Bryn Mawr and Haverford
Noyce Math and Science Teacher Program

Scholarship Deadline for Seniors and Juniors EXTENDED to March 16th!

Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges have received a 5 year, $900,000 grant from the Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program of the National Science Foundation. Bryn Mawr and Haverford’s Noyce program aims to encourage math and science majors and alumni/ae to explore opportunities in math and science education and offers generous scholarships to students who are committed to the challenging social justice work of teaching math and science in high-needs secondary schools. There are seveal scholarship options: juniors can apply for a two-year scholarship, seniors and alumnae/i can apply for a one-year scholarship.

The program will provide undergraduate students at initial stages of exploration with spring break internship opportunities in math and science education and will link students to the wide range of teaching related opportunities available on the two campuses.

Junior math and science majors are invited to apply for the Bryn Mawr and Haverford two-year Noyce Teacher Scholarships. The Noyce Scholarships are intended for students who plan to become certified to teach mathematics or science (biology, chemistry or physics) at the secondary level so as to pursue a teaching career.  These scholarhips will provide generous support (up to $67,000) for the Noyce Fellows while they complete their major during their senior year and then complete their teacher certification requirements in the 5th year Teacher Education Program.  Applications are due Friday, March 2, 2012.

We are now offering a 5th year only option for seniors and for alumnae/i with a scholarship of $32,000 for tuition and living expenses. Applicants MUST be able to complete the certification requirements in one year.  The application is the same as for the 4th and 5th year option and is due by: Friday, Dec. 2, 2011 for Seniors and Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011 for Alumnae/i.

Scholarship recipients must be U.S. citizens or nationals, or permanent resident aliens.

For each year of scholarship support, the Noyce Fellows will be expected to teach for 2 years in a high-needs public school in the Greater Philadelphia region. If a Fellow does not fulfill his/her teaching obligation, then the scholarship becomes a loan that the Fellow is required to repay.

Bryn Mawr and Haverford Noyce Fellows will become part of a regional and national network of Noyce Fellows that will support and encourage the Fellows in their work and help them connect to broader movements for educational change. The seven institutions in the Philadelphia region that have Noyce programs (Bryn Mawr and Haverford, Drexel, La Salle, Penn, Temple, and Saint Joseph's) have received a NSF grant to develop joint programming for their Fellows. There is a Northeast Noyce Consortium that holds an annual conference for Fellows.  This year it took place Oct. 13 - 15, 2011 in Philadelphia.