Funds totaling $140,873 were recently received by the Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC).
- Dr. Stephanie Wetzel, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bayer School, $7,000, from the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy for the Joseph A. Feldman Equipment Grant.
- SBDC, $50,282, from the Small Business Administration for partial funding of the 2013 year, and $83,591, from the Pennsylvania SBDC to fund the Portable Assistance Project that trains and counsels recently unemployed individuals affected by the changed economy to become entrepreneurs. Dr. Mary McKinney, SBDC director, will administer the awards.