The National Science Foundation awarded Iona a five-year, $1.5 million grant to establish the INSTRUCT program—Inspiring STEM Teachers to Reach Underserved Classrooms Together.
Working in partnership with SUNY Westchester Community College (WCC), the grant will help Iona prepare the next generation of STEM educators and meet the critical need for teachers of science, technology, engineering and math in underserved districts. Funding was provided through the foundation’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program.
“The faculty in Iona’s departments of Biology, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Mathematics & Physics and Education, as well as our partners at SUNY Westchester, are ready to work to increase the number of STEM majors in the pipeline of future teachers,” said Kathleen Kristian, Ph.D., chair of the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department. “Thank you to the National Science Foundation for recognizing and supporting this important need.”
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