Upcoming Opportunities
ARCS Scholarship
Applications are now being accepted for the external 2024-2025 ARCS Foundation Graduate Scholarship. Eligible students are encouraged to apply. OSC has had at least two award recipients per academic year for the last several years. Please see below for scholarship details, including eligibility and application instructions.
More information about the ARCS Foundation Scholarship
Download the Application Here, Email to Mark Rodriguez
About ARCS:
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 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 Sciences, 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 Details:
- $10,500 stipend ($8,500 from ARCS and $2,000 from the UA Graduate College)
- Full base graduate tuition from the UA Graduate College
- $500 annual travel grant from the UA Graduate College.
- Awarded student may concurrently hold a graduate assistantship. If the graduate assistantship is .50 FTE, the tuition from the UA Graduate College will not be able to be used.
Student Eligibility:
Applicant requirements include:
- U.S. citizenship (not including permanent residents)
- Admitted to UA doctoral degree program
- Cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher (no exceptions)
- Well-developed research focus
Application Instructions:
- Submit a completed 2024-2025 ARCS Application Form (attached) to Mark Rodriguez via email by 5:00 PM on Monday, October 2, 2023.
- Request that your faculty advisor submit a letter of recommendation to Mark Rodriguez via email by 5:00 PM on on Monday, October 2, 2023. See Section 4 of attached application form for letter requirements.
***Previous award recipients interested in reapplying must follow the applications instructions listed above to reapply.
Review and Selection Process:
All OSC applications will be evaluated internally by the OSC Scholarship Committee. The top three ranked applications will be submitted as the College’s nominees to the UA Graduate College for award consideration. All applicants will be informed by me in early-October if they were selected as one of the OSC nominees. ARCS/Graduate College will notify college nominees if they were selected as a scholarship winner in early 2024.
Michael Kidger Memorial Scholarship in Optical Design 2024
The Michael Kidger Memorial Scholarship is to be awarded to a student
of optical design, where the term 'optical design' is meant to include lens design, illumination design and computational optical design.
More Information about the Michael Kidger Memorial Scholarship
Requirements of the Scholarship
Submit to:
The Michael Kidger Memorial Scholarship
c/o SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering
P.O. Box 10
Bellingham, WA 98227-0010, U.S.A.
e-mail: scholarships@spie.org
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: February 28, 2024