Faculty Research

Summer Research Fellowship Program (SRFP)

The University provides a number of fellowship awards for returning, full-time tenured, and tenure-track faculty for summer research. The awards are made to promote scholarly endeavors and creative activities. These awards are designed to facilitate activities that will ultimately attract outside funding. Each award recipient will be expected to devote full time to his/her research for a continuous eight-week period during the summer. This Program is sponsored by the Office of Research in collaboration with the Faculty Senate.

Eligibility
Eligible applicants are full-time, tenure-track Old Dominion University faculty. Specific preference will be given to: 1) investigators who have been at the university for less than four years and who have not served as a Principal Investigator on a significant number of research projects and 2)more experienced investigators embarking on exploratory studies which represent a significant change in research direction and for which they have received no external funding to date. Priority will be given to investigators who have not previously received Summer Research Fellowship Awards.

Award Amounts
The award includes a stipend of $6,000 and up to $1,000 for justified expenses. Justified expenses may include travel to complete research during the period of the award. An additional $500 may be requested for post-award travel upon completion of the summer research.

Award Criteria
Proposals will be independently evaluated by the College Deans and Research Committees; Scholarly Activity and Research Committee (Committee D); and the Office of Research. Proposals will be ranked according to the following criteria: 1) scholarly merit and originality of the research plan; 2) quality of the research methodology; and 3) quality of the future research plan or publications to be produced.

Proposal Submission Deadlines
Proposal deadlines generally fall in mid-October to the Dean's office and mid-november to the Office of Research. Please refer to current solicitation for specific dates.

Click here to view the SRFP RFP

Application
Both the Research Foundation's Proposal Transmittal Form and the SRP Administrative Form are required as part of the proposal package. Proposals will be regarded as incomplete if these guidelines are not followed.

• Summer Research Fellowship Proposal: Administrative Comments 
•  ODU Research Foundation Proposal Transmittal Form.

2007 Summer Research Fellowship Recipients

Allison T. Chappell (Sociology and Criminal Justice, College of Arts & Letters), "Performance Measurement in Community Policing: The State of the Field in Virginia." Jessica Crouch (Computer Science, College of Sciences), "Virtual Eye Models for Surgery Simulation." Berna Demiralp (Economics, College of Business and Public Administration),  "The Effect of Labor Market Experience on the Decision to Become Self-Employed." James Michael Hall (Music, College of Arts & Letters),  "Transcribing and Ornamenting Marcello Opus 1: Creating Compact Disc Recording on Trombone and Performing Edition for Trombone, Euphonium and Tuba." Danica Hays (Education Leadership and Counseling, Darden College of Education), "The Role of Diagnostic Variance, Cultural Bias and Perceived Client Functioning in Counselors' Decision Making Process." Lesley H. Greene (Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Sciences),  "Role of Conserved Long-Range Interactions in Governing the Formation of the Greek-Key Protein Topology." Paula Mazzer (Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Sciences), "Hydroquinone Toxicity in Murine Lung Macrophage Cells: Metabolic Analysis via High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry." Jingdong Mao (Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Sciences),  "Molecular Structures of Pig Feces from Conventional and Phytase Transgenic Pigs Investigated by Advanced Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy." Shana Pribesh (Curriculum & Instruction, Darden College of Education), "Evaluation of National Board Certification for School Library Media Specialists." Kimberly Adams Tufts (Nursing, College of Health Sciences),  "Self-Care Choices of HIV and African American Women: A Qualitative Perspective."

2006 Summer Research Fellowship Recipients

Bridget Anderson (English, College of Arts & Letters),  "The Local Meaning of Linguistic Identity: Rural and Urban Speech Patterns in Tidewater, Virginia." Michael Clemons (Political Science /Geography/ISRE, College of Arts & Letters),  "Assessing Diversity Management in Major U.S. Cities." Abdelmageed Elmustafa (Mechanical Engineering, Batten College of Engineering and Technology),  "Nanoindentation Creep: Modeling and Simulation." Kurt Taylor Gaubatz (International Studies, College of Arts & Letters), "Motivations and European Integration." Maura Hametz (History, College of Arts & Letters), "'Solving the Jewish Problem:' The Genoa Proposal and Mussolinie's Meditterranean Policy." Edward Hill (Exercise Science, Sport, Physical Education and Recreation, Darden College of Education), "Motivation for Diabetes Management in a Recreation Setting: Examing the Impact of Family and Day Camp Programs." Soo-Hoon Lee (Management/Business Administration, College of Business),  "Antecedents, Processes and Outcomes in Family-Business Successions." Patrick Mbajekwe (History, College of Arts & Letters),  "Property Power and Social Transformation: A Social History of Urban Land in Colonial Eastern Nigeria, 1857-1960." Sharon Raver-Lampman (Early Childhood, Speech-Language Pathology and Special Education, Darden College of Education), "A Comparison of Perceptions Regarding University Life and Inclusion Between Students with Disabilities in USA and Ukraine." Alfredo Urzua (English, College of Arts & Letters), "Problem Formulation in Teachers' Writing: Exploring the Language of Problems in Professional Discourse." Qi (Harry) Zhang (Community and Environmental Health, College of Health Sciences),"Trends in Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status, Obesity and Diabetes." Ruhai Zhou (Mathematics & Statistics, College of Sciences), "Numerical Algorithms and Simulations of Nematic Polymer Nano-Composite Materials."