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Noyce Teacher Scholarships
The University of Oregon Mathematics and Science Teams Engaging in Research to Inspire Teaching (MaSTERIt) Project
Halli Roussell, Noyce Scholar class of ’19, and other scholars talk about teaching. Click the image to see the video featuring scholars in our first Noyce award we call ESPRIT.
Link to Video about the Scholarships Program
Prospective Applicants: View this Program Overview Video
Use Passcode: H4#Hxi5U
The University of Oregon Noyce Teacher Scholarships Program, which currently has two active awards known separately as ESPRIT and MASTERIt, is designed to recruit, prepare, and support UO mathematics and science majors for K-12 science teaching careers in high need school districts. The program addresses the need for highly qualified science and math teachers by supporting a summer research experience, coursework in promoting equity and diversity in schools, and teacher community-building activities. We are grateful to the National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program for funding to support each of our two projects with 5-year $1.2 million awards. ESPRIT stand for Experiencing Science Practices through Research to Inspire Teaching. MASTERIt stands for Mathematics and Science Teachers Engaging in Research to Inspire Teaching.
Key elements of the program include:
1) Academic year teaching-related opportunities including voluntary Innovative Science Teaching Explorations (TBA) and the STEM Teaching Ecosystems and Outreach course, both open to all math and science majors, and both featuring teacher guests and designed to model, explore, and discuss exemplary science classroom lessons in order to build and support a community interested in math and science teaching. Participating in teacher-related opportunities such as these, as well as other opportunities including working as learning assistants for math and science courses and volunteering/working for STEM education programs such as the SPICE Program, serves as the first step in this pathway. Participating students will be given priority when applying for #2 and #3 below. Applicants to the UOTeach Program may join the Noyce pathway as well – see #4 below.
2) Noyce-sponsored paid summer research experiences for mathematics and science major undergraduates with an interest in teaching. These are available to rising seniors, and are a pre-requisite to receiving:
3) Senior-year Noyce MASTERIt scholarships* of $10K, to finance students moving into the UOTeach Masters-level teacher licensure program, who will then become eligible for a:
4) UOTeach Noyce MASTERIt scholarship* of up to $22,000, to complete their teacher licensure. UOTeach applicants who have scientific research experience will be considered for this one-year scholarship.
*Scholarships recipients will have up to 8 years after receiving licensure to teach 4 years (2 years per year of scholarship support) in a high-need school district, or the scholarship becomes a loan. This is a feature of the NSF Noyce program.
Noyce MASTERIt participants take Education Studies (EDST 420 and others) courses as undergraduates that focus on teaching to improve equity and inclusion in math and science classrooms. These courses will count towards the UOTeach requirements when they enter that program. Students enrolled in the Secondary Educational Foundations Certificate Minor take these courses as part of their program of study.
Interested students should contact STEM CORE Coordinator Julia McMorran at julia@uoregon.edu.
In the News
2021 Scholars Honored at Signing Ceremony – Around The O story
Local news coverage of ESPRIT Scholarships Program
2019 Scholarship recipients featured in Around The O story
2019 Scholarship recipients featured in the Daily Emerald
Read about our first ESPRIT Scholarship recipients.
Biochemistry scholarship recipient featured.
The Truth about Teaching
Visit Get the Facts Out website and find user-friendly information to help understand teaching careers and dispel the myths about teaching. Check out this 3 minute video about teaching careers.
Signing Ceremony
To honor our newly awarded scholarship recipients, we hold an annual event to celebrate their accomplishments and recognize their commitment to a teaching career pathway. Previous events were held on November 14th, 2023, November 16th, 2022, November 18th, 2021, November 19th, 2020, November 21, 2019, and November 6th, 2018. Our 2024-25 Signing Ceremony is scheduled for 5-6:30 PM on Tuesday, November 19th in HEDCO Education Atrium. All are welcome!
Informational Video
UO math and science students: check out this Program Overview Video. Enter Passcode: H4#Hxi5U=
Application Deadlines
The application for Summer Research Internships in Summer 2025 is open for UO students on track to graduate in June 2026. Applicants do not need to have previous research experience in order to apply. Applicants will be asked to identify research areas of interest. Once accepted, we will make every effort to place math and science majors side-by-side on projects in labs that draw on their respective skills and backgrounds. Initial application review will begin January 15 and selections will continue on a rolling basis until all positions are filled. Anticipated dates are June 23 – August 15, 2025.
2025 Summer Research Application Link
The Noyce Senior Year Scholarship application will open for eligible students in August. Students who participated in summer research and attended the accompanying Noyce seminars and who will be entering their senior year at University of Oregon in the fall are invited to apply.