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 2008 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 2006-07 school year, are eligible for this award.  AP Exams taken in the current year (2007-08) are not factored into the scores of the winners.

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 courses.

Process:   The College Board’s Advanced Placement Report to the Nation recognizes the high schools with the strongest AP programs in the state, designated by academic discipline.   Invitations to nominate teachers for this award are sent to high schools with exemplary AP programs in math, science and technology.  Teachers must complete an application to be considered for this award.

Award:  Awards of $1,000 will be given to one math, science or technology AP teacher from each of the 50 states.  One teacher will be selected as the Siemens National AP Teacher of the Year and will receive a $5,000 award.

High Schools

The Siemens Foundation honors one high school per state in recognition of the schools that are leading the nation in AP participation and performance in science, math and technology, based on data from all schools participating in AP.

The College Board’s Advanced Placement Report to the Nation recognizes the high schools with the strongest AP programs in the state, designated by academic discipline.  The College Board uses data from this report to select the high schools and seeks to honor a broad range of schools with regards to factors such as size, private/public, rural/urban, and socio-economic background.  The selected high schools will be required to complete an application to be considered for this award.

$1,000 grants will be given to one math, science or technology AP high school in each of the 50 states to be used to support science and math education.

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 ext 5849.