Grants

LVC Chemistry has built an outstanding record of winning competitive external grant support, having received 48 grants for more than $2 million since 1985 to fund undergraduate research, purchase instrumentation, support curriculum development, and provide scholarship aid. Information on these grants is provided below.

  Year                   Source                                   Amount                    Type                       Author

  2009               Merck/AAAS                            $60,000               Research                  Dr. Patton

                  Interdisciplinary Research Projects in Chemistry and Biology

  2008           Research Corporation             $44,820                Research                Dr. Marsh

           Elementary Photoreactions for the Synthesis of Amino Acids on a Model Interstellar Surface

  2008      National Science Foundation     $150,000          Instrumentation            Dr. Peelen

          Project-based LC-MS Experiments at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology

  2007      National Science Foundation     $144,600            Research              Dr. Marsh

          Selectivity Control in Ketone Hydrogenation on Nanoscale Platinum Catalysts

  2006            Research Corporation           $43,758             Research               Dr. Peelen

          Direct Synthesis of Fmoc-Protected Amines via Acyl Iminium Chemistry

  2004        National Science Foundation       $147,950         Research              Dr. Wigal

          Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies of Quinone-Organozinc Alkylation Reactions

  2004         American Philosophical Society        $4,000          Research               Dr. Patton

          Modulating Ammonia Tunneling in E. coli Guanosine-5'-Monophosphate Synthetase

  2004      Council on Undergraduate Research     $4,500       Research             Dr. Patton

          Structure/Function Relationships in E. coli Guanosine-5’-Monophosphate Synthetase

  2003               Research Corporation            $39,820              Research                Dr. Patton

                 Mechanism of Ammonia Transfer in E. coli GMP Synthetase

  2003                    Merck/AAAS                       $60,000               Research            Dr. Wigal

          Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Involving Biological and Chemical Sciences

  2002             Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation        $10,000       Research         Dr. Patton

                       New Faculty Research Start-Up Grant

  2001        National Science Foundation         $39,500           Instrumentation        Dr. Moe

                 MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry in Chemistry and Biochemistry

  2000         National Institutes of Health         $133,200          Research            Dr. Moe

          Mapping Nucleotide Sites of E. coli GMP Synthetase

  1998       Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation         $65,000          Research        Dr. Moe

                Scholar/Fellow Program for Undergraduate Institutions

  1998           National Science Foundation (RUI)          $71,000           Research       Dr. Wigal

          Synthesis of Quinols and Quinol Derived Products Using Organocadmium Reagents

  1998          Petroleum Research Fund (ACS)           $30,000           Research         Dr. Wigal

                 Synthesis of Biologically Active Quinone Derivatives

  1997          Exxon Education Foundation             $5,000            Research            Dr. Wigal

             Methodologies for the Regiospecific Synthesis of Quinone Derivatives

  1997            Research Corporation                    $38,470              Research          Dr. Moe

          Elucidation of Amino Acids at the XMP Site of E. Coli GMP Synthetase

  1996          Exxon Education Foundation              $5,000            Research           Dr. Wigal

             Methodologies for the Regiospecific Synthesis of Quinone Derivatives

  1996         National Science Foundation (UFE)         $88,574         Faculty Enhancement       Wigal, Cornelius

          A Consortium for Molecular Modeling Using Workshops and the World Wide Web

  1995            Exxon Education Foundation               $5,000           Research           Dr. Wigal

           Regiospecific Synthesis of Quinone Derivatives

  1995          National Science Foundation (ILI)          $49,188           Instrumentation         Wigal, Cornelius

          Molecular Modeling Throughout the Chemistry Curriculum

  1994         National Science Foundation (CCD)         $150,000          Curriculum         Dr. Cornelius

Chemistry Domesticated: An Alternative Curriculum for the Two-Semester Introductory College Chemistry Course

   1994          National Science Foundation (ILI)          $43,000           Instrumentation         Dr. Dahlberg

          Chemistry Vibrational Spectroscopy Center

  1994           Exxon Education Foundation          $5,000          Research           Dr. Dahlberg

           Use of NIR/Raman Spectroscopy for the Measurement of the Composition of Materials

  1993         Nat'l. Inst. for Stds. & Tech (NIST)          $7,000           Research Dr. Dahlberg

          Chemometrics in the Analysis of Gas Chromatography

 

  1993           Exxon Education Foundation             $5,000           Research           Dr. Dahlberg

          FTIR-Based Chemometric Analysis of Commercial Oils

 

  1992           National Science Foundation (UFE)          $30,000         Faculty Enhancement         Dr. Cornelius

          NMR Workshops for Undergraduate Chemistry Faculty

 

  1991          National Science Foundation (UFE)           $56,936            Faculty Enhancement          Dr. Cornelius

          NMR Workshops for Undergraduate Chemistry Faculty

 

  1991         Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation         $7,300          Curriculum           Dr. Moe

          Development of an Integrated, Project-Based Laboratory Curriculum

 

  1991        National Science Foundation (ILI)          $9,850          Instrumentation          Dr. Moe

          Electrochemical Equipment into the Chemistry Curriculum

 

  1991           E. I. du Pont Foundation             $10,000                Instrumentation           Dr. Moe

          Purchase of Electrochemical Instrumentation

 

  1991          National Science Foundation (LLD)            $65,100             Curriculum           Dr. Moe

          Development of Instrument-Based Laboratory Projects in Chemistry

 

  1989         National Science Foundation (ILI)             $96,750           Instrumentation           Dr. Cornelius

Integration of an Fourier Transform Superconducting NMR into the Chemistry Curriculum

 

  1989       National Science Foundation (ILI)          $11,455          Instrumentation       Dr. Moe

          Cross-Disciplinary Introduction of High Performance Liquid Chromatography

 

  1989            Kresge Foundation             $100,000            Instrumentation           Department

          Fourier-Transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer

 

  1988           National Institutes of Health (AREA)           $52,211            Research           Dr. Cornelius

          Phosphato Complexes of Platinum

 

  1988           National Science Foundation (RUI)           $50,000             Research           Dr. Moe

          ATP Regeneration Based on Polyphosphate Kinase

 

  1988           Woodrow Wilson Foundation            $1,040            Research           Dr. Cornelius

          Research Support for High School Chemistry Teachers

 

  1988         National Science Foundation (ILI)          $16,566            Instrumentation          Dr. Cornelius

           Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy in the Chemistry Curriculum

 

  1987           Woodrow Wilson Foundation               $1,635              Research           Dr. Cornelius

Research Support for High School Chemistry Teachers

 

  1987          National Science Foundation (ILI)             $22,890            Instrumentation           Moe

              Introduction of GC/MS into the Chemistry Curriculum

 

  1987         National Science Foundation (ILI)          $26,107           Instrumentation           Dr. Moe

          Equipment for Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry

 

  1986           Petroleum Research Fund             $2,000             Research             Dr. Moe

          Supplementary Summer Research Student

 

  1986           Dow Chemical Foundation            $121,000          Scholarship Aid          Department

              Undergraduate Scholarship Program in Chemistry

 

  1986         Pittsburgh Conference Grants Program             $2,500 Instrumentation            Dr. Moe

Hewlett-Packard Diode-Array UV-VIS Spectrophotometer

 

  1985          National Science Foundation (RUI)               $19,000            Research           Dr. Moe

          Immobilized ATP Regeneration Using Polyphosphate Kinase

 

  1985           Petroleum Research Fund (ACS)             $15,000              Research          Dr. Moe

            Immobilized ATP Regeneration Using Polyphosphate Kinase