Friday, November 15, 2024
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education (CHE) is accepting applications for the Next Generation Hoosier Educators Scholarship, which gives future teachers the opportunity to earn up to $40,000 in financial aid.
This scholarship program was originally created by the General Assembly in 2016 to help address the state's teacher shortage, with the award amount totaling $30,000.
In 2023, Senate Republicans supported a new law to increase the amount of money the CHE can award a recipient of the Next Generation Hoosier Educators Scholarship from $7,500 each year to $10,000 if the individual agrees to teach at an eligible Indiana school for at least five years.
The scholarship is open to current high school seniors and college students who plan to teach in Indiana for at least five years after graduating from college.
It also requires an applicant to be ranked in the top 20% of their high school graduating class, have a top 20% SAT or ACT score or a GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
Applications must be submitted by Jan. 31, 2025 to ScholarTrack.in.gov.
To learn more about this scholarship, including program requirements, click here.
