Several scholarship opportunities are
available to students in mathematics education. For some
scholarships, student applications are required while other
require that students be nominated by faculty or others.
Frances R. & Helen T. Brown
Scholarship (awarded at the department level)
Established in honor of Frances R. Brown,
Professor Emeritus. One or more awards of at least $500 are made
each year to students enrolled in the Teacher Certification
Sequence of the Mathematics Major.
Illinois Council of Teacher of Mathematics
Scholarships (awarded at the state level)
Two scholarships of $500 are awarded to junior
or senior Mathematics Education students in Illinois.
Charles and Doris Jones Textbook Award
(awarded at the department level)
One or more awards of $100 is made to junior or
senior students in the Middle Grades Mathematics Education
Program.
Freshman Academic Awards (awarded at the
department level)
Each year several $400 to $500 awards are made
to incoming freshmen who have outstanding standardized test
scores.
Robert G. Bone Scholarships (awarded at
the university level)
Each year the Mathematics Department nominates
one or two majors for the Robert G. Bone Scholarship, the highest
honor bestowed upon an undergraduate student by Illinois State
University.
