2026-2025 ARCS Scholarship Application Now Available - Deadline 10/10/25

Sept. 11, 2025

Applications are now being accepted for the external 2026-2027 ARCS Foundation Graduate Scholarship. 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.

 

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. For more information on this foundation please visit https://phoenix.arcsfoundation.org/. This is a highly competitive and prestigious award and provides a great opportunity for doctoral students to present their research to interested donors.  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

 

Application Instructions:

  1. Submit a completed 2025-2026 ARCS Application Form (attached) to Mark Rodriguez via email by 5:00 PM on Friday, October 10, 2025.
  2. Request that your faculty advisor submit a one-page letter of recommendation to Mark Rodriguez via email by 5:00 PM on Friday, October 10, 2025. 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 Mark Rodgriguez in late-October if they were selected as one of the OSC nominees. ARCS/Graduate College will notify college nominees on the status of their application by early 2026.  

 

Application Info. Session and Scholarship Guide:

Application Guidance and Nomination Form

ARCS Application Guidance

ARCS Nomination Form