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  • 2016-2017 ARCS Foundation Phoenix Scholars

    ARCS FOUNDATION PHOENIX ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER

    Honoring ARCS Foundation Phoenix Scholars

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    Supporting ARCS Scholars in Arizona

  • ARCS FOUNDATION PHOENIX 

    Supporting ARCS Scholars in Arizona

Our Mission
ARCS Foundation, Inc. advances science and technology in the United States by providing financial awards to academically outstanding United States citizens studying to complete degrees in science, engineering and medical research. The ARCS Foundation Phoenix recipient universities are Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University and University of Arizona.
Our Impact
Since the founding of the first ARCS Chapter in 1958 after the launch of Sputnik, Chapters nationwide have awarded in excess of $110 million to the brightest STEM scholars in the United States. ARCS Foundation Phoenix has awarded 1,089 scholar awards for a total of $6,940,250 to Arizona's three major state universities. Click to read ARCS Foundation National's 1999 Annual Report for our organizational impact.

Phoenix Wins the Chapter Challenge

Posted on Thursday, June 9, 2022

Dear ARCS Phoenix Chapter Members,

In attendance today on the National Board Forum, I was absolutely thrilled to learn that our Chapter won both of the Chapter Challenges.  

As you recall, one challenge was for most dollars donated and the other was for the most participants. Our Chapter donated $25,428 to... Read more

ASU Scholar Tyler Sypherd

Posted on Monday, June 6, 2022

Congratulations to Tyler Sypherd! "Yesterday, I received notification that our paper, "Being Properly Improper" https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.09920 which is coauthored with ASU Professor Lalitha Sankar (my PhD advisor) and Google researcher Richard Nock, was accepted for presentation at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) https://icml.cc/. Our paper is about making machine... Read more

ARCS 2022 Scholar Awards Dinner

Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2022

The 46th Annual ARCS Scholar Awards Dinner brought together ARCS members, donors, friends and outstanding scholars in the sciences.  The gathering at Phoenix Country Club was held on April 29, 2022.  Co-chairs Kate Thompson and Ceda Austerman did a wonderful job of putting the event together.  Beautiful floral centerpieces by... Read more