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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello PLS Faculty<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In the case of more applicants then we are allowed, the grad committee will decide which will move forward.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As the deadline or the application is Oct 12, <span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
please forward nominees to me by Sept 21  5pm.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your consideration<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><a name="_Hlk113630070">To: Directors of Graduate Studies and Graduate Program Coordinators of Select Programs and Current 2022-23 Continuing UA-ARCS Scholars<o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">ARCS (<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">A</span></strong>chievement <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">R</span></strong>ewards
 for <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">C</span></strong>ollege <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">S</span></strong>cientists) 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">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.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">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.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">Award:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;text-autospace:none">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">$10,500 cash stipend ($8,500 from ARCS, $2,000 from the Graduate College)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;text-autospace:none">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">Full tuition from the Graduate College<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;text-autospace:none">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">$500 annual travel grant from the Graduate College<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;text-autospace:none">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">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.
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">Eligibility:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;text-autospace:none">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">UA doctoral track graduate student<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;text-autospace:none">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">U.S. citizen (not permanent resident) (no exceptions)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;text-autospace:none">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">Cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher (no exceptions)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">Nomination Deadline:
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">October 12, 2022</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">Department/Program Instructions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo9;text-autospace:none">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">Nominate up to <b><u>2 outstanding doctoral students</u>
</b><i>(including any of the current cohort who wish to reapply – see list below.)<br>
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.<o:p></o:p></i></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">2022-23 Cohort – not graduating by Summer 2023</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Biomedical Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Kimberly Doty<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Cancer Biology<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Danielle Sawyer<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Cellular and Molecular Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Julia Morris<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Chemistry and Biochemistry<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Julia Townsend<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Geosciences<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Emilie Bowman<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Geosciences<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Catherine Hanagan<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Geosciences<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">John He<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Optical Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Christian Pluchar<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Optical Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Kevin Chew Figueroa<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Physiological Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Kelsey Bernard<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">Have the nominees fill out the attached form and send one complete pdf to Lori D’Anna
</span><a href="mailto:ldanna@arizona.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">ldanna@arizona.edu</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"> by October 12, 2022.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo9;text-autospace:none">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">The letter of recommendation may be sent separately to Lori D’Anna
</span><a href="mailto:ldanna@arizona.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">ldanna@arizona.edu</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">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. <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070">Please contact me (NOT the ARCS Foundation) if you have any questions.</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk113630070"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"">Lori D’Anna<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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