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I-MAST Scholarship Program

 

The National Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship will provide the funding for the Impacting Metro Atlanta Science Teaching (I-MAST) program. The Noyce program seeks to encourage talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors and professionals to become K-12 teachers of mathematics and science. The program provides funds to institutions of higher education to support scholarships, stipends, and academic programs for undergraduate STEM majors and post-baccalaureate students holding STEM degrees who commit to teaching in high-need K-12 school districts. 

 

Scholarship Program Requirements

 

I-MAST, the Georgia State initiative, will offer two entry points to become a Noyce Scholar in order to attract both undergraduate STEM majors and STEM graduates into secondary science teaching careers. Through the first entry point, undergraduate students at Georgia State and Georgia Tech committing to pursue their secondary science teacher certification at Georgia State will receive a two-year Robert Noyce Scholarship to be used in their senior year of undergraduate studies and in their year of teacher certification studies.

 

Through the second entry point, STEM graduates committing to pursue a secondary science teacher certification at Georgia State will receive a one-year Robert Noyce Scholarship to complete their teacher certification studies. I-MAST Noyce Scholars will be obligated to teach two years in a Metro Atlanta high need school district for every year of Noyce funding. The awards for both one and two year scholarships will be $12,000 per year.

 

Applicants through the first entry point will have at least a junior level status at their undergraduate study either at Georgia State’s A&S or Georgia Tech. Second entry point applicants will have a minimum bachelor’s degree in a STEM area.  Scholarship applicants must have or provide the following: 

 

  1. Overall GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
  2. Appropriate academic backgrounds in science content with a major or the equivalent of a major (24 hours in upper level coursework) in a field of engineering, science, or a related area, upon completion of undergraduate study; or an undergraduate or graduate degree in engineering, a science field, or a related field from a regionally accredited college or university, with a minimum of 24 hours in upper level coursework in a science area
  3. Three letters of recommendation
  4. A 350 -500 word narrative statement about the desire to become secondary science teacher in a high-need school

 

We will start awarding scholarships in the Spring 2010 semester to be used starting Summer 2010 semester.

 

If you have any further questions about the scholarship program you may email us at IMAST@gsu.edu. Should you have general questions about the M.A.T program at GSU, please click the following link here.

 

*Note information within this page is subject to change.