Regional Scholarships

This list of regional scholarships is not exhaustive, but these links are a good place to start as you look for funding.

Golden Apple Scholar of Illinois

This program provides promising high school students scholarships in order to pursue a high school teaching career in one of the states’ schools in need.
Deadline: November 30th of every year

HOPE Teacher Scholarship Loan for Graduate Study in Critical Shortage Fields

Potential Georgia teachers earn their Masters or undergraduate degree by applying for forgivable loans that can be repaid through teaching.

Illinois Special Education Tuition Waiver Program

Graduating Illinois high school seniors who have been accepted into an Illinois public college and plan to major in Special Education can participate in this program.

Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority

This program offers scholarship loans to students completing their initial teaching certifications. The award remains a scholarship if the student becomes a teacher; it becomes a loan if the training is left unfinished or if the student does not teach.
Deadline: May 1st of every year

Newton Fellowship Program

The Newton Fellowship Program focuses on the shortage of adequately qualified mathematics teachers in our nation's public high schools. The Newton Fellowship Program trains mathematically-talented individuals to become high school math teachers and supports them in the early years of their careers. The program currently operates in New York City and is endorsed by the New York City Department of Education. The benefits of becoming a Newton Fellow include: receiving an aggregate stipend of $90,000 over five years, obtaining a full tuition scholarship to a master’s level teacher preparation program at Teachers College/Columbia University, New York University, or Bard College, achieving a position as a high school math teacher in New York City, earning New York State Teaching Certification and a New York City teacher’s salary, developing your classroom skills through the program’s mentoring, coaching, and support services, building a life-long career through professional development activities, and becoming a part of a group of outstanding math teachers.
Deadline: March 30, 2007

Pacific Teacher Scholarship Fund

This fund is designated for residents of the American-affiliated Pacific Islands who are enrolled in a teacher preparation program.
Deadline: the end of April of every year

Tomorrow Teachers Scholarship Program

Massachusetts’s high school seniors who rank in the top 25% of their class can be awarded full-tuition scholarships to Massachusetts public colleges and partial scholarships to private schools on the agreement that they will teach in Massachusetts for four years.