Deadline: December 1, 2025
Applications are open for the Barbara Lotze Scholarship for Future Physics Teachers 2025. The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Board of Directors offers scholarships for future high school physics teachers. These scholarships, supported by an endowment funded by Barbara Lotze, are available only to U.S. citizens attending U.S. schools.
Undergraduate students enrolled, or planning to enroll, in physics teacher preparation curricula and high school seniors entering such programs are eligible. The scholarship may be granted to an individual for each of four years.
Benefits
- Successful applicants receive a stipend of up to $3,000 and a complimentary AAPT Student Membership for one year.
Eligibility
Applicants must declare their intent to prepare for, and engage in, a career in physics teaching at the high school level and must, at the time the scholarship funds are received by the student, be:
- an undergraduate student enrolled in an accredited two-year college, four-year college or a university; or a high school senior accepted for such enrollment.
- pursuing, or planning to pursue, a course of study leading toward a career in physics teaching in the high schools.
- showing promise of success in their studies, and
- a citizen of the United States of America.
Application
All applications in which all materials, including letters of recommendation, are received by December 1 will be considered for recommendation at the winter meeting of the AAPT Board of Directors.
For more information, visit Barbara Lotze Scholarship.
