ASM's Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship
The Program
The ASM Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship (UTF) is aimed at highly motivated and competitive students who are interested in a career as an elementary or secondary school science teacher. Students will have the opportunity to develop a project to provide instruction in a scientific discipline in a local school or community setting in partnership with a mentor at their home institution and a teacher or site coordinator from the host site.
Students will:
Develop and conduct an instructional project for a minimum of 4 weeks or 150 hours beginning in the summer of 2009 and ending by February 1, 2010.
Work with ASM faculty mentors at the students home institutions and teachers or coordinators from the sites at which the project will be conducted, and
Submit a research abstract for presentation at the 2010 ASM Conference on Undergraduate Education. (Should the opportunity to present research at the ASMCUE conflict with graduation, then applicants should contact ASM.)
Eligibility
Applicants who do not meet all eligibility requirements will not be considered.
Eligible student candidates for the fellowship must:
Be enrolled as full-time matriculating undergraduate students during the 2009-2010 academic year at an accredited U.S. Institution,
Be involved in an educational outreach project,
Be a science major interested in Education,
Have a faculty an ASM member at their home institutions willing to serve as a co-mentor,
Have a teacher or coordinator from a local school/community site willing to serve as a co-mentor, and
Not receive other financial support for the project during the fellowship.
Eligible Faculty mentors must:
Have an appointment at the same institution as the student applicant,
Identify if there is an educational need at the site,
Teach in a scientific discipline,
Be ASM members,
Have written support from their home institution, and
Commit to attending ASMCUE
Eligible Field Site mentor director must:
Provide some instruction in a scientific discipline and
Have written support from their home institution or school district (e.g. principal or assistant principal).
Funding
Funding for the ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship program is provided by the American Society for Microbiology.
The Fellowship provides:
Up to $2000 for student stipend
Two-year ASM student membership, and
Up to $1000 in travel support for students to present the results of the research project at the 2010 ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators (ASMCUE). Travel funds are contingent upon acceptance of an abstract for the ASMCUE.
Project Proposal
Eligible project proposals must include:
A clear description of learning objectives,
A summary of the proposed instructional experience including methods, a description of the venue and the target audience, and evaluation/assessment of student learning,
A detailed budget for instructional materials and supplies to be used in the project
Deadline
April 1, 2009
For more information, contact:
ASM Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship Program
Education Board
American Society for Microbiology
1752 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
fellowships-careerinformation@asmusa.org
