SEC. 114. ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM AMENDMENTS.—Section 10 of the Na-
tional Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 
U.S.C. 1862n–1) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘TEACHER’’ after ‘‘NOYCE’’ 
in the section heading; 
(2) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘to provide scholarships, 
stipends, and programming designed’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and to provide scholar-
ships and stipends to students participating in 
the program’’ after ‘‘science teachers’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘Teacher’’ after ‘‘Noyce’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(3)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘encourage top college jun-
iors and seniors’’ and inserting ‘‘recruit and 
prepare undergraduate students’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘qualified as’’ after ‘‘to 
become’’; 
(4) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘programs to help scholar-
ship 
recipients’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘academic 
courses and early field teaching experiences de-
signed to prepare students participating in the 
program’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘programs that will result 
in’’ and inserting ‘‘such preparation as is nec-
essary to meet requirements for’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘licensing; and’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘licensing;’’; 
(5) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(iii)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘scholarship recipients’’ 
and inserting ‘‘students participating in the 
program’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘enable the recipients’’ and 
inserting ‘‘enable the students’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; 
(6) in subsection (a)(3)(A) by inserting at the 
end the following new clause: 
‘‘(iv) providing summer internships 
for freshman students participating in the 
program; or’’; 
(7) in subsection (a)(3)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘encourage’’ and inserting 
‘‘recruit and prepare’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘qualified as’’ after ‘‘to 
become’’; 
(8) by amending clause (ii) of subsection 
(a)(3)(B) to read as follows:
‘‘(ii) offering academic courses and 
field teaching experiences designed to pre-
pare stipend recipients to teach in elemen-
tary schools and secondary schools, includ-
ing such preparation as is necessary to 
meet requirements for teacher certification 
or licensing; and’’; 
(9) in subsection (a) by inserting at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT.—To be eligi-
ble for an award under this section, an institution 
of higher education (or consortia of such institu-
tions) shall ensure that specific faculty members and 
staff from the institution’s mathematics, science, or 
engineering departments and specific education fac-
ulty are designated to carry out the development and 
implementation of the program. An institution of 
higher education may also include teacher leaders to 
participate in developing the pedagogical content of 
the program and to supervise students participating 
in the program in their field teaching experiences. 
No institution of higher education shall be eligible 
for an award unless faculty from the institution’s 
mathematics, science, or engineering departments 
are active participants in the program.
‘‘(5) AWARDS.—In awarding grants under this 
section, the Director shall endeavor to ensure that 
the recipients are from a variety of types of institu-
tions of higher education. In support of this goal, 
the Director shall broadly disseminate information 
about when and how to apply for grants under this 
section, including by conducting outreach to Histori-
cally Black Colleges and Universities that are part 
B institutions as defined in section 322(2) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)) 
and minority institutions (as defined in section 
365(3) of that Act (20 U.S.C. 1067k(3))).’’; 
(10) in subsection (b)(1)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘scholarship or stipend’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and summer intern-
ships’’ after ‘‘number of scholarships’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘the type of activities pro-
posed for the recruitment of students to the 
program,’’ after ‘‘intends to award,’’; 
(11) in subsection (b)(1)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘scholarship or stipend’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
which may include a description of any existing 
programs at the applicant’s institution that are
targeted to the education of mathematics and 
science teachers and the number of teachers 
graduated annually from such programs;’’; 
(12) in subsection (b)(1), by striking subpara-
graph (C) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) a description of the academic courses 
and field teaching experiences required under 
subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii) and (B)(ii), including— 
‘‘(i) a description of the under-
graduate program that will enable a stu-
dent to graduate within 5 years with a 
major in mathematics, science, or engineer-
ing and to obtain teacher certification or li-
censing; 
‘‘(ii) a description of the field teaching 
experiences proposed; and 
‘‘(iii) evidence of agreements between 
the applicant and the schools or school dis-
tricts that are identified as the locations at 
which field teaching experiences will occur; 
‘‘(D) a description of the programs re-
quired under subsection (a)(3)(A)(iii) and 
(B)(iii), including activities to assist new teach-
ers in fulfilling their service requirements under 
this section; and