Research Corporation Dba Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Historical funder research: IRS Form 990-PF filings from US private foundations, showing who funded what in past years. This is not a list of currently open grant calls, and we do not track open RFPs from private foundations. From public IRS Form 990-PF filings (latest on file for this funder: tax year 2024). Coverage: tax years 2019–2025. Freshness: the IRS releases these returns 1.5–2+ years after the tax year ends, so 2025 is still partial and a funder's newest grants may not appear yet. Last updated: November 14, 2026. Filings can contain errors, so confirm current priorities and deadlines with the funder before applying.
Year 2025 is still partial because many returns have not been filed or released yet. That is a freshness issue — coverage in our dataset is tax years 2019–2025.
Only 35.2% of this funder's organizational grants could be linked to an IRS cause code.
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- Applications for RCSA grant programs are submitted via our Blackbaud grantmaking system. Applicants create an account in the system, complete form fields with contact information for the applicant and institution, and submit the completed fields along with a PDF of the proposal. Proposals generally include a description of the project and a list of scientific references. Certain grant programs will also require letters of recommendation, collaboration, or support, professional information to demonstrate capability to complete the proposed project, and evidence of institutional approval of the proposed project.
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- Individuals performing scientific research at academic institutions of all levels.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose (as filed) | Amount | Tax yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | Developing Mathematical Models for the Formation of New Collaborations at Conferences | $193,142 | 2024 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | Probing the role of membranes in bacterial methane oxidation with multiscale simulations | $120,000 | 2024 |
| University of Toledo | Toledo, OH | Doing Our Homework: Direct Tests of Black Hole Accretion Rate Prescriptions | $120,000 | 2024 |
| University of Tennessee Knoxville | Knoxville, TN | Next Generation Beams: Exploring the potential of muon acceleration | $120,000 | 2024 |
| University of South Florida | Tampa, FL | Strain Manipulation of Charge and Spin Dynamics in 2D Magnets | $120,000 | 2024 |
| University of San Diego | San Diego, CA | Cloud-based investigations of quantum hydrodynamics in ultracold atomic gases | $120,000 | 2024 |
| University of Missouri | Columbia, MO | A New Tool to Probe Condensed-Phase Chemistry: Rotational Spectroscopy of Buffer-Gas Cooled Molecules Desorbed from an Ice Surface | $120,000 | 2024 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | Unveiling Cosmic Treasures: Exploring the secrets of astromineralogy with X-ray imaging spectroscopy | $120,000 | 2024 |
| University of California Riverside | Riverside, CA | Skeletal Editing of Silicon Nanostructures & Student-Created Social Media Videos to Close the Achievement Gap | $120,000 | 2024 |
| Trinity University | San Antonio, TX | Interface-Induced Changes to Electronic Structure and Reactivity of Environmentally-Relevant Polycyclic Aromatic Species | $120,000 | 2024 |
| Queen's University | Kingston, Canada | Combining Quantum Chemistry Concepts and Machine Learning for Drug Discovery | $120,000 | 2024 |
| Pennsylvania State University | University Park, PA | Allostery and Architecture: Building and Validating Functional Models of Multidomain Receptors | $120,000 | 2024 |
| Hope College | Holland, MI | Chemical-Mechanical Control Over Nanoparticle-Hydrogel Sliding Interfaces | $120,000 | 2024 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | Searching for New Physics with Galactic Neutrinos | $120,000 | 2024 |
| Hamilton College | Clinton, NY | Characterization of enzymes that build and degrade spore cortex peptidoglycan. | $120,000 | 2024 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | Machine Learning Aided Quantum Chemistry Discovery in the Solution Phase | $120,000 | 2024 |
| Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | Characterizing and modulating interactions of disordered proteins that drive biomolecular condensate formation and cytotoxic aggregation | $120,000 | 2024 |
| Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH | Measuring Cosmic Birefringence in the Presence of Galactic Foregrounds and Improving Career Preparation Through Advanced Physics Labs | $120,000 | 2024 |
| California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo, CA | Colloidal Stabilization of Covalent Organic Frameworks with Acid-Base Chemistry and STEM Educator Training | $120,000 | 2024 |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | Planetesimal interiors: Searching for evidence of core material | $120,000 | 2024 |
| Science Philanthropy Alliance | San Francisco, CA | 2024-2026 Science Philanthropy Alliance Membership Contribution | $100,000 | 2024 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | Reducing the Cost of Device Development with Closed-Loop Proxy Measurements and Supplemental Characterization | $66,000 | 2024 |
| University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | Electrocatalyst Formation From Extracted Critical Trace Elements in Copper Ores (EFFECT ECO) | $66,000 | 2024 |
| University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | Getting on the Grid: Parallel Nano-Crystallography for Large-Scale Data Generation | $66,000 | 2024 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | Automated workflows to assess physical constraints in neural networks for molecular property prediction | $66,000 | 2024 |
Grants to individuals are counted but not named.
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