Background

Eligibility: 

• Major:  a participating teacher certification program at UArizona (the Secondary Math Education Program is a participating program)
• Class Standing:  Junior, Seniors, and Graduate students are strongly preferred, but others may apply
• Enrollment: Full-time
• Citizenship/Residency:  Arizona residents are strongly preferred, but non-residents may apply
• Need:  Recipients will be selected based on need and merit.
• Renewal:  Applicants awarded an ATA scholarship will not be charged tuition or mandatory fees for the duration of their time in a participating certification program. Undergraduate students have a maximum of eight semesters to complete their teaching certification program (enrollment must be full-time, continuous, and in good standing).  Graduate students have a maximum of four semesters.

About:

• The scholarship covers all tuition and mandatory fees for participating teacher certification programs at the University of Arizona once an applicant has already accepted all other non-loan aid, such as institutional and private scholarships and federal Pell grants. The ATA Scholarship does not cover course fees or study abroad charges.
• Applicants awarded an ATA scholarship will not be charged tuition or mandatory fees for the duration of their time in a participating certification program. Undergraduate students have a maximum of eight semesters to complete their teaching certification program (enrollment must be full-time, continuous, and in good standing).  Graduate students have a maximum of four semesters.
• In exchange, each teacher, upon successful completion of their participating teacher certification program, commits to teaching full-time in any public or charter school in the state of Arizona for as many years as they received Academy funding — one-year minimum for any funds received.
• Failure to honor this service commitment may result in students having to repay all or a portion of the ATA funds they received.  Scholarship recipients have a one-year grace period from when they complete their teaching certification program to find a full-time position at a public or charter school in Arizona.
• You may apply for the ATA Scholarship prior to being accepted into a participating teacher certification program at the University of Arizona.  However, your scholarship application will not be considered until you are accepted into a program.

For additional questions about the ATA Scholarship itself, please contact us by email.