Academic Partners | ARCS Foundation

"ARCS Foundation is a vital partner of the University of Washington, not only because of its remarkable financial support of graduate students, but because of its truly visionary mission to promote graduate education, encourage first-class graduate students to find solutions, and create better lives for us all."

Mark A. Emmert, PhD
President, University of Washington

The First Step: Universities

ARCS^® Foundation exists to advance our nation’s competitiveness by strengthening the United States’ capacity for scientific and technological innovation. The ARCS Foundation strategy is to impact scientific advancement by supporting the individual potential of science and technology scholars. This mechanism requires an effective partnership with universities across America whose science and technology programs are of the highest quality and recognized as leaders in their respective fields.

The creation of an ARCS Foundation Chapter begins with targeting a university that meets eligibility standards. Only U.S. universities whose departments are ranked in the top 100 in the country are eligible to receive ARCS Foundation scholar awards.

The process is typically initiated by individuals from the local community or the university staff working with the New Chapter Development Committee of ARCS Foundation. The focal point for creating a new Chapter is the university, but it takes the interest and dedication of a cadre of women in the community working with ARCS Foundation to make this happen. It is not unusual to have the process take two years or more — from the first telephone call to chartering a new Chapter.

ARCS Foundation Provides Scholar Awards at the Following Outstanding U.S. Institutions

Atlanta Chapter	Emory University Georgia Institute of Technology Morehouse College University of Georgia
Chicago Chapter	Illinois Institute of Technology Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine Northwestern University University of Chicago
Colorado Chapter	University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado at Colorado Springs University of Colorado Denver Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University
Honolulu Chapter	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Los Angeles Chapter	California Institute of Technology Harvey Mudd College University of California, Los Angeles: Brain Research Institute Pomona College University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Lubbock Chapter	Lubbock Christian University Texas Tech University Texas Tech University Health Science Center
Metropolitan Washington (D.C.) Chapter	Georgetown University The George Washington University Johns Hopkins University University of Maryland University of Virginia
Minnesota Chapter	University of Minnesota
Northern California Chapter	San Francisco State University Stanford University University of California at Berkeley University of California at Davis University of California at San Francisco University of California at Santa Cruz
Orange County Chapter	University of California at Irvine
Phoenix Chapter	Arizona State University Northern Arizona University University of Arizona
Pittsburgh Chapter	Carnegie Mellon University University of Pittsburgh Penn State University
Portland Chapter	Oregon Health & Science University Oregon State University
San Diego Chapter	San Diego State University The Scripps Research Institute University of California, San Diego University of San Diego
Seattle Chapter	University of Washington: Graduate School Washington State University
Tampa Bay Chapter	University of South Florida
Utah Chapter	University of Utah

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