Underwood-Smith Teacher Loan Assistance Scholarship

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About the Scholarship

Opens: 7/1/2023

Closes: 11/1/2023

Underwood-Smith Teacher Loan Assistance Scholarship provides repayment of educational loans to teachers in West Virginia.

Win up to

$3,000

Essay Required: No
Need-Based: No
Merit-Based: Yes
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Requirements

This program is open to teachers who have earned a degree and are certified to teach in West Virginia.

Applicants must have outstanding federal student loans.

Priority is given to new teachers and teachers who have previously received an award from this program and who 1) agree to teach or are currently teaching a subject area of critical need in a state public school; 2) agree to teach or are currently teaching in a geographic area of the state identified as an area of critical need; or 3) are a certified teacher in a subject area of critical need and enrolled in an advanced infield degree course or has earned an advanced in-field degree.

Eligible teachers must agree to teach fulltime in a public school in West Virginia in a subject area or geographic area of critical need under contract with a county board for a period of 2 school years for each year for which loan assistance is received.

Details

Pursued Degree Level

Bachelor's Degree, Graduate Degree

Current Grade

College Junior, College Senior

Location

Country: US
State: WV

Intended Area of Study

Elementary Education, Kindergarten and Preschool Education

Minimum GPA

3.5

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