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ADVANCING U.S. GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS

ARCS Foundation works closely with corporate and trade
organizations to address STEM-related challenges to our

nation’s future.

THE COUNCIL ON COMPETITIVENESS invited ARCS Foundation to
become an affiliate member in 2015. The organization brings together business,
labor, academic, and government leaders in the work of attracting high-value
economic activity into the United States.

THE ROCHE/ARCS FOUNDATION SCHOLAR AWARD PROGRAM IN
THE LIFE SCIENCES is in its third year of the three-year program. It is a
partnership between ARCS and The Roche Foundation to grant $770,500
to 36 Scholars who will be leaders among this generation’s life science Zachariah Reagh, Orange County
originators and inventors. Roche/ARCS Scholar, University
of California at Irvine, Department
of Neurobiology and Behavior
ROCHE/ARCS PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
“ARCS Foundation was truly instrumental
to my Ph.D. research. The funding
• 36 Scholars • 149 grants (other than ARCS) provided offset costs related to personal
• Studying in 16 regions • $251,000 3rd year funding hardship, and allowed me to attend
• 25 universities • $770,500 3-year cumulative conferences and workshops where I
• 17 fields of study program funding learned about colleagues’ work and
• 316 publications and • 58% of awardees female; received feedback on my own studies.
presentations 42% male I cannot overstate the importance of
organizations such as ARCS supporting
young scientists, and I am honored to
have been fortunate enough to receive
ARCS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING ADVISORY COUNCIL
its support.”
ARCS Foundation looks to its Science & Engineering Advisory Council,
composed of national leaders in government, industry, and academia,
for guidance on future advances in science and STEM education.

Lennard A. Fisk, SEAC Chair, Ph.D. Wayne Goodman, Ph.D. Norine Noonan, Ph.D.
Thomas M. Donahue Distinguished University SVP Operations and Support Group Professor of Biology, University of South Florida at
Professor of Space Science, University of Michigan Aerospace Corporation St. Petersburg
Angela Phillips Diaz Karin Hollerbach, Ph.D. Suneel Sheikh, Ph.D.
Consultant (ARCS Metro Washington) CEO TAKU Group CEO and Chief Research Scientist of the
Advanced Space Technology and Research
Charles Elachi, Ph.D. Steven Koonin, Ph.D. Laboratories
Retired, Director of JPL Laboratory and Professor Director, NYU’s Center for Urban Science and
(Emeritus), California Institute of Technology Progress Mary Lassiter Snitch
Sr. Manager, External Strategic Relations
Chad Evans, EVP Marty Kress Corporate Engineering and Technology, Lockheed
Council on Competitiveness AVP Research, Ohio State University Martin Corporation (ARCS Atlanta)

Sharon Feng, Ph.D. Irene McGee, Ph.D. Jenny Edstrom
Sr. Associate Dean at Institute for Molecular VP Health, Safety, Environment and Quality, SEAC Secretary (ARCS Minnesota)
Engineering, University of Chicago Covestro

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