CAST SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
STAT is pleased to award scholarships to qualified members through a scholarship program designed to support attendance and participation in the annual Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST).
Awardees will receive a scholarship to be used in any way to support full attendance and participation at the conference (registration, hotel or travel). As a condition of the scholarship, each awardee must agree to register for the full three-day conference. Awardees who fail to register for the full CAST by the date specified will be required to refund the scholarship to STAT.
Timeline:
| August |
Application period |
| Mid-September |
Evaluation period – Volunteers Score Winners |
| Late September |
Winners announced
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| Nov 5 – 7 |
Winners recognized at CAST 2020 |
Scholarship Amount & Logistics
- $750 stipend to be used as recipient needs (for registration, hotel, substitute, travel, etc.)
- Stipend provided after the recipient has registered for CAST
- Attendee registers self and makes own hotel arrangements in CAST block
Qualifications
To be eligible to receive a CAST scholarship, the following conditions must be met:
- Must currently be a STAT member. (Membership will be verified.)
- Must currently be a science teacher (grades pre-K through 12) or science administrator.
Previous CAST Scholarship recipients are not eligible.
Awardee Expectations and Agreements
- Register for the full conference (three-day registration).
- Stay in the CAST room block.
- Attend CAST Scholarship Roundtable (hourlong networking event during the conference).
- Post about conference experiences on STAT social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter) throughout the conference.
- Write a 200-word blog post/article for STAT publications about his/her CAST experience.
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