The Marjorie Lee Browne STEM Education Fellowship is a paid, month-long summer program in Memphis, which offers STEM majors and minors of color hands-on teaching experience and mentorship at our camp for underserved middle schoolers.

KEY DATES AND INFORMATION:

Paid Summer Fellowship Dates: June 6 – July 2, 2027 in Memphis, TN
Application: Visit MTR’s Browne STEM Fellowship Overview & Application page to learn more and to apply. Applications open October 1st.
Early Deadline: November 18th at 11:59pm CST
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are undergraduate sophomores and juniors students of color majoring or minoring in a STEM subject with a minimum 2.75 GPA. We cannot sponsor international work visas.

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The Marjorie Lee Browne STEM Education Fellowship is designed to:

Inspire undergraduate persons of color to pursue careers in STEM education within underserved public schools in Memphis, TN
Equip fellows with a historical perspective of the Civil Rights Movement, Christian faith, and their intersection with education
Create pathways for underserved students to become scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and computer scientists

DETAILS of the fellowship include:

Four-week paid summer internship from June 6 – July 2nd, 2027
Housing is provided for all fellows in Memphis, TN for the duration of the fellowship at a local college dorm
$1,500 summer stipend (given during the fellowship in two payments) and $1,000 fellowship award (awarded upon completion of fellowship).
$300 food stipend plus weeknight dinners provided in the on-campus dining hall
Serve as a Teaching Assistant and Counselor at a math-focused STEM camp for rising 7th and 8th graders from underserved neighborhoods in Memphis who are passionate about math and science.
Intensive pedagogical and content training through the Memphis Teacher Residency internship experience, including mentoring from a Memphis teacher.
Additional summer trainings on cultural competencies, the Civil Rights movement, faith, and the impact of all three on education
Evening and weekend experiences to help explore Memphis and get to know other fellows.
An end-of-summer dinner recognizing and honoring the fellowship recipients

TO APPLY for the Browne STEM Fellowship, you must:

Be a sophomore or junior person of color enrolled in a four-year college/university. (If you are graduating before summer of 2027, please consider our residency program instead). Juniors (rising seniors) are preferred.
Be a STEM major or minor. or STEM education major or minor
Be interested in STEM education, especially in teaching in an under-resourced environment. Strong math knowledge and math background. You do not have to be an education major to participate!
Be a hard working and teachable leader with strong relational/interpersonal skills.
Have a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.75 or higher.
Have US Citizenship or Permanent Residency (Green Card)
Be able to work the entire camp employment term of June 6 – July 2, 2027.

Contact:

Michael Peterson – michael@memphistr.org

More About Memphis Teacher Residency

Memphis Teacher Residency (MTR) recruits, trains, and supports effective teachers in a Christian context. MTR believes educational inequality is among the greatest social justice and civil rights issues of today. MTR offers 3 ways to get involved in the work of Equal Education: 1 job for college seniors and alumni and 2 paid summer internships/fellowships for current college students.

HISTORY

MTR has been training teacher residents to serve students in under-resourced neighborhoods of Memphis, TN since 2009. Learn more about our program results at MemphisTR.org/results

MISSION

Christian Love Expressed in Equal Education

As a response to the gospel mandate to love our neighbors as ourselves, MTR will partner to provide students in Memphis neighborhoods with the same, or better, quality of education as is available to any student in Memphis by recruiting, training, and supporting effective teachers within a Christian context.

VISION

Restored Communities Living with Dignity and in Peace

The vision of MTR is to use our specific work within education, in partnership with other holistic organizations, to help restore communities so that all individuals can become empowered contributors to our city and people of all races and classes can engage with one another in peace.