Cottrell Scholar Awards

Intro Guidelines

• Cottrell Scholar Awards
• Prospective Applicants
• Intro Guidelines
• Complete Guidelines
• Examples of Successful Teaching Proposals
• Eligibility Quiz
• Current Awardees
• Welcome
• Profiles of 2009 Awardees
• Lane Baker
• Penny Beuning
• Michael David Gladders
• Duncan Lorimer
• Robert McDermott
• Maura McLaughlin
• Scott Alan Snyder
• Snezana Stanimirovic
• Rory Waterman
• Yadong Yin
• General Information
• Past Awardees
• Program Statistics
• FAQs
• News

Eligibility

Applicants should be tenure-track beginning faculty members whose primary appointment is in a Bachelor's and Ph.D. degree-granting department of astronomy, biochemistry, biophysics, chemistry, or physics, but not in a school of medicine or engineering. Eligibility is limited to those in the third year after their first tenure-track appointment. Faculty members who assumed their first tenure-track position anytime in calendar year 2007 are eligible for application with a deadline for receipt of April 1. Consult the complete program guidelines for full details.

Criteria

The proposal consists of brief proposals for both research and teaching. Originality, feasibility, and the prospect for significant fundamental advances to science are the main criteria for the research plan. Contributions to education, at the undergraduate level, aspirations for teaching, and the proposed strategies to achieve educational objectives are factors in assessment of the teaching plan. The ability of applicants to mount a strong research program and their commitment to teaching are weighed in the two-phase review process. Consult the complete program guidelines for full details.

Applications

The deadline for receipt of proposals is April 1. Applications must conform to guidelines and directions, and need to be endorsed by the institution. Potential applicants can begin the online submission process by completing the online submission Eligibility Quiz. If eligible, you will be able to download the application materials. See the complete program guidelines for further details. For questions regarding eligibility and application processes, contact us at csa@rescorp.org.