Seventeen Boston Public School Students Recognized For Outstanding Achievement
(Boston, MA - June 12, 2025) – As part of its longstanding commitment to supporting science education, Boston public media producer GBH today announced the 2025 recipients of the Paula S. Apsell GBH STEM Scholarship. Seventeen Boston public high school graduates will each receive a more than $2,000 award toward post-secondary STEM education.
The scholarship is named for Paula Apsell, Senior Executive Producer Emerita of the science series NOVA, which is produced by GBH and seen nationally on PBS. The scholarship application process is open to all Boston public high school seniors planning post-secondary education in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
“Congratulations to the 2025 cohort of Paula S. Apsell GBH STEM Scholars on taking this next step in their paths in medicine, engineering, science, and other fields that contribute to our understanding of the world,” said GBH President and CEO Susan Goldberg. “Inspiring curiosity is core to GBH’s mission, and we’re proud to support this talented group of Boston Public Schools students who will help answer the questions of tomorrow.”
The scholarship winners represent nine Boston public schools: Boston Adult Technical Academy, Boston Latin Academy, Boston Latin School, Charlestown High School, East Boston High School, John D. O’Bryant School of Math and Science, Josiah Quincy Upper School, New Mission High School, and Snowden International High School. They plan to study STEM related fields at colleges and universities across the country this fall, including Boston University, Cornell University, Harvard University, and Middlebury College.
The scholarship, which launched in 2020, is endowed by GBH for 10 years. To date, 78 students representing high schools from across the city have been awarded the Paula S. Apsell GBH STEM Boston Public Schools Scholarship for their future studies. More about the students can be foundhere.
The 2025 Paula S. Apsell GBH STEM Scholarship Recipients
About GBH
GBH is the leading multiplatform creator for public media in America. As the largest producer of content for PBS and partner to NPR and PRX, GBH delivers compelling experiences, stories and information to audiences wherever they are. GBH produces digital and broadcast programming that engages, illuminates and inspires, through drama and science, history, arts, culture and journalism. GBH is the creator of such signature programs as MASTERPIECE, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, FRONTLINE, NOVA, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and Arthur and Molly of Denali and a catalog of streaming series, podcasts and on-demand video. GBH’s television channels include GBH 2, GBH 44, GBH Kids and national services GBH WORLD and Create. With studios and a newsroom headquartered in Boston, GBH reaches across New England with GBH 89.7, Boston’s Local NPR; CRB Classical 99.5; CAI, the Cape and Islands NPR station and as a partner to NEPM in Springfield. Dedicated to making media accessible to and representative of our diverse culture, GBH is a pioneer in delivering media to audience members who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind and visually impaired. With PBS LearningMedia, GBH creates curriculum-based digital content for educators nationwide. GBH’s local programming includes Boston Public Radio, Stories from the Stage, The Culture Show, and High School Quiz Show. GBH has been recognized with hundreds of the nation’s premier broadcast, digital and journalism awards. Find more information at gbh.org.
