Are you currently majoring in a Science, Math or Engineering (STEM) field? Have you ever considered becoming a teacher after you graduate?

CUSP can help you make that happen. Thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation, we're offering $10,000 annual scholarships to STEM majors who agree to become teachers after graduating.

Noyce Program Information

If you're accepted into the program, we'll give you your first $10,000 scholarship during your senior year. After you get your bachelor's degree in May, we'll give you another $10,000 scholarship to enroll in our graduate-level TEACH program, a one-year set of courses that leads to state teaching licensure.

We'll provide more than just financial help as you complete your STEM degree and pursue a state teaching license. We'll gradually introduce you to the practice of teaching with field-based experiences while you're finishing your coursework. Once you become a teacher, you won't be on your own. We'll continue to provide you with mentoring and other forms of support for three years.

You can read more about the program and the grant here. You can read more about the nationwide Noyce program here.

For more information, please contact:

Kym Welty, Noyce Scholars Program Coordinator: kwelty@umassd.edu, (774) 929-3030

Will Dane, Assistant to the Noyce Scholars Program Coordinator: will.dane@umassd.edu.

Program Application ( pdf)

Letter of recommendation cover page (pdf)

Internship Application (archived, pdf)

MTEL homepage

TEACH! Programs

"Robert Noyce Scholars" Facebook group

Internship sites:

New Bedford Ocean Explorium

Sea Lab Marine Science Education Center

James Kaput Center for Research and Innovation in Mathematics Education at UMass Dartmouth