The Woodrow Wilson New Jersey Teaching Fellowship

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Note: The Woodrow Wilson New Jersey Teaching Fellowship is currently in the planning stage. Applications will be available in spring 2013, with the first Fellows to be named in spring 2014. If you would like to be updated when more details about the Fellowship and/or the application are available, please send an email with your name, field of study and preferred contact method to wwteachingfellowships@woodrow.org.

The Woodrow Wilson New Jersey Teaching Fellowship seeks to attract talented, committed individuals with backgrounds in the STEM fields—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—into teaching in high-need New Jersey secondary schools. Learn more.

The Award

The Teaching Fellowship includes:

  • admission to a master's degree program at a well-established partner university
  • teacher certification in science, mathematics or technology education
  • extensive preparation for teaching in a high-need urban or rural secondary school for one full year prior to becoming the teacher-of-record in a science or math classroom
  • a $30,000 stipend (Once Fellows are certified teachers at the end of the first year, they obtain salaried employment in high-need schools.)
  • support and mentoring throughout the three-year teaching commitment
  • support of a cohort of WW Fellows passionate about science and math education
  • 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:

  • have majored in and/or have a strong professional background in a STEM field (science, technology, engineering, or math);
  • 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, 2014, a bachelor's degree from an accredited U.S. college or university;
  • a cumulative undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale is preferred*

*Note: Candidates who can demonstrate excellence through other avenues will also be considered. All applications are considered in their entirety and selection is based on merit.

Participating Universities (in alphabetical order):

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