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  • Welcome to ARCS Foundation Oregon

    Science is the Solution

  • Basic Science Research 

    ARCS Scholars explore key questions in their research

  • Discovery

    ARCS Scholars discover new solutions that impact technology

  • Discovery

    ARCS Scholars discover new solutions that impact health

  • The future

    ARCS Scholars discover solutions in climate science

Our Mission

ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Foundation Oregon Chapter advances science and technology in the United States by providing financial awards to academically outstanding students who are U.S. citizens studying to complete PhD degrees in science, engineering, math, technology and medical research at Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon State University and the University of Oregon.

Our Vision Statement

Science is the Solution!

Our Impact

Through our efforts, 360 young scientists have been financially supported with $5.9 million total and encouraged to follow their scientific passions, earn their PhDs, and further their scientific knowledge.

Join ARCS Oregon

Join us! Support next-generation scientists, meet them, and learn about their work.  Read more to Join ARCS Oregon.

 

FEATURED ARTICLES

2022 Oregon Chapter ARCS Light Recipient is Aletha Anderson
Aletha has been a loyal and contributing member of the Oregon Chapter for eleven years. In her quiet manner, Aletha has shared her many skills and expertise to enhance our Chapters growth by chairing almost every committee. READ MORE.
ARCS Oregon Chapter Appoints First Executive Director
The local women-led foundation reaches a new milestone. Slaughter's extensive philanthropic background in higher education and her commitment to advancing science and research will further the mission of the Chapter. READ MORE.
A Natural Born Leader
ARCS Foundation is pleased to announce Caron Ogg from the Oregon Chapter assumed the presidency of the organization's National Board July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023. She brings her family values of a strong work ethic and many years of non-profit leadership to her National role. READ MORE.

FEATURED VIDEOS

IN THE NEWS

DEI Committee Spotlight

Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2023

DEI. An acronym that has entered our popular lexicon and demanded our attention. Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. Concepts that have been enthusiastically embraced in some quarters and studiously ignored in others. What is all the fuss about? Why should we, members of ARCS Foundation Oregon, care? 

We should care because it... Read more

ARCS Alumni Spotlight

Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Physicians of Color and Racism – Sunil’s Story of Heartbreak and Hope 

People of Color experience racism and discrimination every day in life and in the workplace. A recent study published in the Journal of Family Medicine found that “physicians of color were routinely exposed to... Read more

Member Spotlight: Addressing Our Country's Nursing Shortage

Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2023

The shortage of nurses in the United States is exacerbated by the shortage of nursing educators – how can you train the next generation of nurses without sufficient qualified teachers?  Susan Bakewell-Sachs, a member of ARCS Foundation Oregon, knows that firsthand as a professor and the Dean and Vice President... Read more

  • Sunil Joshi, ARCS Scholar at OHSU, Receives Soros Fellowship
    Sunil Joshi is the first at OHSU to receive the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship Award. The fellowship supports outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants who are pursuing a graduate education in the United States. Sunil's research interest covers intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms of drug resistance in the setting of acute myeloid leukemia. He works with Brian J. Druker, MD, a world-recognized expert in cancer.
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