Flinn Scholars News

Students interested in the 2011 Flinn Scholarship: First, familiarize yourself with the process outlined in this article and read our general description of What It Takes and our lists of Strategies for Success and Frequently Asked Questions. Then follow the link at the end of this article to begin your application.

The Flinn Foundation has appointed Nancy Welch, a nationally recognized public-policy analyst, to lead an emerging program to strengthen civic leadership in Arizona.

Twenty of Arizona's most accomplished high-school seniors have been announced as recipients of the Flinn Scholarship, one of the most competitive and prestigious undergraduate awards in the nation. The students, who constitute the 25th class of Flinn Scholars, will attend one of Arizona's three public universities with a truly comprehensive package of support that includes tuition, room and board, personal mentorship by top faculty, and funding for international study and research. The Scholarship is worth more than $54,000--on top of the value of tuition.

A who's who of the nation's top universities couldn't accomplish it. But both Arizona State University and the University of Arizona did: Each university secured the maximum of four recipients of the 2010 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the most prestigious undergraduate award in the nation for student in mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering who intend to pursue research careers. Among the winners was 2006 Flinn Scholar Beryl Jones.

The application period for the 2010 Flinn Scholarship, one of the premier merit scholarships in the United States, is now closed. The 25th class of Flinn Scholars will be announced officially in mid-May.

Updates about the process will be posted on flinnscholars.org, as well as on Facebook and Twitter. To learn more about the Flinn Scholarship, check out The Deal, What it Takes, and Frequently Asked Questions.

Travel reports and a talent show, hiking and stargazing, workshops and catching up with good friends: the 2009 Flinn Scholars retreat, held at Lost Canyon in northern Arizona, offered all of these and more in an energizing inauguration of the new school year.

Seventeen of Arizona's highest-achieving high-school seniors have decided to attend one of the state's public universities on a Flinn Scholarship. The award includes funding for four years of study, academic-focused travel abroad, mentorship by top faculty, and other benefits. Altogether, the package is worth more than $50,000--on top of the cash value of tuition, provided by the student's chosen university.

Seventeen of Arizona's highest-achieving high-school seniors have decided to attend one of the state's public universities on a Flinn Scholarship. The award includes funding for four years of study, academic-focused travel abroad, mentorship by top faculty, and other benefits. Altogether, the package is worth more than $50,000--on top of the cash value of tuition, provided by the student's chosen university.

On May 2, a select group of Flinn Scholars spent a day working in the Cornville art studio of internationally acclaimed sculptor John Waddell and his wife, painter Ruth Waddell. A visit to the Waddells' studio has been an annual highlight of the Flinn Scholars program for nearly all of the past 24 years.

Leonard Downie Jr., a major figure in American journalism and witness to some of the most important moments in politics over the past 40 years, joined a small group of Flinn Scholars for almost two hours on Oct. 18 as part of his brief residency as the Flinn Foundation Centennial Lecturer at Arizona State University.

The Phoenix Mars Mission, commanded from the University of Arizona, is guided by some of the world's foremost geochemists, robotics engineers, atmospheric scientists, science educators, hydrologists, and computer scientists. And working alongside them are two current Flinn Scholars, Melissa Lamberton (2005) and Matt Hom (2008).