Chemistry Teachers: Apply for $6,000 in Scholarships and Grants

- Opportunities

ACPS is seeking chemistry teachers as applicants for scholarship and grant opportunities worth up to $6,000 from the American Chemical Society.

Any ACPS Chemistry teacher is eligible to apply for any of the following scholarships and grants to fund a creative classroom project:

  • The ACS-Hach Second Career Teacher Scholarships are awarded to professionals in the chemistry field pursuing a master’s degree in education or becoming certified as a chemistry/science teacher. Please view the application and instructions to apply for this scholarship.
    • To be eligible, you must:
      • Have a Bachelor’s degree or higher in chemistry or chemistry-related discipline
      • Have at least one year work experience in a chemistry-related profession
      • Cannot have more than one year experience as a high school chemistry teacher
      • Be accepted into an education master’s program or teacher certification program
      • Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
  • The ACS-Hach Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Scholarships are awarded to recent graduates, graduate students and post-doctoral professionals with limited work experience and an interest in pursuing a teaching career at the secondary or post-secondary level. Please view the application and instructions to apply for his scholarship
    • To be eligible, you must:
      • Have a bachelor’s degree or higher in chemistry or chemistry-related discipline
      • Have less than one year work experience outside of obtaining undergraduate and graduate degrees
      • Demonstrate an interest and commitment to becoming a secondary educator
      • Be accepted into an education master’s program or teacher certification program
      • Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
  • The ACS-Hach High School Chemistry Classroom Grants of up to $1,500 are available for high school chemistry teachers. The grants can be used to support ideas that enhance classroom learning, foster student development and reveal the wonders of chemistry. Please view the application and instructions to apply for this grant
    • Applicants must be a high school chemistry educator teaching in a U.S. or U.S. territory school.

Applications must be submitted by April 1, 2016 in order to be considered for the 2016-17 academic year.