ARCS Scholarships

The Honolulu chapter of Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) has been generously offering scholarships to astronomy graduate students (among other disciplines) since 1982.

In recent years ARCS support has taken the form of the Columbia Communications Award in Astronomy($5000), which is awarded annually in April-May to be used the following academic year.

Selection Criteria

The following are ARCS guidelines for selecting recipients:

Recipients must be United States citizens
Recipients must be selected without regard to sex, race, or religion
Recipients must be full-time students who are likely to continue their studies in the same field during the following academic year
Recipients must be exceptional students at the PhD level, as manifested by a grade point average of 3.5, by previous records of accomplishment, and by aptitude in their chosen field.

Procedures

The ARCS scholarships are administered by the University of Hawaii Foundation. The graduate chair is notified each February of the availability of ARCS scholarships and invites applications from eligible astronomy students. These applications are screened by the Awards Committee who nominate the scholar and submit the name to the foundation.

Recent ARCS Scholars

1991 Jeremy King, KD Leka, & Susan Ridgway
1992 Jeremy King
1993 Aaron Evans
1994 Joe Jensen & Matt Senay
1995 Chris Mullis
1996 Alex Stephens
1997 Jason Surace
1998 Chad Trujillo
1999 Chris Mullis & Bob Thornton
2000 Dan Potter
2001 Scott Sheppard
2002 Brian Barris
2003 Scott Sheppard
2004 Scott Dahm
2005 Elizabeth McGrath
2006 Henry Hsieh
2007 Jeyhan Kartaltepe
2008 Steve Rodney
2009 Emily Levesque
2010 Brendan Bowler
2011 Vivian U
2012 Christopher Beaumont
2013 Jabran Zahid
2014 Ryan Swindle
2015 Nicholas Lee
2016 B J Fulton
2017 Will Best
2018 Andrew Repp
2019 Ashley Chontos
2020 Gagandeep Anand & Travis Berger
2021 Erica Bufanda & Ryan Dungee
2022 Jason Hinkle & Miles Lucas
2023 Anna Payne, Alexa Anderson, & Connor Auge