason and Resistance: The Diary of David J. Mays, 1954-1971."
X. NANCY XU, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, "Single-Molecule Detection for Earlier Disease Diagnosis."