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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Catalyst for Change
Hendrix College will be one of four institutions in the spotlight as the Research Corporation for Science Advancement celebrates its 100th…
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Scialog Fellow Raymond Schaak Receives National Fresenius Award
Raymond Schaak, a professor of chemistry at Penn State, has been selected by the American Chemical Society (ACS) to receive the…
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APS Recognizes Great Physicists with Ties to Research Corporation
Members of the RCSA community fared well in prizes at the 2012 American Physical Society (APS) meeting in Boston.
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DNA-Targeting Molecule Has Potential to Help Treat Genetic Diseases and HIV
AUSTIN, Texas — Chemists at The University of Texas at Austin have created a molecule that’s so good at tangling itself…
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PCAST Report: Launching the U.S. to Greater STEM Heights
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) issued a report on Feb. 7 on how to produce 1…
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Foundation Marks Its Centennial at APS March Meeting
The Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement (RCSA), the oldest foundation dedicated purely towards funding scientific research, is marking the centennial of…
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RCSA Announces the 10 Colleges That Have Been Awarded the Most Research Grants in its History
These Liberal Arts Colleges Have an Especially Strong Commitment to Undergraduate Science
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Science Foundation Awards Collaborative Grants in Solar Energy Conversion
Winning Teams Include Scientists from the University of Arizona, University of California at Davis, University of California at Merced, University of…
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Space Exploration Reaches New Milestones – for Technology and Jobs
Despite the uncertain future of human space exploration by Americans, significant milestones have recently been reached that bode well for space…
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Cottrell Scholar and colleagues speed chemical-reaction tests
David MacMillan, a 2001 Cottrell Scholar, is among researchers reporting in the journal Science this month on a technique to accomplish…
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Cottrell Scholar Rachel Bean Wins U.S. Early Career Award
Cottrell Scholar Rachel Bean has won a Presidential Early Career Award, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on young…
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RCSA Communications Director Receives Prestigious PR Awards
RCSA Communications Director Elaine Nathanson recently received three awards from the Southern Arizona Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.
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Solyndra: Will We Learn From Science?
The recent bankruptcy of Solyndra, the solar panel maker that received $535 million in federally guaranteed loans, is making headlines and…
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Cope Scholar award to Professor Scott Snyder
Scott A. Snyder, a 2010 Cottrell Scholar, has earned g a 2012 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award from the Organic Chemistry…
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Cottrell Scholars form Collaborative to promote research and education
Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) and its 240-plus national cadre of Cottrell Scholars announce the creation of a new scientific…
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RCSA’s Program Officer Silvia Ronco Elected CUR Chemistry Division Chair
The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) has named Silvia Ronco to a two-year term as chair of its Chemistry Division.
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Program Officer Silvia Ronco Elected CUR Chemistry Division Chair
The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) has named Silvia Ronco to a two-year term as chair of its Chemistry Division.
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RCSA Announces Second-Round Scialog Fellows
Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) has announced its latest Scialog Fellows: recipients of grants awarded through Scialog®, a major new…
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Spring 2011 Cottrell College Science Awards
Research Corporation for Science Advancement’s Spring 2011 Cottrell College Science Awards total $1.8 million. The 48 grants go to early career…
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Crimson Coverage
Harvard Crimson writer Caroline Davis discusses Success with Science. The book, written by Harvard students and published in 2011 by Research…
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Sarbajit Banerjee was featured on the cover of the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
RCSA-funded work by Cottrell Scholar Sarbajit Banerjee was featured on the cover of the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters and described…
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Total Synthesis – From Chemistry to Medicine
Cottrell Scholar Matt McIntosh wrote and directed a video entitled “Total Synthesis – From Chemistry to Medicine.”
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RCSA’s Catalytic Funding Builds Science Careers
For more than 30 years, RCSA’s Rachel Brown Scholarship has been funding top science students at Mount Holyoke College.
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Modeling the Decline of Religion
RCSA Program Officer Richard Wiener will be presenting a talk at the APS March Meeting in Dallas on the dynamics of…