About
We are pleased to announce the San Diego Chapter of the ARCS Foundation will fund a total of 26 scholars at $10,000 per scholar for the 2021-22 academic year and we anticipate selecting at least 16 new scholars.
Award Details
The ARCS Scholar fellowship provides a $10,000.00 stipend. This award does not include tuition/fee payments. ARCS funding is to be provided in addition to any funding already provided by the nominee's academic home program/department and/or advisor.
Eligibility
- Nominee must be a U.S. citizen with a GPA of 3.5 or higher. They may be a naturalized citizen, but supporting documents must be on file.
- Nominee must be registered full-time for the entire academic year and should be starting their second, third, or fourth year of study. They must NOT be in their first or final year of study during AY 2021-22. Ideally nominees should have at least three years of study remaining, as the fellowship is renewable for up to three years (contingent upon good academic standing, full-time registration, and available funding) and the preference is to build a cohort of scholars over multiple years. Please do not nominate those who don’t meet these timing guidelines. If you have questions about a particular nominee’s eligibility, please create a ticket in the Services & Support Portal by emailing gradfellowships@ucsd.edu.
- Nominee must be a doctoral student/candidate in one of the following graduate programs:
Bioengineering
Bioinformatics
Biological Sciences
Biomedical Sciences
Biostatistics
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Computer Science and Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Materials Science
Mathematics
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
NanoEngineering
Neurosciences
Physics
Public Health – Epidemiology
Public Health - Global Health
Public Health – Health Behavior
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Structural Engineering
Evaluation Criteria
- ARCS Foundation fellowships reward excellence in research. Selection is based primarily on the exceptional promise of the nominee to make a significant contribution to the advancement of science, and to the material and intellectual welfare of all people. https://www.arcsfoundation.org/san_diego/
Nominations
2021-22 Nomination Procedures: Each eligible program may nominate up to two qualified doctoral students/candidates. Students may not self-nominate.
- To nominate, a department representative should submit this form and attach the requested materials as .pdf documents:
- One confidential letter of recommendation addressed to Dr. James Antony, Dean of The Graduate Division, from a UC San Diego faculty member and co-signed by the graduate program chair.
- Nominees expanded CV/resume showcasing all academic achievements, including: 1.) short abstracts of published papers, presentations, speaking engagements, etc. and 2.) all post-secondary honors/activities/leadership/service. (updated for clarity on 8/16/21)
- An unofficial UC San Diego transcript.
- Submit nominations here: https://forms.gle/VmDGWynhre4M2KHt9
Deadlines
The nomination deadline is Wednesday, August 25, 2021. Awards will be announced shortly thereafter.
Questions? Please create a ticket in the Services & Support Portal by emailing gradfellowships@ucsd.edu.
FAQs
- Question: Is the minimum 3.5 GPA requirement flexible? Can I nominate a student who has a 3.4 GPA?
- Answer: The 3.5 GPA minimum requirement is set by the ARCS Foundation and is standard across all partner schools. All UC San Diego nominees must meet the minimum threshold of a 3.5 cumulative GPA.
- Question: My UC San Diego program/department is not listed here, but I think it would be a good fit for the ARCS Scholars program, what should I do?
- Answer: Departments are added or subtracted within a rigorous ongoing review process which seeks to ensure that ARCS Awards are given only to the most highly ranked departments and scholars across science, engineering and medical research fields. If you are interested in having your program considered for future ARCS Awards, please email Tamara Schaps at tschaps@ucsd.edu indicating the following:
- 1) How your program compares to similar programs at peer institutions across the country, to be successful your program must be highly ranked
- 2) How your program is focused on rigorous scientific research and how you involve doctoral students in that research, please share information on other extramural funders currently investing in your department/program
- 3) The name and email address of the person who will be the program/department contact for the ARCS Foundation application process
- Answer: Departments are added or subtracted within a rigorous ongoing review process which seeks to ensure that ARCS Awards are given only to the most highly ranked departments and scholars across science, engineering and medical research fields. If you are interested in having your program considered for future ARCS Awards, please email Tamara Schaps at tschaps@ucsd.edu indicating the following:
- Question: Can I accept the ARCS award if I am also a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)?
- Answer: Because ARCS is not considered a federal fellowship, recipients can concurrently accept ARCS and also be a recipient of the NSF GRFP (See: page 27 Fellowship Details and Conditions).
Current Recipients
Award Year | First Name | Last Name | Department/Major |
2021-22 | Anela | Akiona | Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
2021-22 | Kyle | Angle | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
2021-22 | Gabriel Antonio | Ascui | Biomedical Sciences (La Jolla Institute) |
2021-22; 2020-21; 2019-20 | Miriam Kathleen | Bell | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
2021-22 | Alec | Calac | Public Health – Global Health |
2021-22 | Minerva | Contreras | Neurosciences |
2021-22 | Ruben | Elias | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
2021-22 | Sonya | Haupt | Biomedical Sciences (La Jolla Institute) |
2021-22 | John | Holoubek | NanoEngineering |
2021-22 | Max | Hopkins | Computer Science & Engineering |
2021-22 | Jervaughn | Hunter | Bioengineering |
2021-22 | Pratibha | Jagannatha | Bioinformatics |
2021-22; 2020-21; 2019-20; 2018-19 | Andrew | Kleinschmidt | Chemical Engineering |
2021-22 | David | McBride | Chemical Engineering |
2021-22; 2020-21; 2019-20 | Colman | Moore | NanoEngineering |
2021-22; 2020-21 | Channing | Prend | Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
2021-22 | Eleonora | Rachtman | Bioinformatics |
2021-22 | Sankaran | Ramanarayanan | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
2021-22; 2020-21 | Samantha | Sison | Neurosciences |
2021-22 | Angus | Thies | Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
2021-22 | Brian | Tran | Mathematics |
2021-22 | Alisha | Ukani | Computer Science & Engineering |
2021-22 | Alicia | Van Enoo | Neurosciences |
2021-22; 2020-21; 2019-20 | Anthony | Vu | Biomedical Sciences |
2021-22; 2020-21; 2019-20 | Alexander | Whitehead | Bioengineering |
2021-22; 2020-21; 2019-20 | Jiarong | Zhou | NanoEngineering |
Past Recipients
Since 2018-19
Award Year | First Name | Last Name | Department/Major |
2020-21; 2019-20 | Bryce | Ackermann | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
2020-21; 2019-20; 2018-19 | Laura | Chipman | Biology |
2020-21; 2019-20 | Gabrielle | Colvert | Bioengineering |
2020-21; 2019-20; 2018-19 | Bethanny | Danskin | Neurosciences |
2020-21; 2019-20; 2018-19 | Mickey | Finn | NanoEngineering |
2020-21; 2019-20 | Mark | Kalaj | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
2020-21; 2019-20; 2018-19 | Kevin | Kaufmann | NanoEngineering |
2020-21; 2019-20 | Jenna Joaquin | Lawrence | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
2020-21; 2019-20; 2018-19 | Chiwei | Man | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
2020-21; 2019-20; 2018-19 | Ryan | Marina | Biomedical Sciences |
2020-21; 2019-20 | Nicole | Mlynaryk | Neurosciences |
2020-21; 2019-20; 2018-19 | Jessica | Ng | Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
2020-21; 2019-20; 2018-19 | Victor | Or | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
2020-21; 2019-20; 2018-19 | Jason | Platt | Physics |
2020-21; 2019-20; 2018-19 | Dimitri | Schreiber | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2020-21; 2019-20; 2018-19 | Matthew | Stone | Public Health - Health Behavior |