Grants & Awards
SEEDING NEW SCIENCE WITH STRATEGIC AWARDS
A significant portion of the Foundation's grantees are currently focused on the enigmatic photon. The tiniest packet - or quanta - of electromagnetic energy, the photon also behaves like a wave. It has no mass - in a gravitational field it weighs nothing - and yet gravity can distort its path through space. The photon comes in many vibrational states, the most familiar being light. In short a photon is a very complicated bit of practically nothing at all. And yet, if RCSA's new Scialog®: Solar Energy Conversion program proves successful, the photon will power America's future. More
Did You Know?
Research Corporation supported the early work of Ernest O. Lawrence who invented the cyclotron, the forerunner of today’s particle accelerators.
(See Interactive Timeline, 1932) More
Conferences & Events
CHARTING A PATH OF ACCELERATED DISCOVERY
To accelerate scientific discovery, improve science education and shape tomorrow's robust academic culture, RCSA engages the power of convening. RCSA employs a unique form of facilitated dialog termed the Scialog methodology. Aimed at unleashing the collective creativity of participants, the methodology encourages communication that is open, nonjudgmental and supportive of innovative ideas. It builds community around breakthrough ideas, some of which are chosen for additional funding. More
Celebrating RCSA's Centennial Year: 2012
Join Us as we celebrate our Centennial Year
In 1912, a scientist and inventor created a new concept in supporting scientific research. That scientist and inventor, Frederick Gardner Cottrell, invested the profit from his invention to create an organization that is now known as Research Corporation for Science Advancement. The idea was simple—use the profits from one invention to help other scientists and inventors work on their idea. Join us in celebrating 100 years of philanthropy in science. More
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Growing Scientists at
America's Top Liberal Arts Colleges
In an increasingly competitive global economy, growing scientists at home should be an especially high priority for our nation, whose economic leadership depends on scientific and technological innovation. Visit
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