Our faculty work hard to maintain their national reputation by actively engaging in educational methods development, interdisciplinary activities and world–class research. Our faculty work to secure external funding to support the creative research undertaken by our undergraduates.

External grants have totaled over 1.3 million dollars in the last ten years.

Recent grants include:

2004: National Science Foundation-REU, (Parish) $10,000

2004: Patchett Foundation, (Parish) $10,000

2003: American Chemical Society GB Program (Pelkey), $35,000

2003: American Chemical Society GB Program (de Denus), $35,000

2003: American Chemical Society B Program (Parish), $50,000

2003: Research Corporation, (Pelkey) $39,800

2003: American Chemical Society, UFS Program (Parish) $45,000

2003: Patchett Foundation (Parish) $10,000

2003: National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (Parish) $7,000

2002: Council on Undergraduate Research, (Pelkey) $4,000

2002: Council on Undergraduate Research, (de Denus) $4,000

2002: National Science Foundation Research at Undergraduate Insitutions, (Parish) $74,000 locally ($148,000 collaboratively)

2001: National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation, (de Denus, Parish and Craig) $85,395

2001: National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation, (Parish) $35,000 locally (over $1M consortially)

2001: U.S. Department of Education Safe and Drug Free Schools; (Craig) $252,000

2001: Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Summer Research Program, (Parish and Ryan) $60,000

2001: Perkin Fund (Merck/AAAS match), $60,000

2001: Patchett Foundation; (Parish) $15,000

2001: Faculty Start-Up Program, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation; (Pelkey) $20,000

2001: Council on Undergraduate Research, (Parish) $4,000

2000: American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, (Parish) $25,000

1999: U.S. Department of Education Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Models on College Campuses Grant Competition; (Craig) $74,434

1999: Patchett Foundation; (Parish) $10,000

1999: Special Grant Program, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation; (Parish) $15,000

1999: Council on Undergraduate Research, (Parish) $4,000

1998: Novartis Pharmaceutical Company; (Parish) $3,500

1998: Special Grant Program, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation; (Bowyer and Craig) $15,000

1997 National Science Foundation Instrument and Laboratory Improvement; (Bowyer and Craig) $40,000

1997 Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program; (Bowyer and Kerlan) $60,000.

1996 Department of Education FIPSE grant "Reducing Misperceptions and Raising Curricular Interest About Drinking and Other Drug Use and Violence on Campus", (Craig) $65,000

1994 National Science Foundation Instrument grant; (Lashewycz-Rubycz and Hill) $56,367

1994 National Science Foundation, Systemic Change Planning Grant; $50,000

1994 National Science Foundation RUI Research Grant; (Bowyer) $101,000.

1994 Petroleum Research Fund Research Grant, (Bowyer) $25,000.

1992 Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Society Professional Grant, (Bowyer) $509.

1992 National Science Foundation Instrument Improvement; (Bowyer, McKinney, and Wing) $28,350.