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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:
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Develop and conduct an instructional project for a minimum of 4 weeks beginning in the summer of 2010 and ending by February 1, 2011.
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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
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Submit a research abstract for presentation at the 2011 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 2010-2011 academic year at an accredited U.S. Institution,
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Be involved in an educational outreach project,
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Be a science major interested in Education,
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Have a faculty an ASM member at their home institutions willing to serve as a co-mentor,
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Have a teacher or coordinator from a local school/community site willing to serve as a co-mentor, and
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Not receive other financial support for the project during the fellowship.
Eligible Faculty mentors must:
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Have an appointment at the same institution as the student applicant,
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Identify if there is an educational need at the site,
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Teach in a scientific discipline,
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Be ASM members,
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Have written support from their home institution, and
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Commit to attending ASMCUE
Eligible Field Site mentor director must:
Funding
Funding for the ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship program is provided by the American Society for Microbiology.
The Fellowship provides:
Criteria for Selection
Student applicants should be able to demonstrate:
- Academic achievement,
- Relevant career objectives,
- Potential contribution to overall project outcome,
- Personal motivation to participate in the program, and
- Achievement in previous teaching experiences.
Faculty mentor applicants should be able to demonstrate:
- Commitment to undergraduate education and cultivation of potential K-12 teachers,
- Quality, significance, and potential impact of the instructional project,
- Appropriateness of the project for undergraduate student teaching,
- Availability of appropriate facilities to support the proposed instructional project, and
- Endorsement of the project by Department Chair or Dean.
Field Site mentor applicants should be able to demonstrate:
- Commitment to personal professional development and cultivation of potential K-12 teachers,
- Quality, significance, and potential impact of the instructional project,
- Appropriateness of the project for undergraduate student teaching,
- Availability of appropriate facilities to support the proposed instructional project, and
- Endorsement of the project by the Site Director, School Principal or District Superintendent.
Preference is given to projects that:
- Demonstrate the co-mentors’ and the institutions’ financial commitment to the project, and
- Have a significant impact on the faculty and community mentors’ ongoing educational efforts.
Project Proposal
Eligible project proposals must include:
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A clear description of learning objectives,
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A summary of the proposed instructional experience including methods, a description of the venue and the target audience, and evaluation/assessment of student learning,
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A detailed budget for instructional materials and supplies to be used in the project
Deadline
April 1, 2010
The application is currently available.
To retrieve the online application, click on the "Apply Now" link above in the top-right corner.Please be sure to submit a completed application, along with 6 additional stapled copies of the completed application by April 1st.
For more information, contact:
ASM Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship Program
Education Board
American Society for Microbiology
1752 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
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