Arkansas Noyce Scholar and future teacher Michael "Shane" Carey (Class of 2009, center) works with undergraduates Stephen Brinson and Mark Blanko in an introductory physics class.
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PhysTEC Scholarship Program for Future Physics Teachers
By Gabriel Popkin
APS Forum on Education Newsletter, Summer 2010
The Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) Noyce Scholarship Program recently awarded its second round of scholarships to fourteen students at five universities, bringing the total number of scholarships awarded under the program to nineteen. Four scholars from the first round were awarded a second year of support, and ten new scholars joined the program this year. Read the full article
PhysTEC Receives $150k in Supplemental Noyce Funding
APS News, Education Corner, October 2009
The PhysTEC Noyce Scholarship program recently received $150k from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to supplement the initial $750k awarded in 2008. The program, which gives scholarships to future physics teachers at PhysTEC sites, will use part of the supplement to enable PhysTEC Noyce sites to hire part-time Teachers-in-Residence, who will help recruit and mentor future teachers. Read the full article
Noyce Scholarships to Aid Selected Physics Teachers
By Gabriel Popkin
APS News, November 2008
The APS and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) recently received a $750,000 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to provide Noyce Teacher Scholarships to approximately 30 future physics teachers over the next 5 years. These teachers, who will receive up to $15,000 of scholarship support per year for up to two years, will be selected from institutions participating in the PhysTEC project. Read the full article