Rigorous Recruitment and Retention in STEM Education (R3iSE)
Noyce Scholarship
It's Not Too Late... STEM Majors, check out the Noyce Scholarship and find out how you can have scholarship funding up to $6,000/semester to complete your STEM degree and earn teaching licensure.
Supported by the National Science Foundation's
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
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Eligible STEM Majors
Mathematics — Physics — Chemistry — Biology — Chemical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering — Civil & Environmental Engineering
Computer Science — Electrical & Computer Engineering — Engineering Technology
General Engineering — Nuclear Engineering
Is the Tennessee Tech R3iSE - Noyce Scholarship program right for you?
The R3iSE - Noyce Program also gives Tennessee Tech STEM majors an opportunity to "try out" teaching through the Early Teaching Experience (ETE) phase of the R3iSE - Noyce program... STEM outreach opportunities and STEM professional development gives ETE interns hands-on experience.
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Not sure you want to teach?
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Would you like to earn up to $800 in an Early Teaching Experience while deciding if a career in teaching is right for you?
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If your answer is yes, apply for the Noyce Early Teaching Experience. Please type your response as to why you are applying.
Early Teaching Experience Application
- Questions?
R3iSE – Noyce co-directors, Drs. Holly Anthony, hanthony@tntech.edu, Steve Robinson, sjrobinson@tntech.edu , and Chris Wilson chriswilson@tntech.edu are on hand to share scholarship details about how you could receive scholarship funding, complete your STEM degree, and earn a teaching license.
A Noyce scholarship could give you funding support, teaching experience and the opportunity to share the STEM degree knowledge that you gain with middle school or high school students.
Drs. Anthony, Robinson, or Wilson can also answer advisement questions on how you can fit teaching courses into your education plans and what the teaching obligations would be.
- Noyce Project Contacts
Dr. Holly Anthony
Department of Curriculum & Instruction
TN Tech - R3iSE Program Director
Bartoo Hall, Room 205
931-372-3854
hanthony@tntech.eduDr. Steve Robinson
Department of Physics
TN Tech - R3iSE Program Co-Director
Bruner Hall, Room 227
931-372-3483
sjrobinson@tntech.eduDr. Chris Wilson
Department of General and Industrial Engineering
TN Tech - R3iSEProgram Co-Director
Clement Hall (CLEM) Room 321
931-372-3175
chriswilson@tntech.edu - Scholarship Requirements
- Must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident;
- Must be a junior, senior or post-baccalaureate;
- Be enrolled in an eligible major program for a year or more with a GPA of at least 2.75 in courses taken in the major;
- Have completed at least 12 hours in major discipline;
- Be eligible for admission to the Teacher Education program at Tennessee Tech maintaining a GPA of at least 2.75;
- Demonstrate a genuine interest in pursuing teaching as a career option;
- Complete application with a short essay on why seeking this scholarship;
- Submit the names of three references who can attest to aptitude for teaching.
- About National Science Foundation & Noyce Scholarship
The National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program supports talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors who want to become K-12 mathematics, physics and chemistry teachers.
The program funds institutions of higher education to support scholarships, stipends, and programs for students who commit to teaching in high-need K-12 school districts.