How to Apply

NIU Undergraduate Science Majors Application Instructions

  1. Contact Paul Fix as soon as you become interested in educator licensure to ensure your coursework positions you to enter the program as a rising Junior.
  2. Apply to the secondary science educator licensure program.
  3. Review how to prepare your Noyce application. Then, complete the Noyce scholarship application.

Transfer Students Application Instructions

  1. Apply to NIU (if you're not a current NIU student).
  2. Apply to the secondary science educator licensure program.
  3. Review how to prepare your Noyce application. Then, complete the Noyce scholarship application.

Apply Today

  • Selection committee will review applications on March 1.
  • Applications received by this date will receive priority consideration, however, applications will be accepted until all scholarships are awarded.
  • Interviews with the selection committee will occur after March 1
  • Recipients will be notified after April 15.

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The program is funded by grant #2151059 from the National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program and will run through 2027

Contact Us

Educator Licensure, Secondary Science
Paul Fix, Director
LaTourette Hall 207
815-753-6819
pfix@niu.edu