Grant writing is a difficult and time intensive task with no guarantee of success. Yet, our faculty go through the process whenever possible as a means of supplementing the department and College budget. Grant funding has allowed the Chemistry Department to offer more research opportunities for student and faculty, purchase new or replacement instrumentation and expand opportunities for students to attend professional conferences throughout the United States and abroad. Since 2017, Chemistry Department faculty have received combined external grants in excess of $1,000,000.
Prof. Buettner with Divisional Dean Prof. Darren Glass, Prof. Dan White, Computer Science and Eric Remy, Director of Educational Technology received a grant from the George I Alden Trust for construction of a Quantitative Resource Center (QRC) on the lower level of Glatfelter Hall. Additional funds for the QRC were donated by alumni, Donna Jean Brogan, Math ’60. Donna is professor emeritus of statistics at Emory University and has conducted biostatistical research in the areas of women’s health, mental health and psychosocial health statistics, statistics on breast cancer, and analysis of complex survey data. The QRC, officially named the Donna Jean Brogan Quantitative Resource Center, is a large study space, designed with input from current students, where they can connect with Peer Learning Associates from all science and math departments for help with coursework. The QRC was completed in the summer of 2023 and opened to students in Fall 2023.
Prof. Frey received a grant in August 2022 from the Hamilton Company for the purchase of glass syringes used in research and in our lab courses.
In 2020, Prof. Frey and Prof. Buettner received a grant from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., Jean Dreyfus Lectureship for Undergraduate institutions. This grant provided funding for a lecture series originally scheduled for the 2021 academic year but postponed due to COVID. Our Jean Dreyfus Lecturer will be Prof. Squire Booker, Evan Pugh University Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, making a delayed appearance at Gettysburg College in Fall 2023. For more information, visit our event webpage. We hope you can join us for his public lecture on Thursday, October 19th.
Meem Noshin Nawal Khan (Chem ‘24) received the 2023 Judith Bond Scholarship from the American Chemical Society Southeastern Local Section.
