External Grant Proposals 2006-07  

Boulter

NASA Geospace Science Program “Laboratory Studies of Atomic Oxygen Effects on Ice Formation and Structure in the Mesosphere”:; funded 2006. $41,204
Research Corp Cottrell College Science Awards “Laboratory Studies of Hydrocarbon Uptake on Mixed Ammonia Hydrate and Sulfide Ices Present in the Jovian Atmosphere”: funded 2006. $59,690

Drucker

 “Jet-Cooled Spectroscopy of Molecular Triplet States”, Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, $60,000 (plus $15,000 University match) for 2006-11.

Phillips

“Condensed Phase Effects on the Structural Properties of Friedel-Crafts Intermediates: RF–BF3”; Petroleum Research Fund-Type B, pending, ($55,000).

Wiegel

PRF: Competition between mesogens in pyridone-based supramolecular calamitic, banana and discotic liquid crystal (Funded) $50,000
RSEC: Liquid Crystalline/Clay nanocomposites (funded) $19,300.

Hati

Cottrell College Science Award from Research Corporation for the project titled "To Explore the Molecular Basis of Domain-Domain Communication in Prolyl-tRNA Synthetases."$39,000

Gallagher

University of Minnesota RSEC Grant for Summer 2007 $18,500

Genegenbach

NSF-MRI, Acquistion of LC/MS and GC/MS instruments for faculty-student collaborative research in chemistry” PI: Jason Halfen  and Co-PI: Alan Gengenbach ($137,267, funded)

Halfen

National Science Foundation (CHE-0615479)
Research in Undergraduate Institutions Faculty Research Grant           
“RUI: Chemistry of high-valent oxo- and imidoiron complexes” $200,000

National Science Foundation (CHE-0619296)
Major Research Instrumentation Grant
“Acquistion of LC/MS and GC/MS instruments for faculty-student
collaborative research in chemistry”  $137,268

Research Corporation Cottrell College Science Award
“Chemistry of high-valent imidoiron complexes  $36,176

Hartsel

NSF-S-STEM , 2006 “The Excellence In Science, Technology, Engineering And Mathematics (Esteam) Scholarship Program” 2006- Michael Howe-PI, S.C. Hartsel et al , Co-PI. $500,000