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FundersAZResearch Corporation DBA Research Corporation for Science Advancement › 2020

Grants paid by Research Corporation DBA Research Corporation for Science Advancement, tax year 2020

EIN 13-1963407 · Tucson, AZ · Form 990-PF, Part XV

In tax year 2020, Research Corporation DBA Research Corporation for Science Advancement (EIN 13-1963407) reported 101 grants paid totaling $5,563,196. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.

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Every grant, 2020

Grants reported by Research Corporation DBA Research Corporation for Science Advancement for tax year 2020
Tax yearRecipientMatchAmountTypePurposeSource filing
2020University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, COB$250,000paidPHONONIC CRYSTAL SUSPENSIONS FOR PRECISION MECHANICAL SENSING202133149349102638
2020University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NCB$100,000paidORGANOCATALYTIC KINETIC RESOLUTION POLYMERIZATION OF LACTONES202133149349102638
2020Chapman University Orange County, CAU$100,000paidCONSTRUCTING A BETTER NITROGENASE BY UNCOVERING PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS THAT PROTECT THE ENZYME AND EXPAND ITS CHEMISTRY202133149349102638
2020University of Virginia Charlottesville, VAU$100,000paidTEACHING ENTROPY AND MODELING THE SEQUENCE-DETERMINANTS OF SURFACE-INITIATED COPOLYMERIZATIONS202133149349102638
2020Cornell University Ithaca, NYB$100,000paidNEW CATALYTIC METHODS FOR ENANTIOSELECTIVE ELECTROSYNTHESIS AND INTRODUCING ELECTROSYNTHESIS TO COLLEGE AND GRADUATE CURRICULA202133149349102638
2020Brown University Providence, RIU$100,000paidADVANCING CHEMISTRY THROUGH DATA SCIENCE: CATALYST DESIGN VIA DATA-ENABLED QUANTUM CHEMISTRY AND INTEGRATING DATA SCIENCE INTO THE CHEMISTRY CURRICULUM202133149349102638
2020University of Chicago Chicago, ILU$100,000paidSEARCHING FOR WATER IN DISTANT WORLDS: CONNECTING THE ATMOSPHERIC AND BULK COMPOSITIONS OF SUB-NEPTUNE-SIZE PLANETS202133149349102638
2020University of Rochester Rochester, NYU$100,000paidENABLING NEW CHEMICAL REACTIVITIES THROUGH POLARITON PHOTOCHEMISTRY202133149349102638
2020California State University Northridge Northridge, CAB$100,000paidDATA-DRIVEN SOLUBILITY MODEL DEVELOPMENT OF CONCENTRATED NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTES202133149349102638
2020Williams College Williamstown, MAB$100,000paidNONEQUILIBRIUM PHONON DYNAMICS IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS202133149349102638
2020University of California San Diego La Jolla, CAU$100,000paidPHYSICS OF CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS: MORPHOLOGY AND TRANSPORT IN THE ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM202133149349102638
2020Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CAB$100,000paidCATALYTIC DIFUNCTIONALIZATION OF ALKENES USING TRANSIENT DIRECTING GROUPS202133149349102638
2020University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MIU$100,000paidCHEMICAL MODIFICATIONS TO MRNA NUCLEOSIDES: A NEW FRONTIER IN GENE REGULATION202133149349102638
2020University of Texas at Austin Austin, TXB$100,000paidMOLECULAR DYNAMICS AT HETEROGENEOUS OIL-WATER INTERFACES AND A NEW APPROACH TO ADDRESSING THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF GRADUATE STUDENTS202133149349102638
2020Montana State University Bozeman, MTC$100,000paidCOMBINED EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH TO IMPROVING NICKEL AND PALLADIUM-CATALYZED CROSS-COUPLINGS202133149349102638
2020Iowa State University Ames, IAB$100,000paidPROBING FRACTIONALIZATION AND ENTANGLEMENT IN QUANTUM SPIN LIQUIDS: THEORY OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL SPECTROSCOPY202133149349102638
2020Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GAU$100,000paidKNOTTY KNITS: USING TOPOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS TO PROGRAM GEOMETRY AND ELASTIC RESPONSE IN KNITTED TEXTILES WITH LATTICE DEFECTS202133149349102638
2020University of North Carolina at Asheville Asheville, NCB$100,000paidSHEDDING LIGHT ON STAR FORMATION DRIVEN GALAXY OUTFLOWS ACROSS COSMIC TIME202133149349102638
2020University of California Merced Merced, CAB$100,000paidLIGHT-INDUCED STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS IN MATERIALS: NEW THEORETICAL INSIGHT INTO ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA202133149349102638
2020Trustees of Columbia University New York, NYB$100,000paidTO B OR NOT TO B: THE BIRTH AND DEATH OF MAGNETIC FIELDS IN THE UNIVERSE202133149349102638
2020University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, COB$100,000paidNEXT-GENERATION EXPERIMENTAL PROBES OF HOT AND DENSE NUCLEAR MATTER202133149349102638
2020Michigan State University East Lansing, MIU$100,000paidUNVEILING THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF NUCLEONS202133149349102638
2020Montclair State University Montclair, NJB$100,000paidNEUROTRANSMITTER DETECTION USING LIGHT-ADDRESSABLE ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS: INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF METAL MORPHOLOGY AND COVERAGE ON SENSOR RESPONSE USING SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS202133149349102638
2020New Venture Fund (nvf) Washington, DCC$100,000paid2020 SPA MEMBERSHIP CONTRIBUTION202133149349102638
2020University of California Davis Davis, CAU$100,000paidACHIEVING ENERGY CONVERSION FUNCTIONALITY THROUGH COMPOSITIONAL MODIFICATION: THE ROLE OF METAL PROMOTION IN CHALCOGENIDE FRAMEWORKS202133149349102638
2020University of Washington Seattle, WAB$100,000paidTHE OBSERVATIONAL SIGNATURES OF COSMIC GAS FLOWS IN A HYDRODYNAMIC FRAMEWORK202133149349102638
2020Humboldt State University Arcata, CAB$100,000paidSCANDIUM AND IRON: PARALLELS IN CHEMICAL REACTIVITY, AND REDUCING THE OPPORTUNITY GAP IN THE HSU CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT AND BEYOND202133149349102638
2020University of Maryland College Park College Park, MDC$75,000paid2-BEAM ACTION SPECTROSCOPY FOR ELUCIDATING COMPLEX NONLINEAR OPTICAL PHENOMENA IN EMERGING 2D MATERIALS202133149349102638
2020Northwestern University Evanston, ILB$75,000paidCORE-SHELL PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE LATTICES202133149349102638
2020Trustees of Columbia University New York, NYB$75,000paidPHOTON UPCONVERSION BIOMATERIALS FOR LIGHT-ACTIVATED TISSUE ENGINEERING202133149349102638
2020West Virginia University Morgantown, WVU$75,000paidINNOVATIVE GRAVITATIONAL RESEARCH AND CREATIVE CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT: A BRIDGE TO A CAREER AS A TEACHER-SCHOLAR202133149349102638
2020University of Rochester Rochester, NYU$75,000paidNEUTRINO-NUCLEUS INTERACTION STUDIES FOR NEUTRINO INTERFEROMETRY, AND A FLIPPED CLASSROOM FOR VULNERABLE STEM STUDENTS IN INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS IN THE COVID-19 YEAR202133149349102638
2020Trustees of Columbia University New York, NYB$68,750paidUNVEILING PARTICLE ENERGIZATION IN ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMAS202133149349102638
2020University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAC$62,500paidSOLID ELECTROLYTES WITH DUAL LI+ AND F- ION CONDUCTIVITY TO OVERCOME THE BARRIER OF GRAVIMETRIC CAPACITY202133149349102638
2020University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAC$62,500paidDESIGNER ELECTRIC FIELDS AT INTERFACES TO INFLUENCE ELECTROCATALYSIS202133149349102638
2020University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NCB$62,500paidMETAL-FREE, CONTROLLED STEREOSELECTIVE POLYMERIZATION OF VINYL ETHERS202133149349102638
2020Northwestern University Evanston, ILB$62,500paidDISTORTED ACCRETION DISKS: THE RESTLESS ENVIRONMENTS OF PLANET-FORMING SYSTEMS202133149349102638
2020University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MIU$55,000paidA POROSITY-FREE SODIUM GLASS ELECTROLYTE FORMED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE: INTEGRATED EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL APPROACH202133149349102638
2020University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAC$55,000approved, futureELECTRIFYING HUMIDITY-SWING ADSORPTION FOR DAC BY MODULATION OF REDOX-POLYMER HYDRATION202133149349102638
2020Davidson College Davidson, NCC$55,000paidGLYCOMIMETICS FOR INHIBITING SARS-COV-2 ENTRY202133149349102638
2020Arizona State University - Tempe Campus Tempe, AZD$55,000paidMODULATING RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTS TO INTERFERE WITH VIRAL PROTEIN TRANSLATION202133149349102638
2020University of California Irvine Irvine, CAU$55,000approved, futureUSING ELECTROCHEMISTRY TO IMPROVE SELECTIVITY OF PLASMA-ASSISTED CO2 REDUCTION202133149349102638
2020North Carolina State University Raleigh, NCU$55,000paidDIRECT: DESIGNER INTERFACIAL REACTIVITY VIA ELECTROSTATICALLY-ENHANCED CHARGE TRANSFER202133149349102638
2020University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NCB$55,000paidESTABLISHING SWIFT, SENSITIVE, AND SELECTIVE (3S) SENSING TECHNOLOGIES - GOING BEYOND RT-PCR202133149349102638
2020University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, ILU$55,000paidSOLID ELECTROLYTES WITH DUAL LI-AND F-ION CONDUCTIVITY TO OVERCOME THE TYRANNY OF GRAVIMETRIC CAPACITY202133149349102638
2020University of British Columbia VANCOUVERD$55,000approved, futureUSING ELECTROCHEMISTRY TO IMPROVE SELECTIVITY OF PLASMA-ASSISTED CO2 REDUCTION202133149349102638
2020Duke University Durham, NCB$55,000paidTARGETING THE SARS-COV-2 FRAMESHIFT SITE PSEUDOKNOT202133149349102638
2020Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CAU$55,000paidTARGETING THE SARS-COV-2 FRAMESHIFT SITE PSEUDOKNOT202133149349102638
2020University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, ILU$55,000approved, futureELECTRIFYING HUMIDITY-SWING ADSORPTION FOR DAC BY MODULATION OF REDOX-POLYMER HYDRATION202133149349102638
2020Trustees of Columbia University New York, NYB$55,000paidA POROSITY-FREE SODIUM GLASS ELECTROLYTE FORMED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE: INTEGRATED EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL APPROACH202133149349102638
2020University of Houston Houston, TXB$55,000paidA POROSITY-FREE SODIUM GLASS ELECTROLYTE FORMED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE: INTEGRATED EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL APPROACH202133149349102638
2020University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NCB$55,000paidPAN-COVID-19 MULTIVALENT BINDERS (MVBS) TO BLOCK VIRUS ENTRY202133149349102638
2020University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, ILU$55,000paidDIRECT: DESIGNER INTERFACIAL REACTIVITY VIA ELECTROSTATICALLY-ENHANCED CHARGE TRANSFER202133149349102638
2020University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAC$55,000paidDIRECT: DESIGNER INTERFACIAL REACTIVITY VIA ELECTROSTATICALLY-ENHANCED CHARGE TRANSFER202133149349102638
2020Florida State University Tallahassee, FLU$55,000paidSOLID ELECTROLYTES WITH DUAL LI- AND F-ION CONDUCTIVITY TO OVERCOME THE TYRANNY OF GRAVIMETRIC CAPACITY202133149349102638
2020University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAC$55,000paidSOLID ELECTROLYTES WITH DUAL LI- AND F-ION CONDUCTIVITY TO OVERCOME THE TYRANNY OF GRAVIMETRIC CAPACITY202133149349102638
2020Suny - Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NYU$55,000paidPAN-COVID-19 MULTIVALENT BINDERS (MVBS) TO BLOCK VIRUS ENTRY202133149349102638
2020Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MDU$55,000paidMODULATING RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTS TO INTERFERE WITH VIRAL PROTEIN TRANSLATION202133149349102638
2020University of California San Diego La Jolla, CAU$55,000paidPAN-COVID-19 MULTIVALENT BINDERS (MVBS) TO BLOCK VIRUS ENTRY202133149349102638
2020University of Arkansas Fayetteville, ARB$55,000approved, futureUSING ELECTROCHEMISTRY TO IMPROVE SELECTIVITY OF PLASMA-ASSISTED CO2 REDUCTION202133149349102638
2020Suny - Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NYU$55,000paidMODULATING RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTS TO INTERFERE WITH VIRAL PROTEIN TRANSLATION202133149349102638
2020Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OHU$55,000approved, futureELECTRIFYING HUMIDITY-SWING ADSORPTION FOR DAC BY MODULATION OF REDOX-POLYMER HYDRATION202133149349102638
2020Northwestern University Evanston, ILB$55,000paidA NEW TECHNOLOGY TO ASSESS COVID-19 SEROSURVEILLANCE202133149349102638
2020Iowa State University Ames, IAB$55,000paidELECTRIC FIELD-DRIVEN ANTIGEN ENRICHMENT TO ACHIEVE DETECTION OF SARS-COV-2 NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN IN URINE AT THE POINT-OF-NEED202133149349102638
2020Ohio State University Columbus, OHU$55,000paidESTABLISHING SWIFT, SENSITIVE, AND SELECTIVE (3S) SENSING TECHNOLOGIES - GOING BEYOND RT-PCR202133149349102638
2020California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CAB$50,000paidTHE ADVANCEMENT OF SMALL MOLECULE ELECTRON CRYSTALLOGRAPHY VIA MICROED: LEADING THE TRANSITION FROM PROOFS OF CONCEPT TO GLOBAL ADOPTION202133149349102638
2020Western Washington University Bellingham, WAU$50,000paidMETAL PHOSPHIDE-OXIDE HYBRID CATALYSTS FOR SOLAR FUELS PRODUCTION202133149349102638
2020Yale University New Haven, CTU$50,000paidPRACTICAL METHODS FOR OXYGENOXYGEN BOND FORMATION202133149349102638
2020Science Friday New York, NYU$50,000paid2020-2021 PROPOSAL FOR SCIENCE FRIDAY INITIATIVE202133149349102638
2020University of California San Diego La Jolla, CAU$50,000paidCOTTRELL FELLOWSHIP DR. KYLE BENTZ MOF-POLYMER HYBRID MATERIALS202133149349102638
2020University of Oklahoma Norman, OKU$50,000paidHOW DOES AN ANAEROBIC MICROBIAL PATHOGEN SENSE OXYGEN STRESS?202133149349102638
2020Texas A&m University College Station College Station, TXU$50,000paidDEVELOPING DESIGN RULES FOR ACCESSING METASTABLE SOLIDS THROUGH GLOBAL EXPLORATION OF SYNTHETIC LANDSCAPES202133149349102638
2020Mcgill University MONTREALU$50,000paidDNA HYDROGELS PROMOTED BY SMALL MOLECULES: HIGHLY SCALABLE SYNTHESIS AND STIMULI-RESPONSIVE APPLICATIONS IN TISSUE REGENERATION202133149349102638
2020University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAC$50,000paidSEED: OPTIMIZATION OF QUANTUM DOT NANOFABRICATION BASED ON HIGH-THROUGHPUT CONTINUOUS FLOW CHEMISTRY202133149349102638
2020University of Washington Seattle, WAB$37,500paidMACHINE LEARNING GUIDED INVESTIGATIONS OF STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS IN ORGANIC MIXED IONIC ELECTRONIC CONDUCTORS202133149349102638
2020Arizona Public Media Tucson, AZU$25,000paidGENERAL SUPPORT202133149349102638
2020University of California Irvine Irvine, CAU$25,000paidDIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION IN THE AGE OF COVID-19: A NEW STEM PIPELINE MODEL THAT GROWS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AT MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS VIA COLLABORATION, PERSONNEL EXCHANGE AND ONLINE TRAINING202133149349102638
2020Dartmouth College Hanover, NHU$25,000paidSEEING IS BELIEVING: ENHANCING THE VISUALIZATION OF ATOMS, MOLECULES, AND MATERIALS USING AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY202133149349102638
2020University of Vermont Burlington, VTU$25,000paidMOVING THE DIAL: A NETWORK FOR SYSTEMATIC CHANGE202133149349102638
2020Haverford College Haverford, PAD$20,000paidA NEW DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING INSTRUMENT AT HAVERFORD COLLEGE202133149349102638
2020University of Arizona Foundation Tucson, AZB$20,000paidARIZONA ASSURANCE ENDOWMENT202133149349102638
2020Suny - College at Potsdam Potsdam, NYU$18,500paidACQUISITION OF AN KTA GO CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEM TO HELP EXPAND AND SUPPORT LEARNING AND RESEARCH AT SUNY POTSDAM202133149349102638
2020Bucknell University Lewisburg, PAU$14,100paidINSTRUMENTATION FOR BUCKNELL'S BIOPHYSICS PROGRAM202133149349102638
2020Furman University Greenville, SCU$13,300paidACQUISITION OF COMPUTING NODES TO SUPPORT EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH AT FURMAN UNIVERSITY202133149349102638
2020Coe College Cedar Rapids, IAU$13,250paidPURCHASE OF A VICKERS MICROINDENTER FOR GLASS STUDIES202133149349102638
2020University of Arizona Geosciences Tucson, AZU$12,500paidUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA - 2021 LECTURE SERIES202133149349102638
2020Hope College Holland, MIU$12,000paidINTO THE FUTURE - UPDATING A GC AND GC/MS INSTRUMENTATION SUITE AT HOPE COLLEGE TO EXTEND INSTRUMENT LIFE AND IMPROVE NETWORK SECURITY202133149349102638
2020Western Washington University Bellingham, WAU$10,000paidWWU BENCHTOP NMR SUPPLEMENT REQUEST202133149349102638
2020Chapman University Orange County, CAU$10,000paidA REQUEST TO FUND THE PURCHASE OF A FERMENTER, A VESSEL FOR LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE CREATION202133149349102638
2020Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation New York, NYC$10,000paidCHEMISTRY SHORTS202133149349102638
2020Western Washington University Bellingham, WAU$10,000paidINSTRUMENTATION FOR RAMAN THERMOMETRY PROBING PHOTOCATALYSIS AT THE NANOSCALE202133149349102638
2020Indiana University at South Bend South Bend, INU$10,000paidSURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE (SPR) FOR ANALYSIS OF BIOMOLECULAR AND SURFACE INTERACTIONS202133149349102638
2020University of San Diego San Diego, CAU$10,000paidUPGRADED LASER-SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM FOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING202133149349102638
2020American Chemical Society Washington, DCB$10,000approved, futureCOTTRELL SCHOLAR COLLABORATIVE NEW FACULTY WORKSHOP202133149349102638
2020American Physical Society College Park, MDB$10,000paidAPS PRIZE TO A FACULTY MEMBER FOR RESEARCH AT AN UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION202133149349102638
2020Sarsef Tucson, AZU$5,000paidPROGRAM SUPPORT202133149349102638
2020American Chemical Society Washington, DCB$5,000paidGENERAL SUPPORT202133149349102638
2020Harvey Mudd College Claremount, CAB$5,000paidACS AWARD FOR RESEARCH AT AN UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION202133149349102638
2020Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona Tucson, AZU$3,663paidPROGRAM SUPPORT202133149349102638
2020The Electrochemical Society Pennington, NJB$2,500paidGENERAL SUPPORT202133149349102638
2020Camp Kesem Los Angeles, CAD$2,500paidPROGRAM SUPPORT202133149349102638
2020University of California Merced Merced, CAB$2,200paidSUPPORT OF THE CAL-BRIDGE PROGRAM AT UC CAMPUSES202133149349102638
2020Lifeflight of Maine Bangor, MEC$1,000paidPROGRAM SUPPORT202133149349102638
2020Return to Freedom Lompoc, CAB$500paidPROGRAM SUPPORT202133149349102638
2020Arizona Repertory Singers Tucson, AZU$500paidPROGRAM SUPPORT202133149349102638
2020Temple Beth El Tucson, AZU$258paidPROGRAM SUPPORT202133149349102638
2020Mission Garden Tucson, AZU$150paidPROGRAM SUPPORT202133149349102638
2020Flinn Foundation Phoenix, AZB$25paidPROGRAM SUPPORT202133149349102638

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