Who Will Win The Race For Jobs In Renewable Energy?
Dr. James Gentile, RCSA president and CEO, writes science related stories for The Huffington Post. Read more
Jack Pladziewicz Recently Retired as Vice President of Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Dr. Pladziewicz will continue to consult with RCSA, but we thought it would be instructive to conduct a brief exit interview about his time at the Foundation as he makes this change in a long and distinguished career. Read more
Creating Future Science: The Role of Private Foundations in Shaping Research Activities at PUIs
Silvia Ronco, Program Officer
Among the many challenges American science faces these days is a scarcity of research funds (public and private) at the very time the nation urgently needs a well-trained workforce to help it maintain a leading role in research, as other nations rapidly develop their scientific and technological infrastructures. Read more.
Tucson Business Community Honors Former RCSA President
The Tucson Chamber of Commerce has honored Dr. John P. Schaefer, former president of Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), with its 2009 Founders' Award for his "extraordinary leadership" over the past 40 years. More
Science - Dialog - Transformation
Scialog® is a new initiative from Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) that aims to accelerate the work of 21st-century transformational science by funding research, intensive dialog, and community building
Strategic Plan
RCSA Mission Statement: Research Corporation is a foundation for the advancement of science that provides catalytic and opportunistic funding for innovative scientific research and the development of academic scientists, which will have a lasting impact on science and society. Download here
American Physical Society
March Meeting Reception
Honoring Dr. Enrique Galvez
Colgate University
2010 Recipient of the
"Prize for a Faculty Member for Research at an Undergraduate Institution"
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
5:30PM - 7:30PM
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower
Galleria South
American Chemical Society
Spring National Meeting Reception
Honoring Dr. Thomas J. Wenzel of Bates College
2010 Recipient of the
"Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution"
Monday, March 22, 2010
5:30PM - 7:30PM
Grand Hyatt San Francisco
Farallon Room
"Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind: Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses - especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else."
-Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
RCSA History
90 Years Ago in RCSA History: Andrew E. Douglass proposed dendrochronology dating, where analysis of tree ring patterns establishes the age of a tree. Douglass received the Research Corporation Award in 1930.