ARCS Foundation Honolulu welcomes the support of Hawai‘i corporations, philanthropists and community organizations who share ARCS Foundation’s commitment to advancing the nation's talent pool in science, engineering and health fields.
Established in 1955 to encourage private support for the University of Hawaiʻi, the University of Hawai‘i’ Foundation is the central fund raising organization for the UH System. It manages several named ARCS Award endowments and the Honolulu Chapter endowed fund.
A century-old philanthropic organization, Hawai‘i Community Foundation manages the funds supporting two endowed ARCS Scholar Awards, the Maybelle F. Roth Award in Conservation Biology and the Ellen M. Koenig Award in Medicine.
Recognizing that an affinity for science must be cultivated early, ARCS Foundation Honolulu has supported the Hawai‘i Academy of Science in its sponsorship of state Science and Engineering Fair competition for secondary school students. The two organizations also cross promote the Honolulu Chapter’s occasional Pau Hana talks and field trips and the academy's Honolulu Science Cafe, a monthly program featuring speakers on a variety of scientific topics.
The Hawai‘i Medical Services Association Foundation has sponsored or supported ARCS Scholar awards. It was established in 1986 by the Hawai‘i Medical Service Association, the state’s largest health insurer, to stimulate research of issues confronting Hawai‘i's health care industry and improve health in Hawai‘i through grantmaking, strategic initiatives, publications and community-wide programs.
The ARCS anthurium was bred by University of Hawai‘i horticulturalist Haruyuki Kamemoto and named in honor of the ARCS Foundation in recognition of the Honolulu Chapter's support of graduate students in the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources and other University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa programs.
“This was such a rewarding experience. Without this award, attending this meeting would have been impossible.”
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa medical school student Jourdan Posner was able to give a short talk, present a poster and network with cutting edge immunologists at a 2016 Keystone Symposium on B Cells in Stockholm thanks to travel funds from her Roche/ARCS Foundation Scholar Award. Read more