Aid Programs
Florida Fund for Minority Teachers/ Minority Teachers Education Scholarship (MTES)
Contact: College of Education Office of Recruitment, Retention, and Multicultural Affairs, G415 Norman Hall, (352) 392-9195, ext. 21; www.coe.ufl.edu/web/?pid=59
Eligibility: African-American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian-American/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaskan Natives; must be a Florida resident, have a minimum 2.5 GPA, be newly admitted into the teacher education program (or have no more than 18 upper-division education credits), maintain a 2.5 GPA each semester while in the scholarship program, and teach one year in a Florida public school for each year the student receives the scholarship
.Deadline: July 1, fall; November 15, spring
Value: $2,000 per semester for two years (four semesters) and in special circumstances can be extended an additional year
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