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The SMART Scholarship at Georgia Southern University

Science and Mathematics Achievements via Research and Teaching

There is exciting news for undergraduate science and mathematics majors! If you have a passion for science or math and want to share that passion by teaching high school, then there is a new scholarship opportunity available for you at Georgia Southern University. It is called the SMART Scholarship and it is available to senior science and math majors interested in teaching in the high school setting and willing to continue on to earn the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree through the College of Education.

The SMART Scholarship is more than a financial supplement; it is a teaching support program. Benefits to the successful SMART Scholar will include:

• up to $10,000 annually toward a student’s final undergraduate year and for one graduate year in the MAT program
• SMART Scholars will be assigned an experienced “teacher mentor” as well as a Georgia Southern advisor from the SMART program in order to provide formative support during the first years of teaching
• involvement in teaching opportunities on campus and in the community, such as tutoring in after school programs, leading summer science camps as a councilor, and participation in the supplemental instruction program as a peer leader

Successful applicants for a SMART Scholarship will be required to sign a contract committing them to teaching in a high need public secondary school, most likely in the southeast region of Georgia. A SMART Scholarship winner who is supported for two years by the program must teach for four continuous years. As such, the SMART Scholarship program seeks only applications from students with a decided commitment to teaching in high school.

To see the program requirements, application materials, or any additional information, follow the links listed at left.