1. Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences
Institution Awardee Department Project Award
2007
Brigham Young University Adam T. Woolley Chemistry and Microchip Separations in Undergraduate Chemistry $40,000
Biochemistry Laboratories
California Science Center Sue L. Neuen Amgen Center for Orange County Middle School Physical Science Symposium & $17,652
Science Learning Professional Development Program
Chemical Heritage Foundation Stephen Lyons Moreno/Lyons Today’s Chemical Explorers $49,700
Productions, LLC
Columbia College Chicago Zafra Lerman Science Education “Workshop to develop a Middle East K-16 curriculum through $25,000
environmental education”
Columbia University Darcy B. Kelley Biological Sciences Developing Chemistry Modules for quot;Frontiers of Sciencequot; Course $45,000
at Columbia University
Howard University Charles M. Hosten Chemistry Science and Public Policy for an Undergraduate Curriculum $45,000
Iona College Sunghee Lee Chemistry Dynamic Video Microscopy in Undergraduate Chemistry $25,000
Education
Molecular Frontiers Foundation Richard N. Zare Department of Molecular Frontiers Best Question Competition $25,000
Chemistry
Mount Holyoke College Sean M. Decatur Chemistry Assessing and Strengthening the Pipeline of Underrepresented $36,000
Minorities into Successful Undergraduate Science Degrees
Museum of Science, Boston M.J. Morse Current Science and Connecting the Public to Chemistry $20,000
Technology Center
Northeastern University Patricia A. Mabrouk Chemistry & Chemical Web-GURU: Web-Based Guide to Research for Undergraduates $47,754
Biology
Oklahoma School of Science and A.K.Fazlur Rahman Chemistry Exploring Alternative Energy Resources : A Research Project for $5,900
Mathematics High School Students
Oregon Museum of Science and Marilyn Johnson Education Chemistry in the K-8 Classroom $45,000
Industry
Portland State University Scott M. Reed Chemistry Chem Map: Mapping the Chemistry of Everyday Materials $30,000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Sara L. McIntosh Chemistry and “Whodunit?” The Science of Crime Scenes” $11,616
Chemical Biology
Sciencenter Rae E.M. Ostman Education Science Museum Chemistry Programs for School and Family $30,943
Audiences
Simmons College Leonard J. Soltzberg Chemistry Extending the Research Experience into Early Undergraduate $33,000
Chemistry Laboratories
Stanford University Michael D. Fayer Chemistry Retaining and Revitalizing Chemistry Teachers Through Summer $25,000
Research Fellowships

2. Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences
Institution Awardee Department Project Award
The Discovery Museums Denise LeBlanc Science Discovery Community Chemistry: Engaging K-8 Students with Hands-on $17,614
Museum chemistry to Find the Extraordinary in the Everyday from
Molecules to the Professions
The New York Academy of Karin E. Pavese Programs Green Science & Environmental Systems Discussion Group at $23,900
Sciences The New York Academy of Sciences
The Pennsylvania State University Andrew L. Zydney Chemical Engineering Hands-On Product Design Experience in Chemical Engineering at $39,000
The Pennsylvania State University
The Rockefeller University Bonnie Kaiser Precollege Science Synergy through Inquiry: A Pilot Project of The Rockefeller $75,000
Education University Science Outreach Program to Test and Track
Inquiry-Based Approaches to Chemistry Learning
The University of North Carolina John M. Papanikolas Chemistry Virtual Substance: A Tool for Teaching Science Inquiry from $30,000
Middle School to Physical Chemistry
The University of North Carolina Todd R. Boyette Morehead Science 360: Today's Chemistry $50,000
Planetarium and
Science Center
University of California, Berkeley Jay D. Keasling Chemical Engineering Addressable cell-cell communication in Escherichia coli $49,000
University of Pennsylvania Larry Gladney Physics A seed grant for the design and implementation of $58,800
Concept-Focused Short Courses for continuing content
preparation of secondary school chemistry teachers
Western Washington University David L. Patrick Chemistry Beyond the Individual Molecule Paradigm: Introducing $28,000
Nanomaterials Across the Curriculum
WGBH Jessica Cashdan Foundation The Percy Julian Collection: Multi-Media Resources for $50,000
Development Teachers and Students
Whitman College Frank M. Dunnivant Chemistry An Analytical Instrumentation Center for the Natural Sciences – $50,000
Purchase of an Iductively Coupled Plasma Mass-Spectrometer
System
2006
Colorado State University Anthony K. Rappe Chemistry Many Minds Chemistry Program $38,000
Exploratorium Charles C. Carlson Life Sciences Biochemical Connections: New Exhibits for the Exploratorium $25,000
Traits of Life Collection
Georgia Institute of Technology Pete J. Ludovice Chemical & Scaffolded Molecular Modeling Educational Modules $32,700
Biomolecular
Engineering
Indiana State University Stephen F. Wolf Chemistry Incorporation of X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry into an $29,000
Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Study of the Environment
Laboratories for Learning Jeffrey M. Stern Forensic Chemistry: Solving Crimes and Exploring Careers in the $16,000
Chemical Sciences

3. Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences
Institution Awardee Department Project Award
Maryland Science Center Tonya M. Matthews Exhibits Innovating chemistry education and expanding the pipeline with $35,000
open-access, immersive laboratory experiences at the Maryland
Science Center
New York Hall of Science Martin Weiss Science Chemistry and the Search for Life Beyond Earth—a Hands-on $200,000
Discovery Lab (working title)
North Central College Paul F. Brandt Chemistry Creative Workshops for K-12 Science Educators $19,100
Oregon Museum of Science and Marilyn Johnson Education Chemistry in the K-8 Classroom $20,000
Industry
Portland State University Virginia E. Fox Saturday Academy Nanoscience and Chemistry Educational Outreach to Students of $18,000
the Pacific Northwest
Purdue University William G. Bayley Chemistry Science Express-Bring Research Grade Instrumentation to High $55,500
Schools in Indiana
Science Buddies Courtney Corda Kenneth Lafferty Development and Operation of a quot;Chemistry Interest Areaquot; for $45,000
Hess Family Science Buddies' quot;Topic Selection Wizardquot;
Charitable
Foundation
Skidmore College Raymond J. Giguere Chemistry Molecules That Matter: a unique, nationally touring museum $55,000
exhibition focusing on the scientific and cultural significance of
organic molecules in the twentieth century.
Stevens Institute of Technology Ajay K. Bose Chemistry & Chemical Water-based reactions and friction-based chemistry for teaching $0
Biology greener chemistry in high schools
The University of Chicago Laurie J. Butler Chemistry The Pre- and Post-Freshman Summers: Strategic Mentoring for $70,000
Careers in the Chemical Sciences
University of California, Berkeley John M. Prausnitz Chemical Engineering Education in Humanities and Social Relevance for Chemical $30,000
Engineering Students: The Bronowski Project
University of California, Santa Daniel E. Morse Molecular, Cellular Environmental Chemical Signals Bring New Life to Coral Reefs: $19,982
Barbara and Developmental Development of New Interdisciplinary Teaching and Public
Biology Education
University of California, Santa Dale E. Seborg Chemical Engineering Modernizing the Instructional Chemical Engineering Laboratory $48,415
Barbara at the University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Colorado Sandra L. Laursen Ethnography & What Do We Know about What Works? Review of US $63,388
Evaluation Research Foundations, Programs in K-12 Chemistry Education
(E&ER)
University of Delaware Joseph M. Fox Chemistry and The Path to Synthesis, An Animated Movie of the $39,940
Biochemistry Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (-)-Strychnine.
University of Massachusetts Louis A. Roberts Biochemistry and High-Throughput Instrumentation for a Novel Multidisciplinary $40,000
Amherst Molecular Biology Laboratory Course for Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Chemical
Engineering Students

4. Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences
Institution Awardee Department Project Award
University of Massachusetts Julian F. Tyson Chemistry Embedding Research Experiences Early in the Undergraduate $35,000
Amherst Chemistry Curriculum
University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo Ana M. García Physics/Chemistry Project CHEMPRO: Incorporating Hands-On Experiences and $32,300
Campus Simulations in Chemical Processes to High School Students and
Science Teachers
Young Science Achievers, Inc. Jorge L. Valdes Board of Directors The Young Science Achievers Chemistry Program $10,000
2005
Alliance for Education Kathryn Kelsey Exhibitions Promoting K-12 Student Achievement in Chemistry $22,120
American Chemical Society Rudy M. Baum Chemical & A summer science writing internship at Chemical & Engineering $6,000
Engineering News News
American Chemical Society Denise L. Creech Membership Division American Chemical Society Scholars Program, a scholarship, $100,000
mentoring, and summer research program to encourage minority
undergraduate students into degrees and careers in chemistry.
American Chemical Society John M. Malin International Workshop on Air and Water Quality in the Middle East - A $25,000
Activities Bridge to Peace and International Development
American Psychological Rena F. Subotnik Education Directorate THE CATALYST PROGRAM: Delineating the Path to Eminence $102,342
Association in Chemical Science for Gifted Adolescents
Bronx High School of Science Fanny K. Ennever Physical Science Continuation of quot;Developing an inquiry-based laboratory $27,500
curriculum for high-school chemistry courses
Columbia University George W. Flynn Chemistry Small Wonders: A Media Project on Nanoscale Science and $75,000
Technology
COSI Toledo Samuel B. Dean Exhibitions Science Cafe $28,200
Elementary Institute of Science Amelia Cacho Science Chemical Science Enrichment for Children $25,378
(EIS)
Emory University Stefan Lutz Chemistry Advanced undergraduate research laboratory - novel $25,000
biocatalysts from combinatorial libraries of metagenomic DNA
Filmmakers Collaborative Stephen E. Lyons To support Phase 1 of The Mystery of Matter, a primtime PBS $58,250
television seriest on the history of chemistry.
Grand Valley State University Deborah G. Herrington Chemistry Target Inquiry - Bringing Inquiry to the Classroom Through $116,750
Research, Inquiry Materials Adaptation, and Implementation:
Professional Development for High School Chemistry Teachers
Great Lakes Science Center Jennifer C. Radwan Public Programs Mission Chemistry - Stimulating Interest and Increasing $19,650
Understanding of Chemical Sciences at the Great Lakes Science
Center.

5. Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences
Institution Awardee Department Project Award
Hamilton College Karen S. Brewer Chemistry Materials Chemistry Project Laboratories for Descriptive $36,500
Inorganic Chemistry
Harvey Mudd College Hal Van Ryswyk Chemistry The Chemistry of Lead-Contamination from Vehicle Emissions: $20,000
A Project in Science and Public Safety
Oregon State University Christine Pastorek Chemistry Introducing fiber optic coupled miniature CCD spectrometers in $28,349
teaching chemistry
Rockefeller University Paul Nurse President $100,000
Stonehill College Louis Liotta Chemistry Project SUCCESS (Stonehill Undergraduate Collaboration with $28,959
Community Educators and Secondary Students)
The Discovery Museums Denise LeBlanc Education Super Sleuths: Taking the Mystery Out of Chemistry $16,296
The Pennsylvania State University Paul C. Painter Materials Science and Development of a quot;Natural History of Polymersquot; CD $18,000
Engineering
University of Arkansas at Pine Peter A. Iyere Chemistry and Physics Weekend/Summer Chemistry Reinforcement Program for $23,198
Bluff Minority High School Students
University of California, Berkeley Robert G. Bergman Chemistry Chemistry in the Classroom: A Collaboration between UC $20,000
Berkeley Chemistry Department and Community Resources for
Science
University of California, Davis Mike Stieff School of Education Incorporating Simulations and Modeling in General Chemistry $34,321
University of California, Davis Susan C. Tucker Chemistry Teaching Collaborative Outreach: An Educational Program for $0
Visual Communication of the Chemical Sciences
University of California, San Sherry L. Seethaler Division of Physical Molecules for the Media (Press Workshops and Website) $50,000
Diego Sciences
University of California, Santa Petra A. M. Van Koppen Chemistry and Outreach Program to Improve Educational Opportunities for $24,661
Barbara Biochemistry K-12 students: A Hands-On Inquiry-Based Approach to
Teaching Physical Science in the Fifth Grade
University of California, Santa Walter Kohn Physics The Power of the Sun $78,120
Barbara
University of Connecticut Arthur W. Dimock Chemistry Summer Chemistry Blast! $19,400
University of Notre Dame Douglas A. Miller Chemistry & Application of XRF spectrophotometry in a chemistry based $20,000
Biochemistry community service course
University of South Dakota Mary T. Berry Chemistry Bridging Native American Culture and Chemistry: $25,000
Undergraduate Research in Natural Products Isolation and
Derivatization.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Timothy E. Long Chemistry Mentoring Academic Growth in our Communities (MAGIC): $48,000
State University Teaming Research Universities with Regional Science Museums

6. Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences
Institution Awardee Department Project Award
2004
American Chemical Society Helen M. Free Project 'Be Visible:' Part II - An initiative of the American $54,000
Chemical Society The ACS PROGRESS/Dreyfus Lectureship
Bronx High School of Science Fanny K. Ennever Physical Science Developing an inquiry-based laboratory curriculum for $27,500
high-school chemistry courses
Case Western Reserve University Lawrence M. Sayre Chemistry Introduction of modern mass spectrometry into the upper division $40,000
undergraduate chemistry curriculum at CWRU
Claremont McKenna College Thomas Poon Joint Science Active learning through instructional technology: integration of $18,741
Quicktime tutorials in the organic chemistry curriculum
Concordia College Drew Rutherford Chemistry Implementing student-designed research projects in the organic $10,500
chemistry course: the pet molecule project
Earth & Sky Inc. Deborah Byrd Production The Earth & Sky radio series' Chemistry Everyday Programming $56,776
Hendrix College Liz U. Gron Chemistry Filling the void: educating environmentally responsible citizens $17,000
and scientists through green, environmental chemistry
Illinois State University Robert W. Quandt Chemistry Integrating Lasers and Computational Chemistry into $27,000
Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Instruction
Lafayette College H. David Husic Chemistry Establishment of a consortium for educational and research $15,000
opportunities in the chemical and molecular aspects of plant
science
Lee University Johnny L. Evans Natural Sciences and The Elementary EXperience - Chemistry Instructioal Toolbox $30,000
Mathematics Project(EXCIT!): A chemistry-based professional development
program for K-5 teachers
Massachusetts Institute of Stephen Lippard Chemistry $500,000
Technology
Northwestern University Hilary A. Godwin Chemistry Integrating Discovery-Based Learning Modules Into The General $15,000
Chemistry Curriculum
Saint Mary's College of California Steven J. Bachofer Chemistry Extending the Quantum Theory and electron transitions $17,000
curricular thread: benefiting Chemistry and the Community
State University of New York, Eugene S. Stevens Chemistry Integration of polymer/plastics technologies across the $20,000
Binghamton curriculum
Stevens Institute of Technology Ajay K. Bose Chemistry and Green Chemistry lab training for high schools: microwave $35,000
Chemical Biology reactios and grindstone chemistry
University of California, Berkeley Carolyn R. Bertozzi Chemistry and UCB Chemical Biology Graduate Program $11,400
Molecular and Cell
Biology

7. Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences
Institution Awardee Department Project Award
University of California, Berkeley Keith Alexander Chemical Engineering A proposal to develop a product development and manufacturing $125,000
component to the PhD program in chemical engineering at
Berkeley
University of California, Los Sarah H. Tolbert Chemistry and Enriching science education in LA Unified School District $35,000
Angeles Biochemistry through hands-on experiments in nanoscience and
nanotechnology
University of California, Santa Leroy E. Laverman Chemistry and An Integrated Laser Spectroscopy Platform for the $28,800
Barbara Biochemistry Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Laboratory
University of Illinois at James M. Lisy Chemistry Chemistry merit program for emerging scholars: addressing the $58,500
Urbana-Champaign manpower pipeline problem
University of Minnesota Michael T. Bowser Chemistry Introduction of capillary electrophoresis to an undergraduate $30,000
teaching laboratory
Vassar College Eric S. Eberhardt Chemistry Completing the central Dogma for undergraduate chemists and $35,000
biochemists through Real-Time PCR
Vassar College Stuart L. Belli Chemistry Environmental mercury analysis as a bridge between analytical $25,000
chemistry and social policy
Wake Education Partnership Jan Genzer Chemical Engineering Kenan Fellows: Partnering research and secondary education to $13,246
advance the science of chemistry
2003
American Association for the Judith D. Kass Education and Human Strengthening the minority component of the chemical sciences $55,000
Advancement of Science Resources Programs and the AAAS Science and Engineering Fellows Program
American Chemical Society Mary M. Kirchhoff Green Chemistry Green chemistry case studies for business schools: integrating $25,000
Institute science, economics, and the environment
American Chemical Society John M. Malin International Conference support $25,000
Activities
Central Michigan University Bradley D. Fahlman Chemistry Development of supercritical fluid applications for $25,000
undergraduate laboratories
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Rodney Miller Institutional Seeking the Secret of Life: DNA in NY $35,000
Advancement
DePauw University David T. Harvey Chemistry An introductory project-based laboratory curriculum $20,000
emphasizing thermodynamics, equilibria, and kinetics
Georgia Southern University Jeffrey Orvis Chemistry An alliance between chemists and teachers: bringing scientists $25,000
into the primary and middle school classrooms of rural south
Georgia
Hamilton College George C. Shields Chemistry The development of a national model for increasing the number of $35,000
chemistry majors

8. Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences
Institution Awardee Department Project Award
Juniata College Richard R. Hark Chemistry Atomic Spectroscopy across the chemistry curriculum: $30,000
introduction of x-ray fluorescence (XRF) and laser-induced
breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) instrumentation
Mississippi University for Women Nancy N. Bryson Science and A spectroscopy workshop for high school girls $13,872
Mathematics
Oklahoma School of Science and Jan F. Post Chemistry Tomorrow's chemists. A proposal for an in-house chemistry $9,500
Mathematics research program.
Pepperdine University Jane A. Ganske Natural Science Improving our nation's air quality: a laboratory curriculum that $25,000
Division empowers students to comprehend and communicate the issues
Princeton University Andrew B. Bocarsly Chemistry Partners in Science in the New York–New Jersey area $174,000
Sciencenter Robert G. Silberman Exhibits Sciencenter teenage docent interactive chemistry programs $25,000
Stanford University Curtis W. Frank Chemical Engineering Developing curricula and exhibits based upon cutting-edge $31,000
polymer research
The University of Arizona Avelino E. Saez Chemical and Integrated interdisciplinary laboratory experience: $25,000
Environmental environmentally benign process for encapsulating toxic wastes
Engineering
University of California, Irvine Gregory A. Weiss Department of Equipment for undergraduate chemical biology laboratory $27,500
Chemistry experiments
University of Pennsylvania Hai-Lung Dai Chemistry The Dreyfus Chemistry Education Resource Center: a catalyst $40,000
for implementing excellence in the teaching and learning of
chemistry
University of Washington Daniel T. Schwartz Chemical Engineering Integrating microfluidic experiments in the chemical engineering $25,000
curriculum
Villanova University Carol A. Bessel Chemistry Incorporation of capillary electrophoresis into the arts and $22,500
sciences curriculum
Virginia Tech Gary Long Chemistry Creating educational partnerships with local industry and local $25,000
school systems via the Mobile Chemistry Laboratory of Virginia
Tech
Westmont College Stanley E. Anderson Chemistry Using the diversity of nuclear nagnetic nesonance applications to $30,000
develop student versatility and ingenuity
Wheaton College Laura J. Muller Chemistry A FT-IR microscope for trace component analysis of paint to $30,000
rocks and food to microbes
Yale University Alanna Schepartz Chemistry Marie Curie symposium $5,000