Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowships

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The Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship seeks to attract talented, committed individuals with backgrounds in the STEM fields–science, technology, engineering, and mathematics–into teaching in high-need secondary schools in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and New Jersey. The Fellowship offers current seniors, recent graduates, and career changers in the STEM fields a $30,000 stipend to complete an intensive master’s degree program that focuses on a year-long experience in a real-world classroom. In exchange, Fellows commit to teach for three years in high-need secondary urban or rural schools, with mentoring and support from both their universities and their schools throughout their three-year commitment.

Award / Eligibility Details:

Eligible applicants include current undergraduates, recent college graduates, midcareer professionals, and retirees who have majored in, or had careers in, STEM fields. Participants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Candidates must have attained, or expect to attain by June 30th in the year of application a bachelor’s degree from an accredited U.S. college or university with a cumulative undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale.

Deadline: Three deadlines per year in October, December and January.

Academic Levels: Graduate, Post-Undergraduate

Type/Purpose: Graduate School Funding, Teaching

Field of study: Education/Teaching, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)

Location: United States

Citizenship eligibility: Permanent Resident, US Citizen, US National

For more information: http://woodrow.org/fellowships/ww-teaching-fellowships/