Teacher Fellowships
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Level 2
The Summer Research Placement
For fellows who apply and are selected for it, the professional development experience extends into a four-week, in-person research placement each June–July at a participating Army Research Center, working directly under the supervision of an Army scientist or engineer mentor.
What it involves
- Full immersion. Fellows work directly alongside their assigned Army scientist or engineer mentor as an active contributor to real, ongoing research.
- Hands-on access to Army research infrastructure. Fellows use the same tools, techniques, and technologies as their mentor's team, in emerging, trans-disciplinary fields such as cybersecurity, nanotechnology, and robotics.
- Direct mentorship. Each fellow is paired with one Army scientist or engineer for the full four weeks.
- Feeds the capstone lesson plan. The research experience becomes the raw material for the classroom lesson plan the fellow co-develops with their paired Level 1 fellow.
160 hrson top of the Level 1 professional development experience
$4,800 stipendplus travel, housing, and per diem reimbursed
How You’re Placed
The additional Level 2 application materials — resume, lesson/unit plan, and two letters of recommendation — aren't only used to decide who's accepted. They're also what the program uses to place accepted fellows: each fellow is matched to an Army Research Center and a specific scientist or engineer mentor based on the subject they teach and their own research background and interests, as reflected in that application material.
A biology teacher, for example, is placed with a mentor doing biomedical or life-sciences research rather than materials science or robotics — the goal is a placement that connects directly to what the fellow will bring back to their own classroom.
Level 2 sites change year to year, but several labs host fellows again and again. Most fellows fly to their placement rather than drive, and travel, housing, and per diem are reimbursed. The site list is confirmed each spring. Here are some sites that commonly host fellows:
- Aberdeen, MDAberdeen Proving GroundResearch Focus: Materials and protection
- Adelphi, MDDEVCOM Army Research LaboratoryResearch Focus: Electronics and computing
- Vicksburg, MSEngineer Research & Development CenterResearch Focus: Environmental and civil
At a glance
Who
Grades 5-12 Teachers
Levels
Level 1 or Level 2
Cost
None
Program Year
January–August
Application Close Date
November 16, 2026
Other ways educators work with us
Lesson Plan Library
Standards-aligned lessons written by past fellows, ready to download and teach.
K–12 · free[View]
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