RCSA has awarded $800,000 to 11 #CottrellScholars through its RCSA Bridge Awards, an emergency initiative to help stabilize strong research programs that have experienced disruptions due to abrupt changes to their federal funding.
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#CottrellScholars Lou Charkoudian, Haverford College, and Daniela Fera, Swarthmore College, recently joined forces to host a cross-campus #CURE symposium where students presented their research to each other as part of their classes. bit.ly/48z19s2
RCSA is accepting applications from #CottrellScholars, Holland Awardees, and #Scialog Fellows & Facilitators in the physical sciences to host mock interviews for the 2026 cohort of RCSA Fellows. Please apply by October 28!
Applications are due Oct. 15 for the 7th Academic Leadership Training (ALT) Workshop in Pittsburgh, a project supported by a #CottrellScholars Collaborative award. The Feb. 12-14 workshop aims to train the next generation of academic leaders. Details & application here: bit.ly/46gnicg
RCSA has made 2025 #CottrellScholars Collaborative Awards of $25,000 each to four new projects that emerged from discussions at the 2025 Cottrell Scholar Conference.
Congrats to Stella Offner on earning a Cottrell Scholar Singular Exceptional Endeavors of Discovery (SEED) Award for 2025!
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RCSA has made awards to 10 #CottrellScholars to advance high-impact research activities through its 2025 Cottrell SEED Awards.
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Excited to share this story on the protein crystallography CURE I developed and have been teaching for the last 3 years!
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This course is supported by my #CottrellScholars Award from RCSA.
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A multigenerational community of #CottrellScholars representing almost every cohort since the program began in 1994 met to network, welcome new members, and share ideas.
New Cottrell Scholars and Holland Award recipients raise their trophies in celebration.
Members of all but four cohorts of #CottrellScholars since 1994 were in Tucson this week to welcome a new group of outstanding teacher-scholars to this special community. Congratulations!
31st Annual #CottrellScholars Conference is underway in Tucson! Thanks to keynote speaker Archie Holmes @utexasece.bsky.social for exploring the recent consensus study report from the National Academies, “Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education: Supporting Equitable and Effective Teaching.”
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Hope to see you at the 2025 @BiophysicalSoc Meeting in Los Angeles. Please stop by the RCSA Reception on February 17 and learn more about RCSA's #Scialog, #CottrellScholars and #RCSAFellows programs.
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RCSA has made 2024 #CottrellScholars Collaborative Awards of $25,000 each to three new projects that emerged from discussions at the 2024 Cottrell Scholar Conference. bit.ly/4eomW5K
RCSA is accepting applications from #CottrellScholars, #Scialog Fellows & Facilitators, 2024 RCSA Fellows, and Holland Awardees to host mock interviews for the 2025 cohort of #RCSAFellows. Please apply by Oct. 21. bit.ly/4dq5Q7o
#CottrellScholars, #Scialog Fellows & Facilitators, Holland Awardees, 2024 #RCSAFellows! Nominate applicants for the 2nd cohort of RCSA Fellows by Sept. 23. Help RCSA increase faculty diversity in the physical sciences in the U.S. & Canada through job search prep & community building. bit.ly/3AsYpO6
#CottrellScholars 2009 Penny Beuning and 2005 Adam Urbach have co-edited a new @acspublications.bsky.social Symposium Series book stemming from a Cottrell Scholars Collaborative effort to improve career and professional mentoring of students in the physical sciences.
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#CottrellScholars, #Scialog participants and initiative advisors welcomed the first cohort of #RCSAFellows to an extended community of support, mentorship, and skill building at the first annual RCSA Fellows Conference May 21-22 in Tucson.
Congratulations to three exemplary #CottrellScholars! CS 1997 Mark Moldwin, Physics, University of Michigan, has won RCSA's STAR award, and CS 2009 Maura McLaughlin, Physics, West Virginia University, and CS 2009 Rory Waterman, Chemistry, University of Vermont, have won IMPACT awards.
