Lara Smetana - Science Education

Julie Jacobi - Center for Science & Math Education

Courtney Barcus - Mathematics Education

Megan Leider - LUC-Noyce Mentoring Program

Krishna Millsapp - LUC-Noyce Mentoring Program

Michael Grillo - Biology

Sandra Helquist - Chemistry

Tania Schulser - School of Environmental Sustainability

Kayla Cherry - STEM Coach

Saswati Koya - STEM Coach

Meet Adam Davenport and Audrey Brinkers and learn how they're making a difference in Chicago Public Schools. Click to read the full interviews:

• Adam Davenport
• Audrey Brinkers

In exchange for each year of financial support, Noyce Scholars are obligated to teach in an eligible high-need school district in the United States. The LUC-Noyce Scholars program works to help scholars identify schools where they can offer the most impact and find the best preparation for their future careers. If the service obligation is not fully completed, the balance of financial support will be treated as a loan the student must repay.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) defines a high-need school district as one that meets at least one of the following criteria in each of the sections A and B below:

A high-need school district is one that meets at least one of the following criteria in each of the sections A and B below:

A)

i. not less than 20% of the children served by the agency are from low-income families;

ii. serves at least 10,000 children from low-income families;

iii. is eligible for funding under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program under 20 U.S.C. 7345(b); or

iv. is eligible for funding under the Rural and Low-Income School Program under 20 U.S.C. 7351(b);

and

B)

i. has a high percentage of teachers not teaching in the academic subject areas or grade levels in which the teachers were trained to teach; or

ii. has a high teacher turnover rate or a high percentage of teachers with emergency, provisional, or temporary certification or licensure