{"id":37,"date":"2012-11-11T10:59:26","date_gmt":"2012-11-11T15:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/noyce\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2026-02-20T19:18:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T00:18:03","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/noyce\/math\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview &#8211; Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 10px; margin: 0 0 4px 0;\"><a href=\"\/noyce\/\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"\/noyce\/math\/\">Noyce Math<\/a> \u00bb Overview<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 630px; padding-right: 10px;\">\n<p>Funded by the National Science Foundation, the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program &#8220;responds to the critical need for K-12 teachers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by encouraging talented STEM students and professionals to pursue teaching careers in elementary and secondary schools. The program provides funding to institutions of higher education to provide scholarships, stipends, and programmatic support to recruit and prepare STEM majors and professionals to become K-12 teachers. Scholarship and stipend recipients are required to complete two years of teaching in a high-need school district for each year of support. The program seeks to increase the number of K-12 teachers with strong STEM content knowledge who teach in high-need school districts&#8221; (quoted from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsfnoyce.org\">nsfnoyce.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/noyce\/files\/2012\/11\/Alg-Tiles-Vivian-and-Laura-4-636x536.jpg\" alt=\"Alg Tiles Vivian and Laura 4\" title=\"Alg Tiles Vivian and Laura 4\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-39 math\" height=\"208\" width=\"334\" \/>Noyce scholarships at Boston University provide 100% tuition support to the <a title=\"Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Degree Program\" href=\"\/noyce\/math\/degrees\/\">Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree program<\/a>. Noyce scholars also receive specialized mentoring programs, funding to join professional organizations, and supplies for their classrooms. They become members of a vibrant ongoing mathematical community consisting of teachers, engineers, mathematics educators, mathematicians, and graduate students that comes together regularly to do mathematics and discuss the teaching of mathematics. Noyce scholars commit to teaching for two years in a high-need school or district.<\/p>\n<p>The newest Noyce Scholarship program at Boston University is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/noyce\/math\/programs\/\">Preparing Mathematics Teachers to Teach for Justice and Joy in High-Needs Schools<\/a><strong>.<\/strong> The J-Squared program is designed to support mathematics and other math-related majors in becoming secondary mathematics teachers. This program is currently offering scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>Some older Noyce program previously funded at Boston University include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/noyce\/math\/programs\/past-programs\/boston-universitys-enacted-noyce-scholarship-program\/\">Enacting Curriculum Through Engaging Discourse (EnaCTED) Project<\/a>. This program was in collaboration with the College of Arts and Sciences.<\/li>\n<li>the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/noyce\/math\/programs\/past-programs\/boston-universitys-best-noyce-scholarship-program\/\">Bringing Engineers into STEM Teaching (BEST) Program<\/a>.This program was in collaboration with the College of Engineering.<\/li>\n<li>the <a title=\"Math for America Boston: Noyce Teaching scholars program \u2013 Master Teachers\" href=\"\/noyce\/math\/programs\/past-programs\/math-for-america-boston\/\">Math for America Boston: Teaching Scholars Program<\/a>. This program was in collaboration with Math for America Boston.<\/li>\n<li>the\u00a0<a title=\"Boston University\u2019s Noyce Scholars Program in Mathematics\" href=\"\/noyce\/math\/programs\/past-programs\/noyce-scholars-program-in-mathematics\/\">Boston University&#8217;s Noyce Scholars Program in Mathematics<\/a>. This program is no longer accepting applicants.<\/li>\n<li>the <a title=\"Research and Evaluation: Boston University\u2019s Noyce Scholarship Programs\" href=\"\/noyce\/math\/research-and-evaluation\/\">Research and Evaluation: Boston University&#8217;s Noyce Scholarship Program<\/a> is a Noyce research project investigating the effectiveness of BU&#8217;s model for preparing secondary mathematics teachers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more about our Noyce Scholars <a title=\"News\" href=\"\/noyce\/math\/news\/\">in the news<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 190px;\">\n<div class=\"testimonial\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"180\" height=\"282\" src=\"\/noyce\/files\/2012\/11\/testimonial-vbuchanan.jpg\" alt=\"testimonial-vbuchanan\" title=\"testimonial-vbuchanan\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1182 aligncenter\" \/>&#8220;I was specifically drawn to Boston University because of the Noyce \/ MfA program, which focused on preparing cohort members for teaching in urban schools. However, once I got to BU, I quickly rea\u00adlized that with or without affiliation under Noyce \/ MfA, BU was a top-notch, well res\u00adpected university for study\u00ading education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8212; Vivian Buchanan<br \/>\nfrom Weston, MA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home \u00bb Noyce Math \u00bb Overview Funded by the National Science Foundation, the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program &#8220;responds to the critical need for K-12 teachers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by encouraging talented STEM students and professionals to pursue teaching careers in elementary and secondary schools. 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