Merck/AAAS Grant Awards
Earlham $60,000 for
Summer Science Research
For
Immediate Release:
February 20, 2003 RICHMOND,
Indiana — The Merck Company Foundation and the American Association
for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) have jointly awarded Earlham
College $60,000 to support interdisciplinary research with students
in chemistry and biology during the next three summers.
Earlham was one of only 15 colleges and universities in the nation
to receive one of the prestigious grants.
Four
chemists and four biologists at Earlham joined forces in writing
the successful proposal, which describes interdisciplinary research
projects and ancillary activities for summer research students.
The research projects range from the effects of pesticides on frogs
to protein biochemistry.
The
Merck/AAAS grant will pay for summer stipends for students and some
of the research costs. The funds will also support a research conference
to be held each fall at Earlham.
“The
panel of scientists and educators that rated our proposal based
their decision on the scientific merit of our research projects,”
said Nathan Trueblood (Ph.D., University of California, Davis),
Assistant Professor of Biology.
“Receiving
the award shows that we do good science here, that our track record
of student-faculty collaborative research is valued, and that institutional
support for and continuing commitment to research are of critical
importance,” Trueblood added.
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Nathan
Trueblood |
Gary
Breitenbach |
Corinne
Deibel |
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Mike
Deibel |
John
Iverson |
Ava
McKinney |
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Amy
Mulnix |
Paul
Ogren |
Mark
Stocksdale |
Earlham
faculty members who contributed to the successful grant proposal
were biologists Nathan Trueblood (Ph.D., University of California,
Davis), Amy Mulnix (Ph.D., Purdue University), Gary Breitenbach
(Ph.D., University of California), and John Iverson (Ph.D., University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor), and chemists Mike Deibel (Ph.D., University
of Kentucky, Lexington), Corinne Deibel (Ph.D., University of Kentucky,
Lexington), Mark Stocksdale (Ph.D., University of Notre Dame), and
Paul Ogren (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison). Ava McKinney
(Ph.D., Ohio University), Senior Director of Foundation Relations
and Government Grants, also contributed to the proposal and coordinated
its submission.
The
Merck Company Foundation, established by Merck & Co., Inc.,
has the mission of advancing biomedical science training and education,
and the American Association for the Advancement of Science is the
world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of
the journal Science.
Contact:
Nathan
Trueblood, Assistant Professor of Biology
765-983-1204
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