Scholarship Overview

The Noyce/RISE Scholarship is a CSUMB - MPC partnership established to serve Underrepresented Minority (URM) in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teaching field by providing them with academic and professional resources to facilitate their STEM Teacher Pathway. The Rural Integrated STEM Education (RISE Ready) project utilizes recruitment, preparation, and support strategies via a collaborative effort to provide community college and undergraduate STEM students with the opportunity to develop competence and pedagogy in an integrated STEM education environment while they connect to rural school communities. We use our geography to our advantage by utilizing the Central Coast's "salad bowl" and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary for exciting and intensive teaching and research experiences for our STEM Teacher Pathway students.

As shown above, our model addresses teacher shortage through cohorts of high qualified STEM teachers rising ready to teach from the ranks of community college students to become highly qualified STEM teachers. By creating early connections to evidence-based practices and sustaining a community of practice, we predict our students will join and persist in a STEM Education Pathway.

Visit the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program website for more information. 

How to Apply

If you are interested in learning more about the Noyce/Rise Scholarship or how to apply, please contact us via email. 

Scholarship Benefits 

• Access to Regional STEM Internship Experiences and Education Outreach 
• Academic advising
• Mentoring and professional skill development throughout your educational experience
• Examine evidence of learning and deepen knowledge of assessment through STEM Education Research and Outreach Projects
• Become RISE Ready

Partnerships

MPC partnered with four other Central Coast Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), California State University Monterey Bay, Hartnell Community College District, and Cabrillo College, and the Monterey County Office of Education to implement evidence-based components in early science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) Teacher Pathways.