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2026 STAR & IMPACT Awards Research Corporation for Science Advancement has named three Cottrell Scholars as recipients of its 2026 STAR and IMPACT Awards.

RCSA has named 3 members of the #CottrellScholar community as recipients of its 2026 STAR and IMPACT Awards. Congratulations to STAR Awardee Sara Skrabalak and IMPACT Awardees Jennifer Prescher and Tehshik Yoon!

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2026 RCSA Fellows Research Corporation for Science Advancement has selected a new cohort of 12 outstanding postdoctoral scholars in the third year of the RCSA Fellows initiative.

RCSA has selected a new class of outstanding postdoctoral scholars in the third year of the #RCSAFellows initiative, which aims to increase faculty excellence in the physical sciences through a multiyear program of job search preparation, professional development, and community building.

Congrats to 13 members of RCSA’s community: Duncan Brown, Erin Carlson, David DeMille, Stephen Hill, Michael Laub, M. Lisa Manning, James McCusker, Michael Meyer, Jill Millstone, Kelly Sheppard, Alexander Spokoyny, Amy Cheng Vollmer, & Yadong Yin! #CottrellScholar #Scialog #CottrellCollege

Seth Cohen to become new dean of UC Irvine's School of Physical Sciences Renowned leader in advanced chemistry research will assume new role Aug. 1

Congratulations to #CottrellScholar 2004 Seth Cohen, who has been appointed Dean of the School of Physical Sciences at the University of California, Irvine! Cohen is a Cottrell STAR and IMPACT awardee who has excelled in his own research, science policy, and science administration.

Chemists! If you're attending #ACSSpring2026 in Atlanta, bring colleagues & students and join us at the RCSA/PRF Reception 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, March 23, in International Ballroom F, Omni at Centennial Park. Meet RCSA program directors, learn more about #Scialog, #CottrellScholar & #RCSAFellows.

Chemistry Professor Receives Award for Excellence in Education Trinity College Professor of Chemistry Michelle Kovarik has been named the recipient of the 2026 J. Calvin Giddings Award for Excellence in Education by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of...

Congratulations to #CottrellScholar 2017 Michelle Kovarik, who will receive the 2026 J. Calvin Giddings Award for Excellence in Education from the American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry!

The event will celebrate Daniel Pitonyak, Lebanon Valley College, 2026 recipient of the APS Prize for a Faculty Member for Research in an Undergraduate Institution, which is sponsored by RCSA.

Attending #APSSummit26 in Denver? Come meet our program directors and learn about #Scialog, #CottrellScholar & #RCSAFellows programs at RCSA’s reception -- 5-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, Hyatt Agate Room.

Group photo of Scialog conference participants.

The 2nd meeting of #Scialog: Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems ends today with pitches for team research projects to explore how neural systems adapt to today’s rapid environmental changes. - with @allenphilanthro.bsky.social, the Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation, @kavlifoundation.org.

Many thanks to Joellen Russell, University of Arizona Geosciences, for an inspirational & engaging keynote talk, “Climate and the Deep Blue Sea,” to kick off discussions at #Scialog: Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems.

The 2nd meeting of #Scialog: Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems has begun in Tucson! Special welcome to all our new Fellows. Cosponsored with @allenphilanthro.bsky.social, the Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation, and @kavlifoundation.org.

2026 Holland Awards Three senior scientists with exemplary records in research, leadership, and mentoring will join the Cottrell Scholar community as recipients of Research Corporation for Science Advancement’s Robert Ho...

Three experienced researchers, leaders & mentors join the #CottrellScholar community as recipients of RCSA’s 2026 Robert Holland Jr. Award. Congratulations and welcome to Jorge Colón, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras; Amy Mainzer, UCLA; and Davita Watkins, Ohio State University!

RCSA Grants Management System in Transition RCSA is moving to a new grants management system. These instructions will be updated as work progresses.

RCSA is moving to a new grants management system. Details and instructions will be updated at this link on our homepage during the transition.

RCSA President Eric Isaacs Chosen as President-Elect of AAAS Eric D. Isaacs, President & CEO of Research Corporation for Science Advancement, has been chosen as President-Elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His term as President wi...

Congratulations to RCSA President & CEO Eric Isaacs, who has been chosen as President-Elect of the @aaas.org!

Congratulations to #CottrellScholar 2020 Song Lin, Cornell University, who has received the 2025 Snapdragon Prize for Innovation in Chemistry Technology.

Visit the Funding Opportunities Posters (LBB122-LB126) Presentation today from 1:45pm to 3:45pm featuring funding opportunities from @NIH #NIGMS @TheNCI @NINDSFunding @BurroughsWellcomeFund and @RCSA1. Find us on the exhibit floor in the Late Posters section.

Sarah Reisman Receives Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching The Feynman Prize is Caltech's highest teaching honor

#CottrellScholar 2012 & #Scialog AUT Facilitator Sarah Reisman has been awarded Caltech’s Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Reisman, whose research focuses on the chemical synthesis of organic molecules produced in nature, also received RCSA’s Cottrell FRED Award in 2019.

... QMI Fellows Andres Montoya-Castillo & Xiaomeng Liu; AES Fellow Yang Yang; NCE Fellows Valentina Di Santo & Brian DePasquale; MBC Fellows Michael Economo & Azahara Oliva Gonzalez; MND Fellow Karthik Shekhar; MZT Fellow Christoph Thaiss; and LSST Fellows Wenbin Lu, Katelin Schutz & Allison Strom.

2026 Fellows | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Our mission is to make the world a better place through the advancement of scientific knowledge.

19 members of RCSA’s community of scientists have been awarded 2026 Sloan Research Fellowships! Congrats to #CottrellScholar 2024 Denise Okafor; #Scialog NES Fellows Chibueze Amanchukwu, Yayuan Liu, Marcel Schreier & Anna Wuttig; AUT Fellows Herdeline Ann Ardoña & Grant Rotskoff ...

2021 #Scialog: Signatures of Life in the Universe awardees Greg Fournier, MIT, and Stilianos Louca, University of Oregon, are co-authors of a new study in the journal Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology tracing some of the earliest evidence of aerobic respiration on Earth.

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2026 Cottrell Scholar Awards Research Corporation for Science Advancement, America's first foundation dedicated wholly to science, has named 24 early career scholars in chemistry, physics, and astronomy as recipients of its 2026 ...

RCSA welcomes 24 early career teacher-scholars in chemistry, physics, and astronomy as recipients of its 2026 #CottrellScholar Awards. Each awardee receives $120,000. Congratulations to this exceptional class!

Philanthropies selectively mitigate damage from lost federal science funding They are focusing on early-career scientists and on vulnerable areas like climate.

RCSA Senior Program Director @andrewfeig.bsky.social highlights our recent RCSA Bridge Awards in this Physics Today article about philanthropy’s response to changes in federal funding for science.

DOE Unveils Office of Science Advisory Committee Members Members include executives from NVIDIA, AMD and Google.

RCSA President & CEO Eric Isaacs is among senior leaders from academia, industry and the national laboratory system chosen to help guide the future of federally funded research as a member of the Department of Energy’s newly established Office of Science Advisory Committee.

2026 College of Science Lecture Series

RCSA is a sponsor of this free, 4-lecture series starting Feb. 4 exploring how today’s scientific discoveries lay the foundation for a better future. Attend in Tucson or watch later at @uazscience6106 on YouTube. bit.ly/3MlZVb6

Summary of 2025 Awards In 2025, Research Corporation for Science Advancement and its funding partners awarded more than $9.5 million to early career scientists in the United States, Canada, and Chile through its Cottrell Sc...

In 2025, RCSA and its funding partners awarded more than $9.5 million to early career scientists in the United States, Canada, and Chile through its #CottrellScholar Program, #Scialog, #RCSAFellows Initiative, and emergency RCSA Bridge Awards.