David Shiffman (WhySharksMatter) of the Southern Fried Science blog has been named a finalist in the 2011 Blogging Scholarship. If he wins the scholarship it will provide him with $10,000 of funding for his dissertation research which focuses on the ecological importance of sharks to coral reefs.

If you want to help support David and his research, you can vote for him at the 2011 Blogging Scholarship voting page.