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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.

  • Cottrell Scholars Gather for 30th Annual Conference
    7.30.2024

    Cottrell Scholars Gather for 30th Annual Conference

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement’s Cottrell Scholar community gathered July 17-19 in Tucson, Arizona, to welcome new members and celebrate the…

  • 2023 Annual Report: Creating Inclusive Communities
    7.11.2024

    2023 Annual Report: Creating Inclusive Communities

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement has long strived to advance the scientific enterprise by creating and fostering networks of faculty in…

  • 7.10.2024

    ACS Book Highlights Cottrell Scholars’ Effort to Improve Mentoring

    Two Cottrell Scholars have co-edited a new American Chemical Society Symposium Series book stemming from a Cottrell Scholars Collaborative effort to…

  • RCSA Played Founding Role in Creation of the LSST
    6.20.2024

    RCSA Played Founding Role in Creation of the LSST

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement played a foundational role in the birth of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the astronomical facility…

  • Large Binocular Telescope a Long-Term Investment for RCSA
    6.18.2024

    Large Binocular Telescope a Long-Term Investment for RCSA

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement’s long history includes critical initial investments in major telescope projects that have helped advance modern astronomy.…

  • 1st RCSA Fellows Conference Builds Community of Support
    6.6.2024

    1st RCSA Fellows Conference Builds Community of Support

    Cottrell Scholars, Scialog participants, and initiative advisors welcomed the first cohort of RCSA Fellows to an extended community of support, mentorship,…

  • 7 Teams Win Scialog Funding for Automating Chemical Laboratories
    6.4.2024

    7 Teams Win Scialog Funding for Automating Chemical Laboratories

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement, the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, and the Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation have made awards to…

  • Fellows Selected for Scialog: Early Science with the LSST
    5.1.2024

    Fellows Selected for Scialog: Early Science with the LSST

    More than 50 early career researchers have been selected as Fellows for the first meeting of a Scialog initiative to advance the…

  • 4.15.2024

    Virtual Office Hours for Cottrell Scholar Applicants

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement will offer two virtual Cottrell Scholar Office Hours sessions to help potential applicants prepare for the…

  • Scialog: Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems to Launch in 2025
    4.10.2024

    Scialog: Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems to Launch in 2025

    Neural systems, shaped by millions of years of evolution, enable living things to perceive and react to their surroundings. But how…

  • 2024 STAR, IMPACT Awards Honor 3 Cottrell Scholars
    4.2.2024

    2024 STAR, IMPACT Awards Honor 3 Cottrell Scholars

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement has named three exemplary Cottrell Scholars as recipients of its 2024 STAR and IMPACT Awards. CS…

  • RCSA Selects Inaugural Class of RCSA Fellows
    3.26.2024

    RCSA Selects Inaugural Class of RCSA Fellows

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement has selected eight postdoctoral scholars to participate in the first year of its new RCSA Fellows…

  • Fellows Named for Scialog: Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials
    3.19.2024

    Fellows Named for Scialog: Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials

    More than 50 early career researchers have been selected as Fellows for the first meeting of a three-year Scialog initiative to…

  • 3.1.2024

    Application Process for 2025 Cottrell Scholar Awards is Now Open

    The application process for 2025 Cottrell Scholar Awards is now open! Proposal deadline is 11:59 PM PDT July 1, 2024. Read…

  • Cottrell Scholars Reimagining Physical Chemistry Curriculum
    2.29.2024

    Cottrell Scholars Reimagining Physical Chemistry Curriculum

    A Cottrell Scholar Collaborative project to create a community of practice to rethink the way physical chemistry is taught in undergraduate…

  • 4 Senior Scientists Receive  RCSA’s 2024 Holland Awards
    2.22.2024

    4 Senior Scientists Receive RCSA’s 2024 Holland Awards

    Four senior scientists, mentors, and leaders will join the Cottrell Scholar community as recipients of Research Corporation for Science Advancement’s Robert…

  • RCSA Welcomes 2024 Class of Cottrell Scholars
    2.6.2024

    RCSA Welcomes 2024 Class of Cottrell Scholars

    RCSA has named 19 early career scholars in chemistry, physics, and astronomy as recipients of its 2024 Cottrell Scholar Awards.

  • Summary of 2023 Awards
    1.29.2024

    Summary of 2023 Awards

    In 2023, RCSA and its funding partners awarded more than $9.5 million to early career scientists in the United States and…

  • Scialog: Negative Emissions Science Ends with Awards to 7 Teams
    1.25.2024

    Scialog: Negative Emissions Science Ends with Awards to 7 Teams

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and ClimateWorks Foundation have made awards to seven cross-disciplinary teams of early career scientists…

  • 1.19.2024

    Leap from Postdoc to Independent Scientist Can Be Daunting

    How do scientists become scientists? Part of the answer is encouragement from an early age to engage in science. Many highly…

  • Scialog: Molecular Basis of Cognition Funding Awarded to 7 Research Teams
    1.16.2024

    Scialog: Molecular Basis of Cognition Funding Awarded to 7 Research Teams

    Seven collaborative teams of early career researchers have won funding for projects to advance understanding of the molecular or mechanistic processes…

  • 1.12.2024

    Advanced Energy Storage Team Builds on Collaborative Success 

    A Scialog: Advanced Energy Storage team has built on the success of their 2019 project, producing five publications advancing basic understanding…

  • RCSA Fellows Initiative to Support Postdocs’ Transition to Faculty
    12.12.2023

    RCSA Fellows Initiative to Support Postdocs’ Transition to Faculty

    RCSA is accepting applications for the first cohort of participants in its RCSA Fellows initiative, a new effort to increase faculty…

  • 12.11.2023

    Support of National Awards Promotes Science, Undergraduate Research

    Research Corporation for Science Advancement’s commitment to advancing science extends beyond our own programs and awards. Through longtime support of awards…

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