ARCS® Foundation Northern California Chapter (NCC) is a dedicated group of Bay Area women focused on securing America’s leadership in science by granting awards to top scholars pursuing graduate studies in the sciences, technology, engineering, math and medical research at six Northern California universities
Every dollar contributed to an ARCS Foundation Scholar Awards Fund goes to students selected by their universities for their merit, their research and their potential. The impact is profound: ARCS Scholars appreciate our belief in them as much as the financial help we provide. For the 2020-2021 academic year, the Chapter distributed $1,025,000 to 79 scholars
In our era of rapid technological, economic and environmental change, the need to support U.S. students studying in STEM fields has never been greater. More than 97% of current U.S. government funding for STEM research supports scientists at later stages of their careers, when research projects are on the verge of completion