Scholarships and Awards

Department Scholarships

Application form for Mathematics Department Scholarships (PDF File)

College and University Scholarships

• Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program provides a scholarship award plus tuition and fee waivers for up to two years to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students studying biology, chemistry or mathematics teacher preparation programs. In return, recipients will commit to teach at least two years in a Chicago Public School (CPS).
• CSEMS Scholarships
• College of Arts and Sciences Scholarships
• ISU's Scholarship Resource Office
• ISU's Honors Program Scholarship Page
• Illinois Section of the Mathematical Association of America Undergraduate Research Award

• Illinois Council of Teacher of Mathematics Scholarships for prospective teachers (Due March 28th)

Mathematics Education Scholarships

Several scholarship opportunities are available to students in mathematics education. For some scholarships, student applications are required while other require that students be nominated by faculty or others.

• Frances R. & Helen T. Brown Scholarship (awarded at the department level)

Established in honor of Frances R. Brown, Professor Emeritus. One or more awards of at least $500 are made each year to students enrolled in the Teacher Certification Sequence of the Mathematics Major.

• Illinois Council of Teacher of Mathematics Scholarships (awarded at the state level)

Two scholarships of $500 are awarded to junior or senior Mathematics Education students in Illinois.

• Charles and Doris Jones Textbook Award (awarded at the department level)

One or more awards of $100 is made to junior or senior students in the Middle Grades Mathematics Education Program.

• Freshman Academic Awards (awarded at the department level)

Each year several $400 to $500 awards are made to incoming freshmen who have outstanding standardized test scores.

• Robert G. Bone Scholarships (awarded at the university level)

Each year the Mathematics Department nominates one or two majors for the Robert G. Bone Scholarship, the highest honor bestowed upon an undergraduate student by Illinois State University.