APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, April 1, 2022, TENTATIVE INTERVIEW DATES: April 4-8, 2022
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
To apply for the Noyce Scholarship program, you must complete the following steps:
Step1: Complete the application.
Step2: Write a 200– 500-word personal statement describing your educational and career goals.
Step 3: Include a current résumé that details your education, work experience, honors and awards, extracurricular events and community activities, and
employment.
Step4: Provide unofficial copies of education transcripts from the last two years.
Step 5: Provide informatin for two references who can talk about your academic achievement and potential for success as a teacher.
Step 6: Complete an interview. (This will be scheduled upon receipt of application.)
Send your completed application, personal statement, résumé, transcript, and letters of recommendation to:
Noyce Scholarship Program
University of South Carolina
c/o Mrs. Kathy Henson
Instruction & Teacher Education (ITE)
Wardlaw 028
820 S. Main St.
Columbia, SC 29208
or Email materials to Kathy Henson at winnk@mailbox.sc.edu or Dr. Lotter at lotter@mailbox.sc.edu or hand deliver to Shanita Muller in Wardlaw 107
SELECTION CRITERIA
To apply for the program in 2022-2023, you must meet the following requirements:
- Enrolled at the University of South Carolina.
- Majoring in a field of science, engineering sciences, or mathematics (i.e. STEM majors).
- Selected an academic major that will serve as a teaching specialization in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geoscience, Earth Science, or Mathematics.
- A minimum GPA of 3.0.
- Be a junior or senior or MT science or math student in the 2022-2023 school year.
You must also:
- Pursue an academic major in a STEM field as described above (e.g., biology, chemistry, statistics, mathematics, physics, or earth science) that will serve as their teaching specialization in grades 9 through12.
- Teach middle or high school for a minimum of two years for each year of scholarship support in a “high-need” school in the United States. Scholarship monies must be returned if the Noyce Scholar does not complete the teaching requirement.
- Attend full time and complete your bachelor’s degree and Masters of Teaching (MT) or Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT).
- Complete the USC Noyce Scholarship agreement.
- Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident alien.