Vic Camp - Recipient of a 2009 University Grants Program awards

San Diego State University Graduate & Research Affairs recently announced recipients of the 2009 University Grants Program (UGP) awards.

The Department of Geological Sciences Victor Camp, was awarded a UGP for "Geochronology and Geochemistry of the Columbia River Flood Basalts, Buffalo Hills, Nevada"

The UGP was created to integrate three internal funding mechanisms through which faculty may derive support for creative and scholarly research, including:

• Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity
• Faculty Development Program
• Faculty Grant-in-Aid

Funding was also provided by the Adams Humanities Endowment. Of the 120 applications received, 53 awards were granted totaling more than $410,000.