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 managed Donald Jones and Paul Mangelsdorf’s patent for hybrid seed corn. It was the first patent on a genetic technique to be granted in the U.S.
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Conferences & Events
Crazy or Brilliant: Betting on High-Risk, Potentially High-Reward Science
RCSA, the New York Academy of Sciences and Discover magazine present a discussion about world-changing research, Wednesday, May 16, at 7 p.m., at the New York Academy of Sciences, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St., 40th floor, New York City. The event is part of the New York Academy of Sciences "Science in the City" public series. More
In the News
Basic Scientific Research
And Its Transformational Potential
Frederick Gardner Cottrell hoped that basic research would be just as high-risk high-reward as applied research. He would have viewed Lawrence’s cyclotron and Goddard’s rocket as just as transformational as Google or the iPad. He would have applauded Sir Richard’s commercial application of science, while championing the basic research that underpins it. More
Celebrating RCSA's Centennial Year: 2012
RCSA Celebrates 100 Years of U.S. Science Advancement
In its 100th year of supporting early career scientists and science education, Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) reaffirmed its ongoing mission with several events at the U.S. Capitol on March 14, 2012—a Congressional Briefing on STEM education, and a centennial gala at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. More
ACS and RCSA Conduct Congressional Briefing
Two major U.S. science organizations concerned with quality education recently conducted a congressional briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The American Chemical Society (ACS) and Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) sponsored the March 14 session, which featured a panel discussion by leading science educators including: More
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