THE ROBERT NOYCE
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

North Dakota State University

The Robert Noyce Scholarship Program is to enhance the quantity of and quality of secondary science and mathematics teachers across North Dakota and adjacent states. The recruitment of talented STEM students into a quality teacher preparation program should improve student achievement in classrooms throughout this region, as well as increase the likelihood for successful matriculation of secondary students into STEM programs at the baccalaureate level. These initiatives help address the National Commission on Mathematics & Science Teaching’s call for immediate, large-scale workforce preparation of students to address positions that will open in STEM disciplines.

The Robert Noyce Scholarship Program at NDSU has two components:

  1. Noyce Scholars Internships: (applications open February 2009)
    • Paid summer internships to NDSU students with fewer than 60 SH to encourage secondary teaching as a career. These interns will be placed into laboratory or classroom environments alongside exemplary high school juniors and seniors who are participating in the North Dakota Governor’s School program.
  2. Noyce STEM Scholars: (applications open September 2008)
    • Scholarships covering nearly full educational costs to NDSU students who enroll in dual majors leading to certification and follow through on commitment to teaching two years in a high needs district for each year of Noyce scholarship support.

Minimum Criteria for the Noyce STEM Scholarship:

  • Earned more than 60 SH of course work.
  • Be a declared major in Biological sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, Geosciences, Mathematics, or Physics.
  • Taken (or currently enrolled in) Education 321.
  • Cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher.
  • Be a U.S. citizen or national or permanent resident alien.

Dr. Lisa M. Montplaisir, Robert Noyce Project Director
Department of Biological Sciences
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND 58108-6050
E-mail: lisa.montplaisir@ndsu.edu
Phone: (701) 231-6155
Fax: (701) 231-7149
Ruth Ann Faulkner, Center Coordinator
Center for Science and Mathematics Education
Family Life Center 314A
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND 58108-6050
E-mail: ruthann.faulkner@ndsu.edu
Phone: (701) 231-6357
Fax: (701) 231-5924

The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program is supported by National Science Foundation grant DUE-0833268 and by North Dakota State University.

Last site update: September 19, 2008

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