ARCS Foundation - Pittsburgh Chapter

The ARCS^® Foundation, Inc. is a national organization dedicated to enhancing the United States’ capacity for research and innovation in science and technology by providing financial support to the most outstanding American doctoral scholars in the sciences.

The Pittsburgh Chapter, chartered in 2003, has the additional focus of increasing the number of outstanding American scholars pursuing advanced scientific study and research in the Western Pennsylvania region.

The ARCS Foundation provides a unique, cost-effective, and quality-assured mechanism through which corporate, civic and philanthropic organizations, as well as individuals, can impact American scientific and technological capacity, a primary engine of national economic growth and a cornerstone of our quality of life.

The ARCS Foundation: Since 1958, has contributed $70,824,985 in support of over 7.800 scholars at 48 of the country’s leading universities.

The Pittsburgh Chapter: Since 2003, has committed $565,000 to fund 39 scholars.

Pittsburgh Chapter Approved Partner Universities

Carnegie Mellon University:
     College of Engineering; Mellon College of Science;
     School of Computer Science
University of Pittsburgh:
     School of Medicine; Swanson School of Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University:
     Graduate Programs in Acoustics, Ecology, and Plant Biology;
     Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering

An ARCS Foundation Award is a coveted prize which often makes the difference to students when they are deciding which university to attend and in the completion of their degrees. A Pittsburgh Chapter Scholar receives $5,000 of support per year for three years, or until the completion of the doctoral degree, whichever is sooner. Please click on “TO BECOME A MEMBER” or “TO INVEST IN THE ARCS FOUNDATION” for more information on joining or contributing.

Or contact us at:

ARCS Foundation, Inc.
Pittsburgh Chapter
P. O. Box 9117
Pittsburgh, PA 15224

Pittsburgh@arcsfoundation.org