[Plsfaculty] FW: Doctoral Student Funding for 2023-24 - ARCS Foundation

[Schmidt, Monica - (monicaschmidt)]

Hello PLS Faculty

Please see the below announcement and attachment for a grad fellowship opportunity.  If you wish a student to be considered please forward their name to me along with 3 brief bullets points why they would be an exceptional applicant.

In the case of more applicants then we are allowed, the grad committee will decide which will move forward.

As the deadline or the application is Oct 12, please forward nominees to me by Sept 21  5pm.

Thanks for your consideration



To: Directors of Graduate Studies and Graduate Program Coordinators of Select Programs and Current 2022-23 Continuing UA-ARCS Scholars

ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Foundation advances science and technology in the United States by providing financial awards to academically outstanding students who are US citizens studying to complete degrees in science, engineering, math, technology, and medical research.

The UA Graduate College has the opportunity to nominate up to 30 doctoral students to be considered for the ARCS Foundation Scholarship for 2023-24. This is a highly competitive and prestigious award and provides a great opportunity for doctoral students to present their research to interested donors. Of those 30 nominees, approximately 20 of our students are generally awarded.

The ARCS Foundation specifically requests exceptional doctoral students working in the field of Agriculture, Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering, Astronomy, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cancer Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Computer Science, Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Geo-engineering, Geology, Hydrology, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Neuroscience, Optical Science, Physics, Physiological Sciences, and Plant Sciences. Of particular interest are doctoral students working in Agriculture or Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering and Mathematics or Applied Mathematics. Another request is for students doing research in neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS.

The ARCS Foundation selection is based on the impact of the student's research and individual ARCS Foundation donor interest, so not all exceptional students will be funded.

Award:

  *   $10,500 cash stipend ($8,500 from ARCS, $2,000 from the Graduate College)
  *   Full tuition from the Graduate College
  *   $500 annual travel grant from the Graduate College
  *   Awarded student may concurrently hold a graduate assistantship. If the graduate assistant is .50 FTE, the tuition from the Graduate College will not be able to be used.

Eligibility:

  *   UA doctoral track graduate student
  *   U.S. citizen (not permanent resident) (no exceptions)
  *   Cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher (no exceptions)

Nomination Deadline: October 12, 2022

Department/Program Instructions:

  *   Nominate up to 2 outstanding doctoral students (including any of the current cohort who wish to reapply - see list below.)
Please note that awards are not automatically renewed. There is not a guarantee of an award for previous ARCS Scholars who are being nominated again. We ask that Scholars limit their re-nominations to 3 years.



2022-23 Cohort - not graduating by Summer 2023

Biomedical Engineering

Kimberly Doty

Cancer Biology

Danielle Sawyer

Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Julia Morris

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Julia Townsend

Geosciences

Emilie Bowman

Geosciences

Catherine Hanagan

Geosciences

John He

Optical Sciences

Christian Pluchar

Optical Sciences

Kevin Chew Figueroa

Physiological Sciences

Kelsey Bernard



  *   Have the nominees fill out the attached form and send one complete pdf to Lori D'Anna ldanna at arizona.edu<mailto:ldanna at arizona.edu> by October 12, 2022.
  *   The letter of recommendation may be sent separately to Lori D'Anna ldanna at arizona.edu<mailto:ldanna at arizona.edu>.

The nominations will be reviewed by a Graduate College committee. Up to 30 nominations will be selected to go forward to the ARCS Foundation for consideration of an award. ARCS will notify the selected students after February 15, 2022.

Please contact me (NOT the ARCS Foundation) if you have any questions.

Best,

Lori D'Anna

Executive Assistant
Graduate College, Office of the Dean
(520) 621-7815

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