Students:

If a student has earned grades of 5 on AP science and math exams, they may be eligible for a $2,000 – $5,000 scholarship.

Scholarships in the amount of $2000 are awarded to students from each of the 50 states who have earned the greatest number of AP grades of 5 in eight exams. Each state potentially has two winners, one male and one female. Two additional national winners (one male, one female) are awarded a $5000 college scholarship. The exams are:

There is no application for this award. Students must be enrolled in high school in Spring 2010 when the award is announced.  A student must attain a score of 5 on at least two of the exams listed above to qualify.  If multiple students have the same number of AP exams with scores of five, composite exam scores are used as the tiebreaker.  High school or homeschooled students in the United States, who have taken any AP Exam during the 2008-09 school year, are eligible for this award.  AP Exams taken in the current year (2009-10) are not factored into the scores of the winners.

Students receive AP Grade Reports during the summer for review. It is the student’s responsibility to check the grade report for accuracy and to ensure that all AP grades are listed on the report.  Students receiving multiple reports must contact the AP Program to merge these into one record. Any corrections must be resolved before September 15, 2009 in order for the corrected data to be included for this award.

Students may be awarded a state or national AP award only once, although state winners may be considered for the national award in subsequent years.

Children of employees of either the College Board or the Educational Testing Service are not eligible for this award.

Teachers

Eligibility:  This award recognizes AP teachers in math, science and technology for their exemplary teaching and enthusiastic dedication to AP both inside and outside the classroom.   Nominees must have a minimum of five years of teaching experience in the math, science or technology AP courses.

Process:   The College Board’s Advanced Placement Report to the Nation includes participation and performance data for each state within the context of its population and racial/ethnic demographics. Using data from this report, invitations to nominate teachers for this award are sent to high schools with exemplary AP programs in math, science, and technology. Other factors such as size, private/public, rural/urban and socio-economic background of schools are considered in keeping with the Siemens Foundation's goal to recognize teachers from a broad spectrum of schools. Teachers must complete an application to be considered for this award.

Award: One AP math, science or technology teacher from each of the 50 states will be recognized and his or her high school will receive a $1,000 grant to be used for math, science or technology education.  One of the 50 teachers will be selected as the Siemens National AP Teacher of the Year and his or her high school will receive a $5,000 grant.

The recipients of the awards are notified in the spring. If you have any questions, please contact the College Board at 1-800-626-9795.