Research Corporation for Science Advancement
@RCSA1
RCSA supports early career researchers in the physical sciences (astronomy, chemistry, physics) at colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada.
Attention, #CottrellScholar, #Scialog & #RCSAFellows communities! RCSA is now accepting nominations for the 2026 class of RCSA Fellows, as well as applications to volunteer as host institution for their mock interviews. Details here: bit.ly/4m9iKus

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!

New members of #CottrellScholar community, 2025 Holland Awardees Enrico Ramirez Ruiz, University of California, Santa Cruz, Angel Martí, @AngelMartiLab @ChemistryRice @RiceUniversity @RiceNatSci, and Kevin Hewitt, Dalhousie University, spoke tonight about research & mentorship.

31st Annual #CottrellScholars Conference is underway in Tucson! Thanks to keynote speaker Archie Holmes @utsystem for exploring the recent consensus study report from the National Academies, “Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education: Supporting Equitable and Effective Teaching.”


Congrats to #CottrellScholar 2021 & #Scialog CMC Fellow Alexis Komor, winner of the 2026 Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry from the ACS's Division of Biochemistry and Chemical Biology for her contributions to genome editing & nucleic acid chemistry. bit.ly/4eKhGuz
#CottrellScholar 2022 Zak Page @TexasChE has a paper in Nature Materials on a new approach in 3D printing that uses light to combine hard and soft properties in novel resins. bit.ly/44pW5mc
New RCSA President Eric Isaacs introduces himself and shares a few of his top priorities for the foundation. bit.ly/44urLXW

Congrats to 3 from RCSA’s community who won 2025 Research & Innovation Prizes from @RoySocChem: #CottrellScholar 2010, #Scialog NES & AES Facilitator & SEC Fellow Sarbajit Banerjee; CS 2004 & IMPACT Awardee Seth Cohen; Scialog SEC Fellow James McCusker! bit.ly/4km0We5
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Outgoing RCSA President Dan Linzer offers his thoughts on eight years with the foundation. bit.ly/4loVxnJ

Congratulations to #CottrellScholar 2023 & #Scialog AUT Fellow @danielptabor @TAMUChemistry, 2025 winner of the Journal of Physical Chemistry C Award: Energy, Materials, and Catalysis! bit.ly/45znWCY
Highlights of the 2nd Annual #RCSAFellows Conference held June 3-4 in Tucson. bit.ly/3ZENScr

RCSA welcomes the newest member of its Board of Directors: Nathalie Cunningham, Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director, Strategic Investment Group. bit.ly/3ZW4zAr
60 early career researchers from a cross-section of academic disciplines – physics, chemistry, materials science, applied mathematics, computer science, engineering, and related fields – have been selected as Fellows for RCSA's newest #Scialog. bit.ly/44gsH32
