Eligibility

Purpose
Background
Eligibility
Benefits

• U.S. citizen or permanent resident

• Either a **low-income, first-generation undergrad OR a member of a group underrepresented in graduate education (African American, Hispanic, Native American, Native Hawaiian)

• Sophomore (by Spring Semester), Junior or Senior (not graduating until at least the following December)

• Cumulative GPA of 2.9 or above

* Once admitted to the McNair program, Scholars are strongly encouraged to maintain full-time enrollment (minimum of 12 hours)

** Low-income status is determined by annual taxable household income limits set by the U.S. Department of Education. First-generation status refers to an undergraduate neither of whose parents earned a degree from a four-year institution of higher learning.