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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3 Teams Receive 2020 Cottrell Scholars Collaborative Awards
The awards support efforts to improve undergraduate and graduate-level science education.
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Six Chemistry Researchers Receive 2020 SEED Awards
SEED Awards offer Cottrell Scholars the opportunity to start creative new research or educational activities.
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RCSA Awards Cottrell Instrumentation Supplements to Researchers at 11 PUIs
The awards support new instrumentation (or updates to existing equipment) needed to continue research and learning at institutions struggling with the financial…
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NSF Partners with RCSA to Support Postdocs through Cottrell Fellowships
RCSA has awarded more than $800,000 to 13 Cottrell Scholars to support the work of postdocs affected by pandemic-related hiring freezes. Four of these awards are funded through…
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13 New Fellows Named for Scialog: Chemical Machinery of the Cell
Scialog: Chemical Machinery of the Cell, cosponsored by RCSA and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, aims to catalyze breakthroughs in…
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New Scialog Initiative Seeks to Catalyze Next Generation of Imaging Technologies
Scialog: Advancing Bioimaging will address the challenges involved in enhancing high-resolution imaging of tissues to support basic science and the treatment…
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Cindy Regal, University of Colorado Boulder, wins 2020 FRED Award
The FRED Award recognizes and rewards innovative research that could transform an area of science.
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50+ Fellows to Meet Virtually for Scialog: Negative Emissions Science
Participants will take up the pressing challenge of greenhouse gases accumulating in Earth’s atmosphere and oceans.
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2020 Cottrell Scholar Conference addresses ‘new normal’ in higher ed
More than 150 teacher-scholars gathered online for the 26th Annual Cottrell Scholar Conference.
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Emergency Initiatives Support Postdocs, Instrumentation
Cottrell Fellowships and Cottrell Instrumentation Supplements created to help alleviate some of the challenges affecting teaching and research within RCSA's Cottrell…
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A Valuable Community of Support and Learning
For Mark Bussell, professor of chemistry at Western Washington University, being a part of the RCSA community has offered distinct benefits…
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Making Connections in Research and Teaching
CS 1994 Nancy Makri says being a Cottrell Scholar has helped her be a better teacher.
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Discussions Helped Shape Approach to Education
René Walterbos, a member of the first class of Cottrell Scholars in 1994, says the award has had long-term impact.
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RCSA Welcomes Two New Fulbright-Cottrell Scholars
Based on RCSA’s Cottrell Scholar Award, the Fulbright-Cottrell Award recognizes junior faculty in chemistry, physics, and astronomy for integrating top-notch research…
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Cottrell Scholar Conversations Generate Ideas, Action
Nearly 100 Cottrell Scholars met online to launch RCSA’s new series of virtual meetings called Cottrell Scholar Conversations.
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RCSA’s COVID-19 Initiative Funds 7 Promising Proposals
Seven teams of scientists have been awarded a total of $715,000 for cutting-edge research through Research Corporation for Science Advancement’s COVID-19…
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RCSA Responds to COVID-19 Pandemic
RCSA is engaging its community of scientists through two virtual events – one focused on solutions to current and future pandemics,…
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CS Network Provides Ideas for Shift to Online Teaching
Jamie Neilson credits the Cottrell Scholar community for inspiring him to make the shift to online teaching before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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RCSA’s Philanthropy Honored at UC San Diego Event
The event, “Anticipating the Future of Science: A Look Back and a Look Ahead,” brought together university officials, RCSA-funded scientists, and…
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1st Scialog: Microbiome, Neurobiology and Disease postponed to 2021
The first meeting of Scialog: Microbiome, Neurobiology and Disease is now planned for April 22-25, 2021, in Tucson, Arizona.
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1st Scialog: Signatures of Life in the Universe postponed to 2021
RCSA is postponing the first meeting of its Scialog: Signatures of Life in the Universe series for one year.
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Scialog: Microbiome, Neurobiology and Disease Fellows Named
At each Scialog conference, participants form multidisciplinary teams to design cutting-edge research projects.
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RCSA Announces 2020 Cottrell IMPACT and STAR Awards
Recognizing the work of outstanding Cottrell Scholars