KBOR > Financial Aid > Scholarships and Grants > Math and Science Teacher Service Scholarship

This Math and Science Teacher Service Scholarship requires a commitment to teaching in Kansas as a Math or Science Teacher. Students with teaching certificates are not eligible. Applicants must submit college transcripts and one letter of recommendation from a college official. In addition, high school officials must complete the back of this application no matter how many years ago high school graduation took place. Funding priority goes to Renewals.

• Program Description
• Academic Criteria
• Recipients
• Deadline
• Award Amount
• Renewals
• Recipient Obligation

Program Description:
Designed to encourage talented college enrolled junior or senior students to enter the Math and Science teaching profession and teach in Kansas.

1. enrollment in either Math or Science in the teacher education program.
   
   And a combination of the following:
2. completion of the Kansas Scholars Curriculum;
3. ACT or SAT score;
4. high school GPA; and
5. high school class rank.
6. applicants must also submit transcript and
7. letter of recommendation from a college or university official.

Recipients:
Students who meet minimum requirements comprise the applicant pool and will be ranked based on relative academic strength.

Deadline:
This scholarship is not need-based but information from the FAFSA is needed to produce a complete application. May 1.

Award Amount:
Scholarship recipients receive $5,000 each academic year and the scholarship may be received two years, subject to renewal.

Renewals:
Recipients receive a renewal agreement and promissory note from the Board of Regents in March each year, which must be signed and returned. The Federal application and the state application must also be completed each year.

Recipient Obligation:
Recipients are advised to be seriously committed to teaching in Kansas two years for each year of scholarship support. If the recipient selects a different major, curriculum emphasis, or does not teach in Kansas in the specified curriculum, the scholarship becomes a loan (with an interest rate equal to the Federal Plus Loan + an additional 5% subject to change annually) accruing from the date scholarship funds are released by the Board of Regents office.

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