Research Corporation for Science Advancement
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RCSA supports early career researchers in the physical sciences (astronomy, chemistry, physics) at colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada. Founded in 1912, RCSA is the nation’s oldest foundation dedicated solely to science.
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.
DOE Unveils Office of Science Advisory Committee Members
Members include executives from NVIDIA, AMD and Google.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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.
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
February 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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
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.
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...
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January 27, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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.
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News & Awards: January 2026
Email from Research Corporation for Science Advancement RCSA Bridge Awards Support 11 Cottrell Scholars Research Corporation for Science Advancement has awarded $800,000 to 11 Cottrell Scholars thro
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Congratulations to 2025 Holland Award recipient Angel Martí, Rice University, who has been honored with the inaugural Dr. Marie Maynard Daly Award from the New York section of the American Chemical Society for mentoring people from underrepresented groups to pursue careers in the chemical sciences.
Martí receives inaugural Dr. Marie Maynard Daly Award | Wiess School of Natural Sciences | Rice University
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January 22, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Congratulations to 2025 Holland Award recipient Angel Martí, Rice University, who has been honored with the inaugural Dr. Marie Maynard Daly Award from the New York section of the American Chemical Society for mentoring people from underrepresented groups to pursue careers in the chemical sciences.
RCSA, @heisingsimonsfdn.bsky.social, the Leinweber Foundation, and Kevin Wells are funding the research of 7 collaborative teams in the 2nd year of #Scialog: Early Science with the #LSST, a 3-year initiative to ignite discovery with the @vrubinobs.bsky.social's Legacy Survey of Space and Time.
2025 Scialog: Early Science with the LSST Awards
RCSA, the Heising-Simons Foundation, the Leinweber Foundation, and Kevin Wells are awarding $1,254,000 total to support the research of seven collaborative teams of scientists from colleges, universit...
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January 21, 2026 at 5:32 PM
RCSA, @heisingsimonsfdn.bsky.social, the Leinweber Foundation, and Kevin Wells are funding the research of 7 collaborative teams in the 2nd year of #Scialog: Early Science with the #LSST, a 3-year initiative to ignite discovery with the @vrubinobs.bsky.social's Legacy Survey of Space and Time.
James M. Gentile, who led RCSA from 2005 to 2013, died January 9 in Zeeland, Michigan.
In Memoriam: James M. Gentile
James M. Gentile, who led Research Corporation for Science Advancement from 2005 to 2013, died January 9 in Zeeland, Michigan.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
James M. Gentile, who led RCSA from 2005 to 2013, died January 9 in Zeeland, Michigan.
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.
RCSA Bridge Awards
Research Corporation for Science Advancement has awarded $800,000 to 11 Cottrell Scholars through its RCSA Bridge Awards, an emergency initiative to help stabilize strong research programs that have e...
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January 14, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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.
Congratulations to #CottrellScholar 1999 Rigoberto Hernandez as he steps into his new role as 2026 president of the American Chemical Society! Rigoberto is an active member of the Cottrell Scholar community and currently serves on the Cottrell Scholar Selection Committee.
In Rigoberto Hernandez’s presidential year, he will focus on raising ACS’s impact globally, fostering belonging in the society, and advancing an ACS membership-for-life concept. cen.acs.org/acs-news/Rig... #chemsky 🧪 @everywherechem.bsky.social
Rigoberto Hernandez wants to foster a sense of togetherness
The 2026 ACS president will spend the society's 150th anniversary focusing on growing ACS's platform and engaging its members
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January 13, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Congratulations to #CottrellScholar 1999 Rigoberto Hernandez as he steps into his new role as 2026 president of the American Chemical Society! Rigoberto is an active member of the Cottrell Scholar community and currently serves on the Cottrell Scholar Selection Committee.
RCSA, The Brinson Foundation, @simonsfoundation.org and Kevin Wells have awarded funding to seven cross-disciplinary teams of researchers in the inaugural year of # Scialog: Quantum Matter and Information.
2025 Scialog: Quantum Matter and Information Awards
The three-year initiative, cosponsored by RCSA, The Brinson Foundation, Simons Foundation and Kevin Wells, aims to promote broader interactions among different sectors of the quantum science community...
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January 8, 2026 at 6:50 PM
RCSA, The Brinson Foundation, @simonsfoundation.org and Kevin Wells have awarded funding to seven cross-disciplinary teams of researchers in the inaugural year of # Scialog: Quantum Matter and Information.
#Scialog SLU Fellow Peter Gao, Carnegie Institution for Science, is a coauthor of a paper in The Astrophysical Journal Letters that is highlighted in this New York Times article. #CottrellScholar 2019 & Scialog TDA Fellow Emily Rauscher, University of Michigan, is also quoted.
Lemon-Shaped World Is the Most Stretched-Out Planet Ever Seen
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December 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
#Scialog SLU Fellow Peter Gao, Carnegie Institution for Science, is a coauthor of a paper in The Astrophysical Journal Letters that is highlighted in this New York Times article. #CottrellScholar 2019 & Scialog TDA Fellow Emily Rauscher, University of Michigan, is also quoted.
RCSA President & CEO Eric Isaacs looks back at 2025 and ahead to 2026.
President’s Message: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
This has been a year of remarkable activity for RCSA, and disruptive challenges for the scientific enterprise. Looking ahead, 2026 promises to be a year of great discoveries as well as challenges for ...
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December 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
RCSA President & CEO Eric Isaacs looks back at 2025 and ahead to 2026.
#Scialog AES & NES Fellow Kelsey Hatzell, Princeton University, has an article in Physics Today on alternatives to conventional lithium-ion battery technology.
Solid-state batteries: Hype, hopes, and hurdles
As conventional lithium-ion battery technology approaches its theoretical limits, researchers are studying alternative architectures with solid electrolytes.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#Scialog AES & NES Fellow Kelsey Hatzell, Princeton University, has an article in Physics Today on alternatives to conventional lithium-ion battery technology.
#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
December 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
#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
2025 #CottrellScholar & #Scialog #LSST Fellow Adam Miller, Northwestern University, and Scialog LSST Fellow Michael Coughlin, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, are authors of a paper in Nature Astronomy presenting recommendations for accelerating transient astronomy with automation.
The automation of optical transient discovery and classification in Rubin-era time-domain astronomy - Nature Astronomy
The automated detection of transient phenomena in the sky has developed rapidly in recent years, driven by robotic telescopes such as the Zwicky Transient Facility and the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact ...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
2025 #CottrellScholar & #Scialog #LSST Fellow Adam Miller, Northwestern University, and Scialog LSST Fellow Michael Coughlin, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, are authors of a paper in Nature Astronomy presenting recommendations for accelerating transient astronomy with automation.
Congratulations to #CottrellScholar 2002 & #Scialog CMC Facilitator Neil Kelleher, Northwestern University, winner of one of four inaugural What If…? Awards (for innovative early-stage research in biomedical and health science) administered by the Science Philanthropy Alliance.
What If…? Awards for Creative Medical Research Launches with Inaugural Cohort | Science Philanthropy Alliance
The What If…? Awards Program, a new philanthropic initiative designed to catalyze innovative early-stage research in biomedical and health science, is proud to announce its inaugural award recipients....
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December 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Congratulations to #CottrellScholar 2002 & #Scialog CMC Facilitator Neil Kelleher, Northwestern University, winner of one of four inaugural What If…? Awards (for innovative early-stage research in biomedical and health science) administered by the Science Philanthropy Alliance.
2012 #CottrellScholar & 2020 SEED Awardee Seth Herzon, Yale University, has a new paper in Science about his lab’s work synthesizing (–)-gukulenin A, which has shown promise in treating murine models of ovarian cancer.
After a longstanding effort, chemists led by Yale University’s Seth Herzon have synthesized (–)-gukulenin A for the first time. cen.acs.org/synthesis/me... #chemsky 🧪
A guide to making gukulenin A
3-component assembly builds a natural product that could fight cancer
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November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
2012 #CottrellScholar & 2020 SEED Awardee Seth Herzon, Yale University, has a new paper in Science about his lab’s work synthesizing (–)-gukulenin A, which has shown promise in treating murine models of ovarian cancer.
The 2nd meeting of #Scialog: Early Science with the #LSST closes with pitches for team projects to ignite discovery with @vrubinobs.bsky.social. Initiative cosponsored with @heisingsimonsfdn.bsky.social, with additional support from Leinweber Foundation and Kevin Wells.
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The 2nd meeting of #Scialog: Early Science with the #LSST closes with pitches for team projects to ignite discovery with @vrubinobs.bsky.social. Initiative cosponsored with @heisingsimonsfdn.bsky.social, with additional support from Leinweber Foundation and Kevin Wells.
#Scialog: Early Science with the #LSST continues! Thanks to Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social for a terrific keynote talk, “The Calm Before the Boom: Astrophysical Transients & Stellar Stories with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.”
November 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
#Scialog: Early Science with the #LSST continues! Thanks to Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social for a terrific keynote talk, “The Calm Before the Boom: Astrophysical Transients & Stellar Stories with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.”
Special welcome to our new Fellows as the 2nd meeting of #Scialog: Early Science with the LSST begins in Tucson! Cosponsored with @heisingsimonsfdn.bsky.social, with support from Leinweber Foundation and Kevin Wells. #RubinObservatory #LSST
November 14, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Special welcome to our new Fellows as the 2nd meeting of #Scialog: Early Science with the LSST begins in Tucson! Cosponsored with @heisingsimonsfdn.bsky.social, with support from Leinweber Foundation and Kevin Wells. #RubinObservatory #LSST
Shout-out to awardees on this platform: @micahziegler.bsky.social @gracegdhan.bsky.social @schulzlabvt.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Shout-out to awardees on this platform: @micahziegler.bsky.social @gracegdhan.bsky.social @schulzlabvt.bsky.social
RCSA, @sloanfoundation.bsky.social & @kavlifoundation.org have made awards to eight cross-disciplinary teams of early career researchers in the second year of #Scialog: Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials.
2025 Scialog SM3 Awards
Eight cross-disciplinary teams have won funding in the second year of Scialog: Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials, a three-year initiative catalyzing cutting-edge basic science to address how...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
RCSA, @sloanfoundation.bsky.social & @kavlifoundation.org have made awards to eight cross-disciplinary teams of early career researchers in the second year of #Scialog: Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials.