News
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RCSA Grants Management System in Transition
RCSA is moving to a new grants management system. These instructions will be updated as work progresses.
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RCSA Announces New Award for Cottrell Scholars
A new award will recognize the outstanding accomplishments of Cottrell Scholars.
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Cottrell Scholar Conference July 9
A venerable RCSA program celebrates two decades of helping teacher-scholars to improve undergraduate science instruction at America’s research universities.
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Mary Maxon to Lead Science Philanthropy Alliance
A seasoned science policy expert will spearhead SPA efforts to advance support for basic research in the United States.
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UO Physics Prof. Richard Taylor’s Winning Idea
Fractal microelectronics could help eliminate blindness.
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Partnership and Collaboration: As important for science funders as for scientists
Progress is accelerated by collaboration and partnership among science funders.
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A multi-faceted success story
A recent article in ChemistryWorld represents a triumph for undergraduate research as a highly effective way to educate and motivate the…
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RCSA, NAS create award honoring John P. Schaefer
WASHINGTON – Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) has made a gift of $1.5 million to the National Academy of Sciences…
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Spring 2014 Cottrell College Science Awards
The RCSA Board of Directors has approved 41 Spring 2014 Cottrell College Science Awards (CCSA) for single investigators totaling $1,435,00. The…
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2014 Cottrell Scholar Awards
The Board of Directors of Research Corporation for Science Advancement has announced the Spring 2014 Cottrell Scholar Awards.
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2013 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Awards
Four teams of scientists have received Scialog Collaborative Innovation Awards based on ideas they developed at October’s annual conference at Biosphere2…
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A Chance Encounter and a Lesson about Taking Chances
A chance conversation on an airline flight points to the long-lasting value that comes from funding highly innovative basic scientific research.
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Bold New Views of Our Universe
Under the leadership of former Research Corporation President John P. Schaefer, the Foundation has played key roles in the origination of…
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Cottrell Scholar William Dichtel is 2014 Fresenius Award Winner
Cottrell Scholar William Dichtel, Cornell University assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology, has been designated as the 2014 National Fresenius…
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For scientists, early to press means success
A provocative new study suggests it is straightforward to predict which academics will succeed as publishing scientists
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RCSA Awardees Fare Well at ACS Indianapolis Meeting
The American Chemical Society has announced its slate of award winners for 2014. Five Cottrell Scholars will be receiving top national…
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Grants for Solar Energy Advances Announced
Tucson, AZ –June 13, 2013 – Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), the nation’s oldest foundation devoted wholly to science, announced…
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RCSA Announces 2013 Multiple Investigator Cottrell College Science Awards
Tucson, AZ (May 31, 2013) – Four teams of scholars have been awarded Multiple Investigator awards through Research Corporation for Science…
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Transforming Physics Education
Professor Mats Selen, a Cottrell Scholar since 1996, and his colleagues in the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign physics department, have made…
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2013 Cottrell Scholars Announced
Tucson, AZ – February 25, 2013 – Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), America’s first foundation dedicated wholly to science, founded…
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2013 Cottrell Scholar Honorees
Research Corporation for Science Advancement Announces 2013 Cottrell Scholars $75,000 each for 13 scientist-educators Tucson, AZ – February 25, 2013 –…
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International Grants: RCSA and the American University of Beirut
Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) made its first grant to the American University of Beirut (AUB) in 1950. It was…
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USC Reaches Out to Future Scientists Among Community College Students
University of Southern California chemistry professors are successfully reaching out to Cerritos Community College students in an effort to encourage greater…
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Cottrell Scholar Program Generating Changes in U.S. Higher Education Program
Cottrell Scholar Keivan Stassun, a Vanderbilt University professor of physics and astronomy, says his RCSA grant was instrumental in the launch…
