Congratulations to #CottrellScholar 2021 Jeanine Amacher, Western Washington University, one of eight new Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars for 2025!

Congratulations to Daniel A. Pitonyak, Lebanon Valley College, winner of the APS 2026 Prize for a Faculty Member for Research in an Undergraduate Institution. The prize is sponsored by RCSA. tinyurl.com/4hnvndz8

Congratulations to #CottrellScholar 2021 & #Scialog QMI Fellow Justin Caram!

Our 2025 #RCSAFellows are having transformative mock-interview experiences at campuses across the country. Many thanks to all the host institutions!

Nominations for RCSA’s 2026 Holland Awards are due November 4! To nominate an outstanding senior scientist for their commitment to excellence in research and teaching, creativity, and mentorship, please contact a #CottrellScholar or Holland awardee.

Four #Scialog Fellows are among 20 innovative early career researchers named 2025 Packard Fellows for Science and Engineering! Congratulations to: QMI Fellow James Gaynor; NES Fellow Dohyung Kim; NES Fellow Azahara Oliva Gonzalez; and NES Fellow Benjamin Snyder.

Congratulations to #CottrellScholar 2022 & #Scialog ABI Fellow Scott Cushing, and Scialog SM3 Fellow Grace Han, who are among five aspiring inventors selected as 2005 Moore Inventor Fellows!

The 1st meeting of #Scialog: Quantum Matter and Information concludes with pitches for blue-sky interdisciplinary projects, and a better-networked quantum science community. See you next year! #IYQ2025

Thanks to Xiaoyang Zhu, Columbia University, and Rana Adhikari, California Institute of Technology, for thought-provoking keynote talks at #Scialog: Quantum Matter and Information! #IYQ2025

The 1st meeting of #Scialog: Quantum Matter and Information, a new 3-year initiative cosponsored by RCSA, The Brinson Foundation, @simonsfoundation.org, and Kevin Wells, has begun in Tucson. Congratulations to our QMI Fellows! #IYQ2025

#CottrellScholar 2022 & #Scialog ABI Fellow Scott Cushing is interviewed in Chemical & Engineering News’ 2025 Trailblazer issue. He talks about changing the conversation around mental health and disabilities in chemistry by building spaces where students can focus on support and well-being.

#CottrellScholar 2020 Frank Leibfarth was named one of three 2025 winners of the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists for his “pioneering approaches to upcycle plastic waste and remove toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from water.” bit.ly/3L95Ije

Two members of RCSA's community — #Scialog LSST Fellow Kareem El-Badri, California Institute of Technology, and Scialog NES & SM3 Fellow Will Tarpeh, Stanford University — have been named 2025 MacArthur Fellows. Congratulations! bit.ly/4o7uRJj

Meet the newest member of our team, Office Manager Phoebe Best. Welcome to RCSA, Phoebe! bit.ly/4o4Ckcc

RCSA President Emeritus Daniel Linzer shares his thoughts on the funding environment for basic research in this podcast. bit.ly/48fceyA

RCSA is accepting applications from #CottrellScholars, Holland Awardees, and #Scialog Fellows & Facilitators in the physical sciences to host mock interviews for the 2026 cohort of RCSA Fellows. Please apply by October 28!

Congratulations and best wishes to Lisa Jo Kastigar, who is retiring after more than a decade of dedication to RCSA. We are grateful for your contributions to the success of the foundation and wish you health and happiness as you begin your next chapter!

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Our superstar graduate student @griffynsgro1.bsky.social , and postdoc Mike Pence, are bringing automation to the quantitative analysis class @utahchemistry.bsky.social ! Thanks @rescorp.org @NSF for funding support! #modernize analytical chemistry labs!

Attention #CottrellScholar community! Nominations for 2026 STAR & IMPACT awards are open. Due November 18. Eligibility and application details on the STAR & IMPACT pages of our website.

Applications are due Oct. 15 for the 7th Academic Leadership Training (ALT) Workshop in Pittsburgh, a project supported by a #CottrellScholars Collaborative award. The Feb. 12-14 workshop aims to train the next generation of academic leaders. Details & application here: bit.ly/46gnicg

As a first step in supporting our community through these challenging times, RCSA is announcing a new, need-based grant opportunity focused on members of the #CottrellScholar community.

The 2nd meeting of #Scialog: Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials comes to a close today. Thanks, everyone, for great discussions & ideas on how to acquire, use, and recycle the critical materials that sustain our high-tech society. – with @sloanfoundation.bsky.social @kavlifoundation.org

Thanks to keynote speaker Eric Schelter @upenn.edu for kicking off discussions at #Scialog: Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials with a terrific talk, “Challenges and Opportunities in Critical Metals Separations Chemistry.” - with @sloanfoundation.bsky.social @kavlifoundation.org

The 2nd meeting of #Scialog: Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials has begun in Tucson. Special welcome to this year’s new Fellows! – with @sloanfoundation.bsky.social @kavlifoundation.org

Nominations for 2026 Holland Awards are now being accepted! To nominate an outstanding senior scientist for their commitment to excellence in research and teaching, creativity, and mentorship, please contact a #CottrellScholar or Holland awardee. Due November 4. bit.ly/3QH75TZ

#CottrellScholar 2019, author and podcaster Shahir Rizk encourages other scientists to write their own stories to make science approachable.

Meet the newest member of the RCSA team: Randi Jo Willmeng, Executive Assistant to the President. Welcome, Randi Jo!

RCSA has made 2025 #CottrellScholars Collaborative Awards of $25,000 each to four new projects that emerged from discussions at the 2025 Cottrell Scholar Conference.

#CottrellScholar 2021 and Scialog QMI & MBC Fellow Alex Frañó, University of California, San Diego, has a paper in the American Journal of Physics. The pedagogical strategies, which can be adapted to other introductory science courses, stem from the educational portion of his Cottrell Scholar Award.

Two weeks left to nominate a postdoc for the #RCSAFellows Initiative. Due September 8!

RCSA has made awards to 10 #CottrellScholars to advance high-impact research activities through its 2025 Cottrell SEED Awards.

#Scialog: Advancing BioImaging collaborators Nick Galati, Western Washington University, and Doug Shepherd, Arizona State University, have a new paper in Science Advances.

Chemists! If you are attending the @acs.org Conference in DC, we'd love to see you at the PRF/ResCorp (RCSA) reception today (Monday, 8/18), Marriott Marquis, Shaw Room, 5:30-7:00 pm.

#CottrellScholar 2015 @jenheemstra.bsky.social‬, author of Labwork to Leadership: A Concise Guide to Thriving in the Science Job You Weren’t Trained For, says the scientific enterprise needs people who can strategize, communicate, and lead with empathy.

#CottrellScholar 2019 Shahir Rizk has coauthored a new book, The Color of North: The Molecular Language of Proteins and the Future of Life, springing from the educational component of his Cottrell Scholar award integrating science communication into his undergraduate biochemistry course.

A multigenerational community of #CottrellScholars representing almost every cohort since the program began in 1994 met to network, welcome new members, and share ideas.

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!

2025 Holland Awardees Enrico Ramirez Ruiz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social, Angel Martí, Rice University, and Kevin Hewitt @cise-atlantic.bsky.social @dalhousieu.bsky.social, gave talks about their research and mentorship, receiving a warm welcome as new members of the #CottrellScholar community.

31st Annual #CottrellScholars Conference is underway in Tucson! Thanks to keynote speaker Archie Holmes @utexasece.bsky.social‬ 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 this prestigious award from @acsbiol.bsky.social. Komor's contributions to the genome editing and nucleic acid chemistry fields include the groundbreaking development of the first base editor.

#CottrellScholar 2022 Zak Page, University of Texas at Austin, 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.

Meet RCSA's new President, Eric Isaacs!

Congrats to 3 members of RCSA’s community who won 2025 Research & Innovation Prizes from the Royal Society of Chemistry: #CottrellScholar 2010, #Scialog NES & AES Facilitator, and SEC Fellow Sarbajit Banerjee; #CottrellScholar 2004 & IMPACT Awardee Seth Cohen; and Scialog SEC Fellow James McCusker!

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Outgoing RCSA President Dan Linzer offers his thoughts on eight years with the foundation.

Two decades after RCSA’s catalytic investment in the project, we are thrilled to see first images from @vrubinobs.bsky.social‬! Looking forward to igniting further discovery at #Scialog: Early Science with the LSST.

Congratulations to #CottrellScholar 2023 & #Scialog AUT Fellow @danieltabor.bsky.social, Texas A&M University, 2025 winner of the Journal of Physical Chemistry C Award: Energy, Materials, and Catalysis!

Highlights of the 2nd Annual #RCSAFellows Conference held June 3-4 in Tucson.