![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090506061226im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field NSF Grant to Launch Undergrads From Case Western Reserve Into Math and Science Teaching
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October 31, 2008
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The National Science Foundation is funding a new program at Case Western Reserve University to prepare 24 high-achieving science and math undergraduates for teaching careers. The newly funded Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program will seek to encourage science and mathematics majors to become high school math and science teachers. The nearly $750,000 grant will be used to recruit research-trained students from biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics into the teaching profession.
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Source Case Western Reserve University
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