Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program | Worcester Polytechnic Institute

The GoATeach (Go And Teach) Noyce Scholarship Program recruits and prepares WPI undergraduate students majoring in science, mathematics, and engineering disciplines to join the teaching profession at the secondary level to have high impact on STEM education. WPI undergraduate students in the Teacher Preparation Program (who are U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or permanent resident aliens) are eligible to apply for the NSF Noyce scholarship.

Each Noyce Scholar can receive up to two years of scholarships in the amount of up to $20,000 per year during their junior and senior year. Every Noyce recipient commits to teaching in a high-need school district for two years per year of scholarship received within 8 years of graduation.

Noyce Scholars

Noyce Internships
(for 1st and 2nd year TPP students)

Noyce Scholarships
(for 3rd and 4th year TPP students)

Community Partners hosting a Noyce Intern

to work at their summer program:

Noyce Scholars, degree, teaching license:

Em Beeler (’22), Math BS, HS math
Pat McCarthy (’22), Physics BS, HS physics
Simon Rees (’23), Physics BS, HS physics
Dylan Shanes (’24), Comp Sci BS, HS Math
Joelis Velez Diaz (’24), Chem Eng BS, HS chemistry
Regina Valencia (’24), Aero Eng BS, tech/engineering
Allison Morin (’25), Chem BS, HS Chemistry
Demetrios Kennedy (’25), Chem BS, HS Chemistry
Michael Nixdorf (’25), Applied Physics BS, MS Math
Lucas Dion (’26), Robotics Engineering BS, tech/engineering
Vaansh Mansharamani (’26), Computer Science BS, tech/engineering
Samantha Simmons (’26), Manage Info Systems BS, MS Math
Jesse Drozd (’26), Chem BS, HS Chemistry
Grace Ho (’27), Math BS, HS Math

Academic Year 2025-26: After-School Program Tutors & Facilitators of Activities
- African Community Education (ACE)
- Forest Grove Middle School
- Latino Education Institute (LEI) at Worcester State University
- Upward Bound at Clark University

Flyer for the Robert Noyce Scholarship at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), offering tuition support for STEM teacher prep students in exchange for a commitment to teach in high-need schools. Includes a deadline of March 21, 2025, a QR code, and contact information.

Part 1: Application - Apply by 4/4/25

Preview questions with PDF of Qualtrics form

Part 2: Noyce Scholarship info session (promissory note)

Leominster High School, Leominster
Doherty High School, Worcester
South High School, Worcester
Worcester Technical High School, Worcester
Claremont Academy, Worcester
Elm Park Community School, Worcester
Forest Grove Middle School, Worcester

Burncoat High School, Worcester
Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School

Integrating Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) competencies and approaches across a Teacher Preparation Program through a NSF Noyce program (ASEE 2025): Paper, Poster

Partnering with Community-Based Organizations to Support Pre-Service Teachers in developing Competencies in Culturally Responsive Teaching and Family Engagement (ASEE 2025): Paper, Poster

Utilizing an Engineering Design-Based Research Approach to Study and Strengthen a Teacher Preparation Program in STEM at the Secondary Level (ASEE 2021): Paper

This NSF-funded Noyce grant also investigates how community-based teaching experiences and culturally responsive pedagogy training attract, prepare, and retain STEM undergraduates in secondary teaching in urban high-need school districts.

Students working together in STEM activities at a classroom and a community center. Smiling, engaged, and collaborating.

Early teaching or Pre-practicum experiences are intentionally designed to integrate the assets of K-12 students and the Worcester Community. Teacher Prep students volunteer or work at Worcester afterschool programs and they also facilitate hands-on STEM activities at our Community Partners.