Scholarships

$1,000 for EDUC 2035: Designing STEM Learning Environments and Experiences

• Invites science, mathematics and engineering students to explore teaching as a career by providing first-hand experiences teaching science/math lessons in local elementary classrooms.
• Introduces theory and practice necessary to design and deliver excellent instruction.
• Master teachers provide ongoing support and feedback.
• Meets weekly on CU campus (1.5 hours/week) and involves five visits to an elementary school.

Students must remain in the course for a full 10 weeks or else the scholarship allotment will need to be returned. Just Try It! scholarships are not for graduating seniors within 2 semesters of graduation.

Contact IDE Professor, Dr. Malinda Zarske, for more information and to apply for these scholarships.

Up to $25K in scholarship funds for your last 5 semesters: 

• $4,000/semester for your 5th and 4th semester out from graduation
• $6,000/semester for your 3rd, and 2nd semester out from graduation
• $6,000 for your actual student teaching semester at DSST 

The CU Teach Engineering Bechtel Scholarship is offered to CU Teach Engineering students ONLY, by meeting the following requirements:

• Have a minimum 2.75 cumulative GPA
• Be enrolled as a full-time, undergraduate IDE student, with a declared CU Teach Engineering Concentration
• Be within the last five semesters of attaining teacher licensure through CU Teach Engineering and have acceptance to the Undergraduate Teacher Licensure Program in the School of Education
• Have completed a minimum of 56 credit hours of college-level coursework (Transfer students must have at least one semester of grades at CU Boulder before applying for the CU Teach Engineering Bechtel Scholarship).
• Have completed GEEN 1400 (First-Year Engineering Projects), with a grade of B- or better
• Have completed GEEN 2400 (Engineering for the Community), with a grade of B- or better
• Have completed EDUC 2035 (Designing STEM Learning Environments and Experiences)
• Have completed or be enrolled in EDUC 4060 (Classroom Interactions)
• Have completed two of the five IDE Engineering Core courses, with grades of C or better
• Have completed Physics 1 and Physics 2, with grades of C or better
• Be a domestic student

Contact IDE Professor, Dr. Malinda Zarske, for more information on the CU Teach Engineering Bechtel Scholarship.