Robert J. Cave Funding

Chart plots of donor (D), bridge (B), and acceptor (A) diabatic wavefunctions for a three state delta function model.
Plots of donor (D), bridge (B), and acceptor (A) diabatic wavefunctions for a three state delta function model. Note the extended tails and density at centers where each state is not primarily localized.

Sources of External Funding

Petroleum Research Fund: Two year, type G starter grant for $18,000. “Theoretical Studies of Gas-Phase Energy Transfer.” 1989-1992.

National Science Foundation Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant: Two-year grant for $53,500. “A Center for Computational Chemistry.” Co-PI, 1989-1992.

National Science Foundation Research in Undergraduate Institutions Grant: Two-year grant for$50,000. “A Theoretical Investigation of Molecular Excited States.” 1990-1992.

Western Cluster Pew Science Program Collaborative Research Grant (with Richard J. Mawhorter, Pomona College): One year grant for $10,000. “The Problem of the Alkali Halide Dimer Structures: An Integrated Multidisciplinary Approach.” 1990-1991.

National Science Foundation Research in Undergraduate Institutions Grant: Three-year grant for$129,000. “A Theoretical Investigation of Molecular Ground and Excited States.” 1993-1997. Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, $60,000. 1993-1998.

National Science Foundation Academic Research Infrastructure Grant: One year grant for$105,000. “Acquisition of a Multi-Purpose Facility for Computational Chemistry.” 1995-97.

Petroleum Research Fund Type B Grant: Two-year grant for $25,000. “Theoretical Investigations of Electronic Coupling Elements in Electron Transfer Reactions.” 1997-99.

National Science Foundation Research in Undergraduate Institutions Grant: Three-year grant for$142,700. “Theoretical Investigation of Electronic Coupling Elements in Electron Transfer Reactions.” 1998-2001.

National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates Grant: Three-year grant for $123,000, “National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates at Harvey Mudd College.” 1998-2000.

Petroleum Research Fund Type B Grant: Two-year grant for $30,000. “Electron Correlation Effects on the Electronic Coupling Element for Electron Transfer Reactions.” 2000-02.

Petroleum Research Fund Type B Grant: Three-year grant for $50,000. “Theoretical Studies of the Electronic Coupling Element in Electron Transfer Reactions.” 2002-05.

National Science Foundation Research in Undergraduate Institutions Grant: Three-year grant for$255,000. “Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Electronic Coupling in Metalloporphyrin Dimers and Trimers,” (H. Van Ryswyk and R. J. Cave co-PIs). 2004-2007.

National Science Foundation Research in Undergraduate Institutions Grant: Three-year grant for $ 261,078. “Correlated Methods for Calculation of the Electronic Coupling Element,” 2016-2019.