Research Corporation dba Research Corporation for Science Advancement

Historical Funder

Tucson, Arizona · EIN 13-1963407 · Private foundation · Website

Grants paid (2024)$8M

Organizations funded165

Typical grant$55,000

Total assets$241.5M

Half of its grants to organizations were between $11,143 and $66,000.

From the return

How to apply

The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):

Contact	Daniel Gasch
Address	4703 E Camp Lowell Suite 201, Tucson AZ 85712
Phone	5205711111
Form and materials	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.
Deadlines	None
Restrictions	Individuals performing scientific research at academic institutions of all levels.

Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.

What it funds

Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.

Education34
STEM17
Animal Welfare10
Health5
Youth Sports4
Disability Services3

Where it gives

85% of grants went outside Arizona.

Grants paid in tax year 2024

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
Northwestern University	Evanston, IL	Developing Mathematical Models for the Formation of New Collaborations at Conferences	$193,142
California Institute of Technology	Pasadena, CA	Planetesimal interiors: Searching for evidence of core material	$120,000
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
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
Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH	Characterizing and modulating interactions of disordered proteins that drive biomolecular condensate formation and cytotoxic aggregation	$120,000
Emory University	Atlanta, GA	Machine Learning Aided Quantum Chemistry Discovery in the Solution Phase	$120,000
Hamilton College	Clinton, NY	Characterization of enzymes that build and degrade spore cortex peptidoglycan.	$120,000
Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	Searching for New Physics with Galactic Neutrinos	$120,000
Hope College	Holland, MI	Chemical-Mechanical Control Over Nanoparticle-Hydrogel Sliding Interfaces	$120,000
Pennsylvania State University	University Park, PA	Allostery and Architecture: Building and Validating Functional Models of Multidomain Receptors	$120,000
Queen's University	Kingston, CA	Combining Quantum Chemistry Concepts and Machine Learning for Drug Discovery	$120,000
Trinity University	San Antonio, TX	Interface-Induced Changes to Electronic Structure and Reactivity of Environmentally-Relevant Polycyclic Aromatic Species	$120,000
University of California Riverside	Riverside, CA	Skeletal Editing of Silicon Nanostructures & Student-Created Social Media Videos to Close the Achievement Gap	$120,000
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	Unveiling Cosmic Treasures: Exploring the secrets of astromineralogy with X-ray imaging spectroscopy	$120,000
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
University of San Diego	San Diego, CA	Cloud-based investigations of quantum hydrodynamics in ultracold atomic gases	$120,000
University of South Florida	Tampa, FL	Strain Manipulation of Charge and Spin Dynamics in 2D Magnets	$120,000
University of Tennessee Knoxville	Knoxville, TN	Next Generation Beams: Exploring the potential of muon acceleration	$120,000
University of Toledo	Toledo, OH	Doing Our Homework: Direct Tests of Black Hole Accretion Rate Prescriptions	$120,000
University of Utah	Salt Lake City, UT	Probing the role of membranes in bacterial methane oxidation with multiscale simulations	$120,000
Science Philanthropy Alliance	San Francisco, CA	2024-2026 Science Philanthropy Alliance Membership Contribution	$100,000
Arizona State University	Tempe, AZ	Electrocatalyst Formation From Extracted Critical Trace Elements in Copper Ores (EFFECT ECO)	$66,000
Arizona State University	Tempe, AZ	Seaweed for Critical Element Extraction and Transformation (Sea-CrEET)	$66,000
Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA	Synergistic Photomechanical Depolymerization	$66,000
Brandeis University	Waltham, MA	Synergistic Photomechanical Depolymerization	$66,000
Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA	Structure Identification in Complex Chemical Mixtures using Boltzmann Spectroscopy	$66,000
Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA	A Data-Driven Approach for Derisking Chemical Synthesis	$66,000
Colorado School of Mines	Golden, CO	Getting on the Grid: Parallel Nano-Crystallography for Large-Scale Data Generation	$66,000
Colorado School of Mines	Golden, CO	AI/ML-assisted Separation and Programmable Electrodeposition of Ni and Co	$66,000
Columbia University	New York, NY	Water-Free Silicate Activation for Valuable Metal Extraction	$66,000
Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	AI/ML-assisted Separation and Programmable Electrodeposition of Ni and Co	$66,000
Emory University	Atlanta, GA	A Data-Driven Approach for Derisking Chemical Synthesis	$66,000
Marine Biological Laboratory	Woods Hole, MA	Seaweed for Critical Element Extraction and Transformation (Sea-CrEET)	$66,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA	Calibration-free quantitation of reaction yields in high-throughput reaction screening through absolute carbon quantification by LC-FID	$66,000
North Carolina State University	Raleigh, NC	Reducing the Cost of Device Development with Closed-Loop Proxy Measurements and Supplemental Characterization	$66,000
Northwestern University	Evanston, IL	Structure Identification in Complex Chemical Mixtures using Boltzmann Spectroscopy	$66,000
Northwestern University	Evanston, IL	Synergistic Photomechanical Depolymerization	$66,000
Oregon State University	Corvalis, OR	Reducing the Cost of Device Development with Closed-Loop Proxy Measurements and Supplemental Characterization	$66,000
Purdue University	West Lafayette, IN	AI/ML-assisted Separation and Programmable Electrodeposition of Ni and Co	$66,000
Rice University	Houston, TX	Seaweed for Critical Element Extraction and Transformation (Sea-CrEET)	$66,000
Rowan University	Glassboro, NJ	Calibration-free quantitation of reaction yields in high-throughput reaction screening through absolute carbon quantification by LC-FID	$66,000
Stanford University	Stanford, CA	Automated workflows to assess physical constraints in neural networks for molecular property prediction	$66,000
Stevens Institute of Technology	Hoboken, NJ	Closed-loop Hypothesis Generation for Automated Chemical Synthesis	$66,000
University of Arizona	Tucson, AZ	Electrocatalyst Formation From Extracted Critical Trace Elements in Copper Ores (EFFECT ECO)	$66,000
University of British Columbia	Vancouver, CA	Closed-loop Hypothesis Generation for Automated Chemical Synthesis	$66,000
University of California Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	Automated workflows to assess physical constraints in neural networks for molecular property prediction	$66,000
University of California Davis	Davis, CA	Water-Free Silicate Activation for Valuable Metal Extraction	$66,000
University of California Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	Structure Identification in Complex Chemical Mixtures using Boltzmann Spectroscopy	$66,000
University of California Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	Water-Free Silicate Activation for Valuable Metal Extraction	$66,000
University of Delaware	Newark, DE	Calibration-free quantitation of reaction yields in high-throughput reaction screening through absolute carbon quantification by LC-FID	$66,000
University of Missouri	Columbia, MO	Engineering Plants and Algae as Dye-Free Alternatives to Fossil-Based Textiles	$66,000
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	Automated workflows to assess physical constraints in neural networks for molecular property prediction	$66,000
University of Rochester	Rochester, NY	Getting on the Grid: Parallel Nano-Crystallography for Large-Scale Data Generation	$66,000
University of Rochester	Rochester, NY	Electrocatalyst Formation From Extracted Critical Trace Elements in Copper Ores (EFFECT ECO)	$66,000
University of Utah	Salt Lake City, UT	Reducing the Cost of Device Development with Closed-Loop Proxy Measurements and Supplemental Characterization	$66,000
Furman University	Greenville, SC	Peptide Formation in Nanoclusters of Water in the Prebiotic Atmosphere	$60,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA	Transition Metal-Free Reactivity of Redox-Activated Carbon Dioxide	$60,000
Pennsylvania State University	University Park, PA	Beating Thermodynamics: Understanding How Spillover Protons Weaken CO2 Binding in Carbon Capture Materials	$60,000
Scripps College	Claremont, CA	Towards XNA PCR: Evaluating the potential of fusion domains to improve XNA polymerases	$60,000
Trinity University	San Antonio, TX	Order from Disorder: Programmable Induction of Polypeptide Folding with Synthetic Receptors	$60,000

Showing the 60 largest of 165 grants to organizations.

Giving by year

Tax year	Grants paid	Grant lines
2024	$7,964,645	165
2023	$7,501,573	158

Sources

IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 12, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202533169349103063
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 13-1963407
Profile updated Nov 4, 2026

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