Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor of the electrostatic precipitator
and the founder of Research Corporation, once said “Bet on the
youngsters; they are long shots, but many will pay off.” Research
Corporation is doing just that with its Cottrell Scholar Awards
program. The awards, in the amount of $100,000, are made to teacher
scholars in the physical sciences at Ph.D.-granting institutions.
Eligibility is limited to scientists in the third year of their first
tenure-track position. The program requires applicants to submit two
proposals–one for research and one for teaching. The research proposal
is assessed for originality, feasibility and the prospect for
significant fundamental advances to science. Ongoing contributions to
education, especially at the undergraduate level, aspirations for
future accomplishments in teaching, and the proposed strategies to
achieve educational objectives are factors in the assessment of the
teaching proposal. To learn more about the Cottrell Scholar Award,
visit our website www.rescorp.org/csa/csa.htm.
A congratulatory announcement appears in the June 3, 2005 issue of
Science magazine (opposite “Netwatch”). The full-page notice (which
includes a listing of this year’s awardees) can also be seen on
Research Corporation’s website at www.rescorp.org/csa/sciencead.pdf
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