Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Track 1 at the University of Nebraska at Omaha projects aims to serve the national need for preparing highly-qualified STEM teachers, which is crucial for preparing the nation’s competitive STEM workforce. Additionally, this project supports Noyce Scholars and STEM Professionals in the areas of Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Mathematics, and Physics by providing scholarships, mentoring, outreach experiences, and professional development. The scholarship program will enable high-achieving prospective teachers to become secondary STEM teachers with extensive expertise in inquiry-based teaching and learning.
The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) provides scholarship funding and stipends for future STEM teachers with help from a National Science Foundation grant.
Noyce STEM Teacher Scholarship Overview
The NSF (National Science Foundation) Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program provides funding to institutions of higher education to provide scholarships, stipends, and programmatic support to recruit and prepare STEM majors and STEM professionals to become K-12 teachers. The program seeks to increase the number of K-12 teachers with strong STEM content knowledge who teach in high-need school districts.
The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Track 1 at the University of Nebraska at Omaha projects aims to serve the national need for preparing highly-qualified STEM teachers, which is crucial for preparing the nation’s competitive STEM workforce. Additionally, this project supports Noyce Scholars and TAP Students/STEM Professionals in the areas of Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Mathematics, and Physics by providing scholarships, mentoring, outreach experiences, and professional development. The scholarship program will enable high-achieving prospective teachers to become secondary STEM teachers with extensive expertise in inquiry-based teaching and learning.
Noyce Scholars
Noyce Scholars are undergraduate STEM students who receive scholarships and support through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). At UNO, these scholars commit to pursuing secondary teaching careers in high-need schools, aiming to improve the quality of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education and increase diversity in STEM fields. The program provides financial assistance, professional development, mentorship, and practical teaching experience to encourage talented individuals from STEM backgrounds to become teachers.
To learn about eligibility and to apply for this scholarship, go to the Noyce Scholars page.
TAP Students/STEM Professionals
STEM Professionals are individuals who hold a degree in a Noyce-eligible STEM discipline and are either recently graduated or have a career in a STEM field. Typically these would be students in the UNO Teacher Academy Project (TAP) program. The UNO Noyce program aims to recruit TAP students in STEM fields that are interested in transitioning into careers as secondary teachers in high-need schools, providing them with the necessary financial support and preparation to become effective educators. Eligible STEM Professionals/TAP students that are accepted into the program are offered up to $10,000 to pursue a teaching certificate in their STEM field.
To learn about eligibility and to apply for this scholarship, go to the TAP Students/STEM Professionals page.Noyce STEM Teacher Scholarship Leadership Team
- Dr. Michael Matthews
Professor of Mathematics, Haddix Community Chair in Mathematics - Dr. Claudia Rauter
Associate Professor of Biology, director of UNO’s NE STEM4U, Haddix Community Chair in Science - Dr. Chris Moore
Director of the STEM TRAIL Center, Professor of Physics, Haddix Community Chair in Physical Science - Dr. Paula Jakopovic
Associate Professor of STEM Education in the Teacher Education Department at UNO - Dr. Tracie Reding
Research Director at the STEM TRAIL Center with a background in STEM education research. - Dr. Alfredo J. Perez
Associate Professor with the Department of Computer Science - Dr. Derrick Nero
Associate Professor with the Teacher Education Department - Deanna Johansen
STEM TRAIL Center Project Coordinator, Noyce Program Manager
Acknowledgments
The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, authorized under the National Science Foundation responds to the critical need for K-12 teachers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by encouraging talented STEM students and professionals to pursue teaching careers in elementary and secondary schools.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE-2448147.