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  • 2.27.2026

    RCSA Grants Management System in Transition

    RCSA is moving to a new grants management system. These instructions will be updated as work progresses.

  • 1.15.2013

    RCSA Announces Leadership Transition

    James M. Gentile, PhD, has decided to retire as President and CEO and return to his academic roots as a professor…

  • 11.30.2012

    Research Corp., MIT aided WWII microwave projects

    From 1941 to January 1946, Research Corporation established and ran Research Construction Company, a model shop for MIT’s Radiation Laboratory.

  • 11.2.2012

    Cottrell Scholar Newsletter

    Second Issue, November 2012

  • 10.4.2012

    Gender Bias and America’s Science Preeminence

    Two events in September spoke in profound ways about the role of women in science, and together they hold an important…

  • 7.24.2012

    The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Reaches a Major Milestone in Space Exploration

    On July 18 the National Science Foundation announced a major milestone in the development of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)…

  • 7.18.2012

    Risky research: The sky’s the limit

    Miguel Nicolelis has made advances that could help people with paralysis to walk again. That success was possible thanks to funding…

  • 6.26.2012

    RCSA Announces Cottrell College Science Awards

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) today announced the 2012 Cottrell College Science Awards – a total of $1.8 million in…

  • 6.25.2012

    Cottrell Scholar Keivan Stassun Changes the Face of U.S. Science

    Keivan Stassun, A Vanderbilt University professor of astrophysics, says his RCSA Cottrell Scholar’s grant was instrumental in the launch of the…

  • 6.18.2012

    Movement to Improve Undergraduate STEM Education Heats up in Arizona Desert Next Month

    The movement to improve science education at America’s research universities is likely to gain momentum July 11 to 13 as the…

  • 5.4.2012

    Research Associates Inc.: Gaining Wisdom from Failure

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) has a long, impressive history of supporting innovative scientific research. After 100 years of funding…

  • 5.2.2012

    Updating the Scientific Conference

    Today’s widespread availability of scientific information and new technology for communication has implications for the traditional format of the venerable research…

  • 4.19.2012

    RCSA Announces 2012 Cottrell Scholar Awards

    Tucson, AZ –April 12, 2012 – Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), the oldest foundation in the nation devoted wholly to…

  • 4.18.2012

    Kingshuk Ghosh Receives Cottrell Scholar Award

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), America’s oldest foundation devoted exclusively to science, is honoring Kingshuk Ghosh, assistant professor of physics…

  • 4.18.2012

    John-David T. Smith, Cottrell Scholar Award

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), America’s oldest foundation devoted exclusively to science, announced today that it is honoring John-David T.…

  • 4.18.2012

    Sara Skrabalak, Cottrell Scholar Award

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), America’s oldest foundation devoted exclusively to science, announced today that it is honoring Sara Skrabalak,…

  • 4.18.2012

    Sarah Reisman, Cottrell Scholar Award

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), America’s oldest foundation devoted exclusively to science, announced today that it is honoring Sarah E.…

  • 4.18.2012

    Daisuke Nagai, Cottrell Scholar Award

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), America’s oldest foundation devoted exclusively to science, announced today that it is honoring Daisuke Nagai,…

  • 4.18.2012

    Geoffrey Hutchinson, Cottrell Scholar Award

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), America’s oldest foundation devoted exclusively to science, announced today that it is honoring Geoffrey R.…

  • 4.18.2012

    Eric Hudson, Cottrell Scholar Award

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), America’s oldest foundation devoted exclusively to science, announced today that it is honoring Eric Hudson,…

  • 4.18.2012

    Seth Herzon, Cottrell Scholar Award

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), America’s oldest foundation devoted exclusively to science, announced today that it is honoring Seth Herzon,…

  • 4.18.2012

    William Dichtel, Cottrell Scholar Award

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), America’s oldest foundation devoted exclusively to science, announced today that it is honoring William Dichtel,…

  • 4.18.2012

    Erin Carlson, Cottrell Scholar Award

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), America’s oldest foundation devoted exclusively to science, announced today that it is honoring Erin Carlson,…

  • 4.18.2012

    Suzanne Bart, Cottrell Scholar Award

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), America’s oldest foundation devoted exclusively to science, announced today that it is honoring Suzanne Bart,…

  • 4.16.2012

    Can Bacteria Produce?

    By tweaking the smallest units of life, scientists, including Scialog Fellow Sean Shaheen, are making bigger gains in producing alternative and…

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