INDIANA
The Woodrow Wilson
Indiana Teaching Fellowship
The Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship seeks to attract talented, committed individuals with backgrounds in the STEM fields—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—into teaching in high-need Indiana secondary schools. Learn more.
Funded through a $10 million grant from the Lilly Endowment, the Teaching Fellowship offers rigorous disciplinary and pedagogical preparation, extensive clinical experience, and ongoing mentoring.
The Award
The Fellowship includes:
- a $30,000 stipend
- admission to a master's degree program at one of four participating Indiana universities
- preparation in a high-need urban or rural secondary school
- support and mentoring throughout the three-year teaching commitment
- guidance toward teaching certification
- lifelong membership in a national network of Woodrow Wilson Fellows who are intellectual leaders
Eligibility
The Fellowship is open to college seniors, graduates, and career changers who:
- demonstrate a commitment to the program and its goals;
- have U.S. citizenship or permanent residency;
- have attained, or expect to attain by June 30, 2012, a bachelor's degree from an accredited U.S. college or university;
- have majored in and/or have a strong professional background in a STEM field (science, technology, engineering, or math);
- have achieved a cumulative undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale (negotiable for applicants from institutions that do not employ a 4.0 GPA scale