Grants Received
Funding totaling $385,997 was recently received by the Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the Center for Environmental Research and Education (CERE).
- Dr. Jennifer Aitken, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, $144,000, from the National Science Foundation, for Year 2 for Optical, Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Multi-Cation Diamond-Like Semiconductors: Intricate Semiconductor Systems for Physical Property Tuning. The total award amount to date is $284,000.
- SBDC, $186,460 in additional funding, from the Small Business Administration. Dr. Mary McKinney, SBDC director, will administer the award. This brings the total award amount to date to $236,742.
- CERE, $37,500, from the Institute of Professional Environmental Practice, to be used for public service. Dr. John Stolz, CERE director, will administer the award.
- The Department of Biological Sciences, $1,000 undergraduate research award, from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for Shreya Patel. The faculty sponsor is Dr. Sarah Woodley.
- The Department of Biological Sciences, $1,000 undergraduate research award, from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for Matthew Kocher. The faculty sponsor is Dr. Joseph McCormick.
- Dr. John Stolz, CERE and the Department of Biological Sciences, $10,000, from the Colcom Foundation to defray the costs of the Shale Gas Extraction Research Conference.
- Dr. Nancy Trun, Department of Biological Sciences, $6,017, on a subcontract from Juniata College from the National Science Foundation for RCN-UBE-GCAT-SEEK: The Genome Consortium for Active Undergraduate Research and Teaching Using Next Generation Sequencing.