​Research Funding

Recent (2005-2010) faculty hires received an average of $17,000 in start-up funds from the University and an additional $5,000 from the Department of Chemistry. These funds have allowed them to expeditiously initiate their research programs, which in turn provide outstanding learning opportunities for students.

 

The College of Letters and Sciences administers the Undergraduate Educational Initiative (UEI) Fund and the L&S Enhancement Fund to which faculty can apply for monies to support their research efforts. These funds have provided research stipends for students to perform faculty-mentored research during the regular school year and in the summer. Chemistry faculty members have also been very successful at writing external grants to support their research and purchase instruments for the department. Recent grants have been awarded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Research Corporation, the American Chemical Society, and the State of Wisconsin.

 

Philip and Helen Marshall have generously endowed the Philip and Helen Marshall Chemistry Research Fund which supports the research efforts of chemistry faculty members. Philip Marshall was the within the department.