A Word From Our University Partners

College of Engineering

Charles Musgrave, Dean
John and Marcia Price College of Engineering, University of Utah

The John and Marcia Price College of Engineering is committed to developing the next generation of innovators; students whose curiosity, effort, passion, and resolve will create the technologies and solutions of tomorrow. Support from the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Utah Chapter plays a powerful role in this mission.

Each year, support from the ARCS Foundation partners with the John and Marcia Price College of Engineering to recruit exceptional Ph.D. students who are poised to advance transformative research. ARCS fellowship funding provides $5,000 per year during a student’s first three years of graduate study, and the College amplifies this support with a 5:1 match to ensure a minimum investment of $30,000 annually in each ARCS Scholar. This partnership strengthens our ability to attract and retain outstanding young engineering graduate students at the University of Utah to pursue high-impact, discovery-driven research.

“Engineering research has the power to improve lives and solve many of society’s most pressing problems by opening new frontiers of innovation,” said Dean Charles Musgrave. “ARCS Foundation support expands opportunities for our outstanding graduate students and fuels their potential to discover new phenomena and develop technologies that will shape the future. I’m deeply grateful for the Utah ARCS Chapter’s meaningful and sustained partnership with the Price College of Engineering.”

John A. Moran Eye Center

Jeff Pettey, MD, CEO
John A Moran Eye Center

Each year, the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation awards $15,000 to a first-year resident at the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah to seed promising research. The Moran Eye Center then matches the award for the following two years of residency, providing a total of $45,000 for a young researcher. Moran residents receive protected research time for one half day each week.

“Clinician-scientists bridge the worlds of scientific discovery and patient care, and their research remains deeply connected to the people they serve,” said Moran CEO and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Chair Jeff Pettey, MD, MBA. “ARCS Foundation support empowers these early-career investigators to continue their work to translate discoveries into treatments that restore sight and improve lives. I’m deeply grateful for Moran’s meaningful and ongoing partnership with ARCS.”