The Noyce Track 1 project aims to serve the national need to address the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teacher shortage by preparing highly qualified STEM teachers through a teacher residency for highly qualified STEM professionals and recent graduates. Additionally, this project will support 18 scholars from STEM majors, including mathematics, biology, chemistry, and STEM elementary, by providing a 15-month immersive Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Residency followed by three years of mentorship (induction) support. The project will leverage eight years of a successful MAT Residency, which places pre-service candidates with a co-teaching mentor in one classroom for one year. Additional opportunities for Residents Include workshops led by STEM experts, planning and leading STEM events for K-12 audiences, and attending STEM teacher conferences. The proposed project components will enable high-achieving prospective teachers to become highly effective secondary STEM teachers or elementary teachers (with a STEM background) who will demonstrate higher effectiveness and greater positive outcomes among K-12 students and higher retention rates in the teaching profession. The project at Quinnipiac University (QU) includes partnerships with New Haven, East Haven, and Hamden school districts. Project goals include supporting six highly-qualified prospective K-12 STEM teachers per year, over three years, in Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, or Elementary Education