The Flinn Scholarship

Flinn Foundation Selects 20 Top Arizona Students for 2023 Flinn Scholarship

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023
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The Class of 2023 Flinn Scholars will be attending the Honors colleges at Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and the University of Arizona.

Key Points: 
  • The Class of 2023 Flinn Scholars will be attending the Honors colleges at Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and the University of Arizona.
  • “These 20 students, from 20 different high schools, show that incredibly high-achieving students are found throughout Arizona, studying at a diverse mix of schools in the heart of our largest cities and in some of our smallest communities,” said Anne Lassen, Flinn Foundation vice president, scholarship and education initiatives.
  • The 20 Flinn Scholars represent 20 high schools, including public district and charter schools.
  • “Our new class of Flinn Scholars represents the best of Arizona and is filled with our state’s future thinkers and leaders,” said Tammy McLeod, Flinn Foundation president and CEO.

Top Arizona Students Chosen for State’s Most Competitive and Prestigious Scholarship

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022
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The 2022 Flinn Scholarship, which provides a full ride for college at one of Arizonas public universities, has been awarded to 20 of Arizonas highest-achieving students.

Key Points: 
  • The 2022 Flinn Scholarship, which provides a full ride for college at one of Arizonas public universities, has been awarded to 20 of Arizonas highest-achieving students.
  • The prestigious, merit-based Flinn Scholarshipnow in its 37th yearis valued at more than $130,000.
  • The Class of 2022 Flinn Scholars , who will attend the Honors Colleges at Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and the University of Arizona, turned down offers from exclusive out-of-state private schools to remain in state.
  • The foundation also supports the advancement of Arizonas bioscience sector, arts and culture, and the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership and its flagship Flinn-Brown Fellowship.

Arizona’s Bioscience Sector Hits Record Highs 20 Years Into Strategic Plan  

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Wednesday, April 20, 2022
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Arizonas bioscience sector is performing at historically high levels two decades after the creation of Arizonas Bioscience Roadmap placed the state on a long-term trajectory toward success.

Key Points: 
  • Arizonas bioscience sector is performing at historically high levels two decades after the creation of Arizonas Bioscience Roadmap placed the state on a long-term trajectory toward success.
  • The Flinn Foundation has commissioned the collection, analysis, and public release of the performance metrics since the launch of Arizonas Bioscience Roadmap.
  • Over the past 20 years, the share of bioscience jobs among Arizonas private sector has increased from 3.9% to 5.5%.
  • Arizonas strengths were nearly divided equally between medical devices, bioscience IT and digital health, and health care services.

Health-Care Entrepreneur Joins Flinn Foundation Board

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Thursday, June 3, 2021
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Heidi Jannenga, one of Arizonas most accomplished health-care-technology entrepreneurs, has been elected to the Flinn Foundation board of directors.

Key Points: 
  • Heidi Jannenga, one of Arizonas most accomplished health-care-technology entrepreneurs, has been elected to the Flinn Foundation board of directors.
  • The Flinn Foundation helps research discoveries today become startups and therapeutics tomorrow, said Dr. David J. Gullen, chair of the Flinn Foundation board.
  • Among other appointments, she serves as secretary of the board of directors of the Arizona Community Foundation, as a trustee of the Arizona Science Center, as a board member of the Arizona chapter of Conscious Capitalism, and as a board member of the Arizona School for the Arts.
  • The Flinn Foundation is a privately endowed, philanthropic grantmaking organization established in 1965 by Dr. Robert S. and Irene P. Flinn that awards grants and operates programs in four areas: the biosciences, the Flinn Scholars, arts and culture, and the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership.

Seven Arizona Bio Startups Earn $30K Through Flinn Foundation Entrepreneurship Program

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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
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The Flinn Foundation has competitively selected 47 bioscience firms in Arizona since 2014 to participate and provided nearly $1.4 million in support for the program.

Key Points: 
  • The Flinn Foundation has competitively selected 47 bioscience firms in Arizona since 2014 to participate and provided nearly $1.4 million in support for the program.
  • We are thrilled to welcome these seven Arizona startups into our program, which we believe will accelerate their path to success in the biosciences and lead to innovations that will improve the lives of Arizonans and people around the world, said Tammy McLeod, Flinn Foundation president and CEO.
  • To learn more about the Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program and the nearly 50 selected Arizona firms, visit flinn.org/entrepreneur .
  • In addition to advancing the biosciences in Arizona, the foundation supports the Flinn Scholars Program, a merit-based college scholarship program; arts and culture; and the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership.

Arizona Center for Civic Leadership Names 31 Flinn-Brown Fellows for 2020

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Tuesday, June 30, 2020
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The Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation has selected 31 civic leaders for its Flinn-Brown Fellowship seminar series that will focus on public policy development within the national, state and local political landscape to address Arizonas pressing socio-economic issues.

Key Points: 
  • The Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation has selected 31 civic leaders for its Flinn-Brown Fellowship seminar series that will focus on public policy development within the national, state and local political landscape to address Arizonas pressing socio-economic issues.
  • Nearly 400 Flinn-Brown Fellows have now been selected since the nonpartisan Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation was launched in 2011.
  • Through the Flinn-Brown seminars, Wallace said, the newest Fellows will grapple with the extraordinary confluence of health, economic, and social challenges facing Arizona in 2020.
  • Along with the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership and its Flinn-Brown Fellowship, the foundation supports the advancement of Arizonas bioscience sector, the Flinn Scholars Program, and Arizona arts and culture organizations.

Flinn Foundation Selects Top Arizona Students for 35th Class of Flinn Scholars

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
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The Flinn Scholars Class of 2020 will attend Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and the University of Arizona this fall.

Key Points: 
  • The Flinn Scholars Class of 2020 will attend Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and the University of Arizona this fall.
  • Highlights from the Class of 2020 include:
    The class is nearly evenly split between Flinn Scholars from the Phoenix metropolitan area and from outside the region.
  • There is so much to admire in each of these Flinn Scholars, said Anne Lassen, Flinn Scholars Program director.
  • The Flinn Scholars Program, established in 1986, is operated by the Flinn Foundation Scholarship Program LLC and supported by the Flinn Foundation, a Phoenix-based private, nonprofit, grantmaking organization.

Flinn Foundation Names State-Government Executive Dawn Wallace to Direct Civic-Leadership Program

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Wednesday, March 18, 2020
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Most recently, Wallace completed a short-term role as the education-policy advisor to the president of the Arizona State Senate.

Key Points: 
  • Most recently, Wallace completed a short-term role as the education-policy advisor to the president of the Arizona State Senate.
  • Over her career, Dawn has modeled public service at its best, said Flinn Foundation President and CEO Tammy McLeod.
  • At the Flinn Foundation, Wallace will lead a cross-cutting, statewide program to strengthen civic leadership in Arizona, especially at the state level.
  • Dawn Wallace is herself such a person and we believe she will bring valuable expertise to the civic-leadership program.

Six Arizona Bioscience Startups Selected for 2020 Flinn Foundation Entrepreneurship Program

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Thursday, February 20, 2020
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Six bioscience companies creating innovative solutions to improve regenerative medicine, spinal surgery, sleep health, medical payments, the food supply, and even ear cleaning have been selected for the 2020 Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program.

Key Points: 
  • Six bioscience companies creating innovative solutions to improve regenerative medicine, spinal surgery, sleep health, medical payments, the food supply, and even ear cleaning have been selected for the 2020 Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program.
  • The Flinn Foundation has competitively selected 40 bioscience firms in Arizona since 2014 to participate in the program, providing nearly $1.2 million in funding support.
  • The program was established to foster entrepreneurship and help bioscience founders develop their early-stage companies into successful and sustainable businesses in Arizona.
  • In addition to advancing the biosciences in Arizona, the foundation supports the Flinn Scholars Program, a merit-based college scholarship program; arts and culture; and the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership and its Flinn-Brown Fellowship.

Flinn Foundation Selects 20 Excelling Arizona High-School Seniors as 2019 Flinn Scholars

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Tuesday, April 16, 2019
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The Flinn Scholars Program, supported by the Phoenix-based Flinn Foundation in partnership with the universities, selected the Class of 2019 Flinn Scholars from a record-high 894 applications, or an award rate of 2.2 percent.

Key Points: 
  • The Flinn Scholars Program, supported by the Phoenix-based Flinn Foundation in partnership with the universities, selected the Class of 2019 Flinn Scholars from a record-high 894 applications, or an award rate of 2.2 percent.
  • The 34th class of Flinn Scholars features 20 students from the Phoenix metropolitan area, Tucson, Prescott, and Pinal County, representing 19 high schools.
  • The Scholars will start undergraduate studies at Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and the University of Arizona in August.
  • The Flinn Scholars Program , established in 1986, is operated by the Flinn Foundation Scholarship Program LLC and supported by the Flinn Foundation , a Phoenix-based private, nonprofit, grantmaking organization.