ACS-Hach Second Career Teacher Scholarship
Scholarship at a Glance
Purpose
To provide financial support for chemistry professionals to obtain a masters degree in education or teacher certification in chemistry.
Description
The ACS-Hach Second Career Teacher Scholarship is awarded to professionals in the chemistry field pursuing new careers as high school chemistry teachers.
Scholarship recipients receive:
- Scholarship stipends (up to $6,000 for full-time study or up to $3,000 for part-time study) towards the completion of a Masters degree in education or secondary chemistry/science certification.*
- Support and mentoring throughout their three year teaching commitment.
The scholarship can be applied to tuition, books, room and board, and other education-related expenses and are renewable up to three years. Scholarships cannot be applied to expenses retroactively.
Important Dates
Application Opens: February 1, 2025
Application Deadline: May 1, 2025
Applicant Decision Date: July 13, 2025
Eligibility
To be eligible, you must:
- Have a Bachelors degree or higher in chemistry or chemistry-related discipline
- Have at least one year work experience in a chemistry-related profession**聽
- Cannot have more than one year experience as a high school chemistry teacher***聽
- Be accepted into an education masters program or teacher certification program聽
- Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
Eligible Chemistry-Related Disciplines
- Agricultural Chemistry聽
- 叠颈辞肠丑别尘颈蝉迟谤测听
- Ceramic Science/ Chemistry/Technology聽
- Chemical Engineering聽
- Chemical Technology聽
- Environmental Science/Engineering (must be chemistry-based)
- Forensic Science/Chemistry聽
- Food Science (not Nutrition)聽
- Industrial Chemistry聽
- Materials Science or Petroleum Engineering聽
- Nanotechnology or Nanoscience聽
- Paper and Pulp Technology聽
- Toxicology
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted by May 1, 2025聽to be considered for the 2025-2026 academic year. Applications will be accepted beginning Febraury 1, 2025.
Information for Current Scholars
View the acceptance and renewal requirements.
About ACS-Hach Programs
The ACS-Hach Second Career Teacher Scholarship is one of the ACS-Hach Programs. Learn about other programs and how they support high school chemistry teachers at every step of their careers.
* Due to scholarship guidelines, scholarship stipends are distributed in equal installments two times per academic year. This may result in scholars receiving half of their total scholarship if they complete their program by the Fall semester.
** If you are a recent graduate, graduate student, or postdoctoral scholar with less than one year of work experience, please consider applying for our ACS-Hach Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Scholarship.
*** The purpose of the scholarship is to support career changers who will be new to the chemistry education profession. If you are a current high school chemistry teacher and would like support, please consider applying for one of our ACS-Hach Grants.
Contact Information
- 800-227-5558 ext. 8178
- hach@acs.org
