Awards
Outstanding
Mathematics Teacher Awards
LATM Lifetime
Service Award to Mathematics Education
LATM Travel Grants
The Carol Meyer Scholarship Award
QSM Grant Program
Outstanding
Mathematics Teacher Awards
The Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics (LATM) honors
outstanding elementary (K-4), middle (5-8), and high (9-12) school
mathematics teachers from participating schools each year. We also
honor an outstanding new teacher who is in his/her first three years
of teaching. This award will go to a teacher who has completed one,
two, or three years of teaching with the completion of the third year
being no later than the end of the 2025-2026 school year. Current
members and immediate past members of the LATM Executive Council are
ineligible to apply.
If
the nominee is not a current member of LATM, a membership form must
accompany the award application. The membership form can be found
under the membership
link on
this website.
LATM Lifetime
Service Award to Mathematics Education
The Lifetime
Service to Math Education Award recognizes an LATM member for
distinguished service in the field of mathematics education. LATM
members in good standing are invited to share in the selection process
by sending nominations and a rationale for each nomination to the
current LATM President via
a provided link
for review by the selection
committee.
The
award is designed to recognize an LATM member who has made
extraordinary contributions to the advancement of math education in
mathematics and/or mathematics teaching over a significant period of
time. The recipient may be a former LATM officer, a current or former
school administrator, state department of education employee, elected
official, or other individual who meets the stated criteria. The
nominee must have been a member of LATM for a minimum of 5 years.
Nominations should be submitted via this
nomination form by
May 31, 2026.
LATM Travel Grants
The Louisiana Association of
Teachers of Mathematics is awarding up to $3000 in travel grants with
each grant awarded worth up to $500 to offset the expense of attending
the 2025 LATM Conference in Baton Rouge. The money can be used to cover conference registration,
short course registration, lodging, meals, parking, and/or travel. There
are two types of grants are offered: attendees and presenters.
LATM Presenter Travel Grant Application
- closed
LATM Travel Grant Applications
for the 2025 LATM/LSTA Joint Conference are now closed.
The Carol Meyer Scholarship Awards
The Louisiana
Association of Teachers of Mathematics is pleased to honor the
memory of Carol Meyer, an elementary school mathematics teacher
who died unexpectedly at an early age. Carol loved mathematics and
was a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in
Mathematics and Science Teaching. She was an outstanding math
teacher and a fervent worker on the LATM executive board. She was
always generous in sharing her love of math with her students and
fellow teachers.
In Carol's memory, the Louisiana
Association of Teachers of Mathematics is pleased to award two
$500.00 scholarships each year to college upperclassmen with a
declared major in elementary education, mathematics education, or
mathematics. In addition to the scholarship, the awardees shall
receive complimentary LATM student memberships. It is our hope
that another future outstanding mathematics teacher or
mathematician will be helped along the way by thisaward.
Requirements:
1)College
undergraduate with at least 40 hours completed
2)Declared
major in elementary education, mathematics
education, or mathematics
3)Anticipated graduation date after May 2026.
4)Attend
a Louisiana University in Louisiana
QSM
- Quality
Science & Mathematics Grant Program
Looking for a way to purchase instructional materials for
your math, science, or STEM class? Then consider applying
for a Quality Science & Mathematics (QSM) grant! The QSM
Grant Program was established by R.S. 17:374 of the
Louisiana Legislature in the summer of 1992 for the
purpose of providing MATHEMATICS and SCIENCE PUBLIC SCHOOL
TEACHERS public school teachers with non-consumable
instructional materials and equipment to regular classroom
teachers of mathematics, science, and STEM courses. The QSM program has funds to award approximately
$162,000 in grants to eligible classroom teachers for the
2025-2026 school year.
Grants of up to $2000 for
approved materials and equipment will be awarded on a
competitive basis to individual Louisiana public school
teachers to use in providing standards-based classroom
instruction. Applicants must show that their proposals
will enhance the quality of instruction for regular
education students who are enrolled in mathematics,
science, or STEM classes.
The 2025-2026 Cycle is
now closed.
For more information about the program and to apply,
please visit
https://www.lsu.edu/caincenter/programs/qsm-grant
or email
qsminfo@lsu.edu.
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The Quality
Science and
Math (QSM)
Grant Program
is now
accepting
grant
applications
for the
2025 2026
grant cycle.
PK-12 public
school
teachers who
are looking
for a way to
purchase
instructional
materials and
equipment for
their math,
science, or
STEM class
should
consider
submitting a
proposal
starting July
2025!
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Grants will be
awarded on a
competitive
basis to
individual
Louisiana
public school
teachers for
materials and
equipment that
will be used
to provide
quality,
innovative,
and
standards-based
instruction in
Math, Science,
or STEM.
Proposals
should focus
on
implementing a
specific
project such
as a lesson,
unit, or
module in the
classroom, and
they must
demonstrate
how the
project will
enhance the
quality of
instruction
provided to
students.
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QSM GRANT
ELIGIBILITY &
INFO
·
Grants of up
to $1,000 are
awarded to
PK4-2nd grade
teachers, $1,500 to
3rd-5th grade
teachers, and $2,000 to
6th-12th grade teachers
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Applicants
must be
full-time
classroom
teachers
assigned to
teach math,
science, or
STEM
courses/subjects
in a PK-12
public regular
education
program
·
Public charter
school and
university lab
teachers are
eligible
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Application
Deadline:
Sunday, September 7, 2025
- Now Closed
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To apply,
please access
the grant
portal by
going to https://www.lsu.edu/caincenter/programs/qsm-grant
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CONTACT
Ali
Wolfe, QSM Grant
Administrator
Gordon A. Cain
Center for
STEM Literacy
Louisiana
State
University
Office:
225-578-0778
Email: qsminfo@lsu.edu
Website: lsu.edu/qsm
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