Scholarship and stipend recipients must be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or permanent resident aliens. Note: Individuals who have previously served (including concurrent service) as a K-12 teacher are not eligible for scholarship or stipend support.

Scholarship recipients must be undergraduate students who have attained at least junior status in a Noyce-eligible STEM baccalaureate degree program (e.g. Mathematics, Biology, Physics, Computer Science, Physical Sciences).

Stipend recipients must be STEM professionals (from recent STEM graduates to retirees from STEM professions) who, while receiving the stipend, are enrolled in a teacher preparation program.

An individual awarded a scholarship must serve as a full-time STEM teacher in a high-need school district for a total of two years for each full year in which a scholarship was received, to be fulfilled within eight years after completing the STEM baccalaureate program.

A post-baccalaureate individual awarded a stipend must serve as a full-time STEM teacher in a high-need local school district for a total of two years, to be fulfilled within four years after completing teacher certification or obtaining licensure.

The term "high-need local educational agency (or high-need LEA)", as defined in section 201 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1021), means a U.S. local educational agency (e.g., school district) that has at least one school that:

a. meets at least one of the following criteria:

i. not less than 20% of the children served by the agency are from low income families;

ii. serves at least 10,000 children from low-income families;

iii. is eligible for funding under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program under 20 U.S.C. 7345(b); or

iv. is eligible for funding under the Rural and Low-Income School Program under 20 U.S.C. 7351(b);

and

b. meets at least one of the following criteria:

i. has a high percentage of teachers not teaching in the academic subject areas or grade levels in which the teachers were trained to teach; or

ii. has a high teacher turnover rate or a high percentage of teachers with emergency, provisional, or temporary certification or licensure.

NOTE: The term "high-need local educational agency (or high-need LEA)" is synonymous with "high-need school district."

Spring 2025 applications (link) are due on or before May 17th (best consideration date). Selections will be made on or before June 3, 2025.

For the application, you will need to do the following:

• Provide your personal and demographic information.

• Respond (200 words or less) to prompts.

Note: No additional letters of recommendation are needed, if you have already submitted letters via your College of Education application to the undergraduate professional program or the MCERT program.