5 Cottrell Scholars Win 2022 SEED Awards for Chemistry Research
Research Corporation for Science Advancement has chosen five winners of its competitive Cottrell Plus SEED (Singular Exceptional Endeavors of Discovery) Awards for 2022.
SEED Awards offer Cottrell Scholars the opportunity to start high-risk, high-reward new research or educational activities, granting $50,000 for research projects or $25,000 for educational projects. All of the 2022 awards are for research.
“Cottrell Scholars are innovators, and this is a select group of accomplished scientists,” said Senior Program Director Silvia Ronco. “The creative new projects they generate with these awards could lead to some high-impact results.”
SEED accepts chemistry proposals from Cottrell Scholars in even-numbered years, and physics and astronomy proposals in odd-numbered years.
Since 1994, the Cottrell Scholar program has honored and helped to develop outstanding teacher-scholars who are recognized by their scientific communities for the quality and innovation of their research programs and their potential for academic leadership.
The SEED Award is among a suite of Cottrell Plus Awards offered to support Cottrell Scholars at different stages throughout their careers.
2022 SEED Award recipients are:
Stephen Bradforth, CS 1999, University of Southern California
Role of Flanking Bases and Secondary Structure in Thymine Dimer Formation
Luis Campos, CS 2015, Columbia University
Carbon Dioxide Click Chemistry
Nancy Makri, CS 1994, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Real-Time Path Integral Studies of Cavity-Controlled Exciton Dynamics
Ken Mills, 2003, College of the Holy Cross
Folding Inhibitors of Inteins: A Novel Drug Target
Art Winter, CS 2013, Iowa State University
Laboratory Photosynthesis of Oligosaccharides: Towards Glycan Chips
