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Barbara Lotze Scholarships for Future Teachers

The AAPT Executive Board 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. Successful applicants receive a stipend of up to $2,000. The scholarship may be granted to an individual for each of four years.

Students who meet the following criteria are eligible to apply for the Barbara Lotze Scholarship for Future Teachers.  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.

Applications will be accepted at any time and will be considered for recommendation to the Executive Board at each AAPT Winter Meeting. 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 Executive Board.

Applications can be submitted online or with the PDF. You should enter a unique ID at the bottom of the online application page so that you can edit your application if you need to return to it. Emails will automatically be sent to your references requesting letters of support for your online application.

Application materials may also be requested from:

American Association of Physics Teachers
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740

Phone: (301) 209-3311

Fax: (301) 209-0845

Email: eo@aapt.org

Scholarship Winners

  • 2012 Margarita Apolo Esteban, Kristin Rene Holz, Rebecca Kristine Napolitano, Elizabeth Noel Olson
  • 2011 David McArdle, Julia Carson, and Erin Marshall
  • 2010 Mitchell Ambrose and Erin Grace 
    Honorable Mention: Marissa Espina and Sarah Prill
  • 2009 Matthew Colavita, David McArdle and Sarah E. Pfluger
    Honorable Mention: Zack Bush
  • 2008 Douglas A. Endrizzi and Shaun Piazza
    Honorable Mention: Rebekah Myler
  • 2007 Jeremy May, Melissa Nemeth, Ashley M. Tabb, William A. Wiseman
  • 2006 Brianne Boland, Logan Kimberly, and Alex Silverman
  • 2005 Emily M. Zeringue and Michael D. Zitolo
  • 2004 Rebecca Wenning
  • 2003 Brett Guisti
  • 2002 Christine Marie Litoborski
  • 2001 Mary Ann Polityka
  • 2000 Daniel J. Lappenga
  • 1999 Christie A. Delzer