Three Tennessee Tech University faculty members have received a $760,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to help build the workforce of future STEM educators.
The funding will provide scholarships for students majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to add teacher licensure while remaining in their STEM degree programs.
Tech expects to support 22 students through the grant. Scholarship recipients may receive up to $6,000 per semester for up to four semesters.
The program also offers paid early teaching experiences enabling STEM majors to test whether teaching is for them before fully committing. Students can work up to 150 hours at $10 an hour as part of that early experience.
