The Power of Collaboration

 Distribute tasks: make sure that each project member has a specific role within the project that he or she is comfortable with and understands clearly. State what needs to be done, by when, and how in as concise of terms as possible. Clear instructions assure team members that they will not be doing needless work, or going head-to-head with another project member, creating a comfortable and efficient work environment for all.


Amherst Col
ege Spin-Clock Transitions in Silica Defects



Photolytic Upgrading of Hydrocarbon Feedstocks
University of Pennsylvania Aerobic



Vanderbilt University



University of Oklahoma



Chemistry
University of Michigan



Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of California
Los Angeles


Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison



Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California
Los Angeles


Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Rice University



Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Colorado Boulder



Mechanical Engineering and Materials Scie ce
University of Pittsburgh



Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin Electric-Swing Solid State Sorbents for Direct Air Capture of CO



School of Molecular Sciences
Arizona State University



Mechanical Engineering
Boston University Electrocatalytic Activation and Cycling of Moisture-Swing Direct Air Capture Materials



University of Massachusetts Amherst
Chemistry


Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Johns Hopkins University



Chemistry
University of Virginia



Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology



Chemistry
University of Rochester



Michigan State University



Mechanical Engineering
University of Michigan



Texas A&M University
Chemistry, College Station


Chemical Engineering
Arizona tate University



Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
University of Pittsburgh



Chemistry
University of California
Irvine


Pennsylvania State University
Geosciences


Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science
Purdue University



Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development
University of Minnesota



Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
University of Colorado Boulder



Geological Sciences
Stanford University



Geophysical Sciences
University of Chicago



University of Oregon
Biology


Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Georgia Institute of Technology Stochastic Simulation of Evolving Planetary Biospheres



Earth, Atmosphere and Planetary Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology



University of Oregon
Biology


Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Georgia Institute of Technology



Geophysical Sciences
University of Chicago



Astronomy / Planetary Environments Laboratory
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center



University of Maryland



Chemistry
Oakland University How may Biosignatures in Icy Ocean Worlds be Affected by Plume Ejection



Planetary Sciences
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory



Boston University Synthetic Mineral Geo-Electrodes for Detecting Life on Ocean Worlds
Biology


Chemistry
University of Utah
Time Domain Astrophysics Fellow Timothy Brandt
Physics


University of California
Santa Barbara


University of Virginia
Chemical Machinery of the Cell Fellow Julia Kalow
Chemistry


Chemical Machinery of the Cell Fellow
Northwestern University



Chemistry
University of California
Berkeley


Chemistry
Advanced Energy Storage and Negative Emissi ns Science Fellow Haotian Wang, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Vanderbilt University
Rice University



Chemistry
Northwestern University



Physics
Syracuse University, and Margaret Gardel
Physics


University of Chicago



University of California
Chemistry, Irvine


University of Wisconsin
Madison


Physics and Astronomy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Nadia Zakamska
Johns Hopkins University



Univ rsity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign



Scialog: Chemical Machinery of the Cell Facilitator Judith Frydman, Biology and Genetics
Chemistry
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stanford University



University of Texas at Austin
Song LinChemistry


Cornell University



Brown University
Luisa Whittaker-Brooks
2018ChemistryCS


Scia

g: Chemical Machinery
University of
tah
Cell Fellows Julia Kalow
Chemistry


Northwestern University



Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of California
Berkeley


Biomolecular Engineering
Case Western Reserve University



University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign



Negative Emissions Science Facilitator Jeff Long
Chemistry


University of California
Berkeley


Chemistry
University of California
Davis


William Paterson University
2018Chemistry, Grace Stokes, ChemistryCS


Santa C ara University



Unive

trell Scholar Collabor
tive Awards Cottrell Scholar Collaborative as Bridge

or National D
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ds from the Ame
ican Chemical Society. CS 2009 Lane

eived the Aw
rd received the Award in Chemical In

Fellows
The Cottrell Scholar Program develops outstanding teacher-scholars recognized by their scientific
communities for the quality of their research programs, innovation in education, and potential for academic leadership.In 2021, Cottrell Scholar Program funding included $2.5 million for 25 initial Cottrell Scholar Awards, $75,000 for three Cottrell Scholars Collaborative Awards, and $265,000 for eight Cottrell Plus Awards, which include the competitive SEED, STAR and IMPACT awa

ded $971,250 to 14 Co
trell Scholars to support postdocs working in their

bs or groups.Th
ee of these awards were funded through a g

nt from the National
cience Foundation.

programs focus on catalyzing collaborations and creating inclusive communities of scientists across the physical sciences and other, closely related fields.We take that same approach in the design and development of those programs by encouraging participation of a broad array of individuals and funders.Looking back on 2021, I want to call special attention to all these partners who believe in what we are doin

to support early career scientists, a
d who have made it possible to target more resources to address significant needs and opportunities.

For our Cottrell Scholar community, the second year of partnership with the National Science Foundation enabled us to support a larger cohort of senior postdoctoral fellows whose plans were derailed by the pandemic as institutions canceled faculty searches.The case for RCSA t

nd address this need was made by Cottrell Scholars, who saw firsthand the potential disru
tion for some of the most talented and a

omplished scientists who were on the ver
e of launching their independent careers.The Cottrell Scholar community has been critically important in guiding the foundation to direct resources into additional initiatives, including a post-baccalaureate program and an expansion of our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

For our Scialog program, 2021 marked the first year that we were able to offer Scialogs on six different themes of global importance.The shaping of these themes and the identification of early career faculty as Scialog Fellows arose fr

discussions with sen
or scientists, many of whom then served as Scialog Facilitators, and with other foundations and federal funding agencies that joined RCSA as cosponsors.That so many other funders worked with us on these initiatives is a vote of confidence in our progra ming.These partnerships allow us to achieve a much greater impact than we would have with just our own, limited resources, and greatly expand the network of scientists who benefit from cross-disciplinary interactions as they explore new research directions.Our thanks go to the

ul G. Allen Frontiers Group, t
e Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture as our major cosponsors, and to Climate Pathfinders, the Kavli Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for their participation and support during the past year.

As you read through the many highlights of the past year, please join me in celebrating the organizations that helped make all this possible by joining with RCSA to support groundbreaking, basic research on critical challenges, and the scientists who c