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Benefits of membership
  • Participating in exclusive field trips, lectures, and social events
  • Meeting remarkable students and learning about state-of-the-art scientific advances
  • Associating with vibrant women who support scientific inquiry
  • Knowing you've helped advance scientific, technological, medical, and economic development in Hawai‘i and for the world
Member responsibilities 
  • Reasonable dues, paid on an annual or sustaining basis, to support chapter operations and ARCS Scholar Award activities
  • Participation in occasional events with guests and prospective members
  • Optional, but rewarding, volunteer service
The Membership Process

New members can be nominated and confirmed at any time of year. For information, contact any ARCS Foundation Honolulu member or inquire with the vice president for membership — Merilyn Gray, 808-636-1000 or arcshonolulu@gmail.com

You can also download the

and mail to ARCS Foundation Honolulu Chapter, P.O. Box 10052, Honolulu, HI 96816

or complete the form online.

To Quote a Scholar: Lucas Ellison

"The grant will cover travel to one or two conferences that I would not be able to attend otherwise."

2024 Toby Lee ARCS Scholar Lucas Ellison uses data from past droughts to analyze the performance of climate simulation models to better predict the impact of climate change.

To Quote a Scholar: Julia Douglas

"The generous support of the ARCS award facilitates both the completion of my PhD program and the establishment a long-term research component of my future career."

2024 Sarah Ann Martin ARCS Scholar Julia Douglas scales trees in Hawai‘i an Mexico to study endangered epiphytes growing in the canopies as part of her doctoral research in botany at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.