Eleven proposals received $5,000 each in funding for a total of $55,000 awarded in the 2015-16 Cross-College Faculty Research program by The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development. The grants help facilitate interdisciplinary interaction between UAH faculty from more than one college around a common research theme. A total of 15 proposals were submitted for review from UAH tenured and tenure-track faculty who had a desire to create interdisciplinary, cross-college research groups on campus.