Calvin Gets $700K from NSF

Summary: Calvin College has received three grants totaling nearly $700,000 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Calvin has received three grants totaling nearly $700,000 from the National Science Foundation. The three grants are funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (passed in February 2009 by both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate to create jobs and spur increased economic activity).

Chemistry professors Eric Arnoys, David Benson and Chad Tatko, and biology professor Amy Wilstermann received $487,470 to purchase a 500 MHz spectrometer for faculty and student research.

Chemistry professor Doug Vander Griend received $126,000 to support research he is doing on supramolecular structures, nanomachines and thermochromic materials.

Chemistry professor Kumar Sinniah received $55,077 for a project on biophysical analysis of enzyme inhibitor interactions.

For more information on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, go to: www.nsf.gov/recovery

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Received on Tue Aug 18 09:26:21 2009