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The 2025 ARCS Annual Report delivers a clear and timely message: ARCS Foundation continues to stand strong with science, even as federal research funding faces new challenges and uncertainty. When national funding cuts were announced during the ARCS National Board meeting in February, chapters across the country responded with renewed...

On December 2nd, the ARCS Foundation community proved once again that when people unite behind a shared purpose, remarkable things happen. Giving Tuesday 2025 was more than a day of generosity—it was a nationwide celebration of the individuals and organizations who believe deeply in the power of discovery.

Thanks to the...

Anyone who wants to become a Navy pilot must meet several criteria and pass multiple tests.

“My virtual reality research explores physiological and cognitive abilities that may provide insights for future pilot selection and training, help mitigate a lot of the safety and cost barriers involved in selection and training for...

In early 2025, a sub-group of the ARCS National Scholar Relations Committee came together to plan the first networking event for ARCS Scholar Alumni at the Biomedical Engineering Society - BMES Conference, held October 8–12, 2025, in San Diego.

San Diego Chapter members Kathe Albrecht and Ingrid Benirschke-Perkins led the organizing...

From pesticides to psychosocial stress, the environments we experience before birth may influence our health for years to come, and Atlanta ARCS Scholar Sarina Abrishamcar is working to uncover exactly how.

At Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health, Abrishamcar is investigating how prenatal environmental and psychosocial exposures affect child neurodevelopmental...

ARCS Foundation was saddened to learn that one of our Hall of Fame honorees passed away unexpectedly in August 2025. David Mangelsdorf, PhD, will always be honored by ARCS for his research and contributions to science.   

Mangelsdorf was an ARCS Scholar in 1985 while at The University of Arizona...

David Baker was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry. He celebrated the one-year anniversary of that honor by giving the keynote speech at the annual fundraising event for ARCS Seattle Chapter, aptly called “A Night to Ignite Science.”

Baker is the director of the Institute for Protein Design at the...

The ARCS Metro Washington Chapter’s (ARCS MWC) 2025 Scholar Awards Reception on October 23, 2025, was a wonderful and inspiring evening, combining celebration, connection, and conviviality. Held at the beautiful National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC, the event brought together 141 attendees, the largest turnout since the pandemic, including current...

As a major food staple throughout the Pacific Islands and around the Pacific Rim, breadfruit an essential agrosecurity crop. Its biggest advocate may well be ARCS Scholar alumna Diane Ragone, who is credited with creating and curating the largest and most diverse breadfruit conservation collection in the world. On Nov. 14...

ARCS Foundation’s statistics are impressive. In sixty-five years, our women-led nonprofit has awarded $142 million in funding to more than 12,000 college and graduate students working towards degrees in science-related fields. These students represent fifty US research universities. 

Our scholars and university partners have demonstrated that growth and innovation are achieved...