The ARCS Foundation’s Phoenix Chapter is now accepting nominations for their ARCS Scholars scholarship!
The Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation was created to provide financial support for scholastically outstanding doctoral students. The student does not need to be enrolled in one of these degree programs, but if their research is indirectly involved with these areas, they may want to consider applying. The ARCS Foundation wishes to receive applications in these fields:
| Biology | Biological Design |
| Cellular Biology | Microbiology |
| Molecular Biology | Plant Biology |
| Cancer Research | Chemistry |
| Biochemistry | Organic Chemistry |
| Computer Science | Engineering |
| Aerospace Engineering | Biomedical Engineering |
| Chemical Engineering | Civil Engineering |
| Environmental and Sustainable Engineering | Electrical Engineering |
| Industrial Engineering | Mechanical Engineering |
| Geology | Hydrology |
| Mathematics | Applied Mathematics |
| Physics |
If your department has outstanding doctoral students conducting research in any of these areas, you are invited to nominate up to five students to be considered for one of the $8,500 ARCS awards. You may also renominate an ARCS Scholar is they are making good progress and are not expected to graduate before May 2020.
In order to consider your nominee, you must submit one original ARCS application and one original Graduate College Release of Information.
The student must:
- be a citizen of the United States,
- be enrolled full-time in a doctoral program
- have a GPA of 3.5 or better.
Submit nominations and supporting documents to Graduate College, Interdisciplinary B (INTDS) second floor, Suite 285, no later than 5 p.m. on Thursday, October 4, 2018. Do not send any materials to ARCS or submit handwritten nominations.
Questions? Reach out the Graduate College at gradinfo@asu.edu.
