Noyce Scholarship Application
Benefits and Obligations of the Noyce Scholarship Program:
Each Noyce Scholar will:- Receive up to $10,000 per year for up to 2 years (either junior and senior years or senior and credential years).
- Work in a San Bernardino City USD secondary school for four hours per week, under the guidance of a selected mentor teacher.
- Receive subject speific academic and pedagogical advising and mentoring.
- Participate in monthly seminars, in-person and online.
- Work as a teacher in SBCUSD for two years for each year of funding
In addition, the Noyce Scholarship program offers accelerated completion of the credential, as the seminars and supervised teaching will conform to the requirements of a number of CSUSB credential seminar courses.
Eligibility and selection Criteria:
- At most 90 units to graducation in one of the following majors: mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, or geology.
- Full-time enrollment (12 units) in a program of courses appropriate for the major.
- Minimum 3.0 overall GPA and 2.7 GPA in major.
- Interest in teaching as a career.
- Potential to do well in a diverse public school setting.
- Must be eligible for employment in SBCUSD after graduation
Application Requirements:
- Completed Application Form (available below)
- Please write a maximum one-page, 12 point font, essay in which you address the following:
- Your professional goals
- Why you should be considered for the scholarship. Include a description of the specific knowledge, skills, and dispositional attributes that you bring to the teaching profession. You may also include any anecdotal experiences that have attracted you toward pursuing a career in teaching
- Your expectations from the Noyce Scholarship program
- Any additional information you wish the Noyce Admissions Committee to know about you.
- Unofficial transcript(s) from your current institution of attendance and any past institutions you have attended. (Official transcripts may be requested at a future time.)
- A copy of your FAFSA Application if you wish to have financial need considered.
Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis from January 24, 2007 until all scholarships are awarded.
Noyce Scholarship Application (pdf)
