Recent Internally Funded Projects
2012: $16,425 from a Chenery grant for a proposal entitled, "Measuring the Thickness
of the Interfacial Liquid Layer of Ice as a Function of Temperature and Salt Concentration."
Awarded to Rebecca Michelsen.
2010-2011: $4851 from a Chenery grant for a proposal entitled, "Development of NS3Protease
Inhibitors for the Treatment of Dengue and West Nile Virus Infections." Awarded
to Nora Green.
2010: $26,400 from a Rashkind grant for a proposal entitled, "Dynamic Adaptive Supramolecular
Hosts." Awarded to John Thoburn.
2009: $5077 from a Chenery-Craigie grant for a proposal entitled, "Design of a "Soccer
Ball" Chiroptical Switch for Use in Molecular Electronics." Awarded to John Thoburn.
2008-2009: $___ from a Craigie Grant for a proposal entitled, "Probing the Acidity
of Ice Films by Infrared Spectroscopy" Awarded to Rebecca Michelsen.
2008: $30,000 from the Chenery Research Professorship for a proposal entitled, "Infrared
and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Biomimetic Catalysts for the Production
of Molecular Hydrogen. Awarded to Serge Schreiner.
2006-2008: $21,400 from a Chenery grant for a proposal entitled, "Quantum Tunneling
in Sigmatropic Hydrogen Shifts." Awarded to John Thoburn.
2005-06 $3500 from a Craigie grant for a proposal entitled, “Development of a Travel
Course and Establishment of a New Study Abroad Opportunity in Australia and New
Zealand.” It runs from July 2005-July 2006. Awarded to April D. Marchetti.
2004-2005: $9190 from a Rashkind grant for a proposal entitled "Synthesis of Coploymeric
Materials via Novel Radical Polymerization Methods." Awarded to April D. Marchetti.
Recent Externally Funded Projects
2010: $43,070 from Ocean Optics, Inc. for a proposal
entitled, "UV-Visible Spectroscopy in the Chemistry Curriculum at Randolph-Macon
College. Awarded to Serge Schreiner.
2010: $19,600 from the Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust for a proposal
entitled, " Infrared Spectroscopy of Ice Films: Bulk and Surface Acidity. Awarded
to Rebecca Michelsen.
2005-06: $38,797 Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust for a proposal
entitled “Synthesis of Polyolefins Tethered to Inorganic Surfaces via Insertion
Mechanisms.” Awarded to April D. Marchetti.
2004-current: $30,000 from the Camille and Henry
Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Startup for Undergraduate Institutions for a proposal
entitled, "Targeting the envelope glycoprotein and the NS3 protese for the development
of antiviral compounds for the treatment of Dengue virus infection." Awarded to
Nora S. Green