About the McNair Program

Targeted disciplines for the McNair program here at CU are the arts, humanities, and social sciences. In our program you will engage in research with a faculty mentor as your guide, you will share your knowledge with others in various arenas, and you will travel to conferences to present your work.

Benefits:

• $2800 stipend to complete a 9-month research project
  (Only students who have completed their sophomore year are eligible for this amount.)
• Close relationship with a tenured faculty mentor
• Present research findings at local McNair conference/colloquium
• Access to McNair computer lab, free research-related copies
• Free computer classes, constructed especially for McNair scholars
• An opportunity to do original research as an undergraduate -- an impressive feat!
• GRE preparation in senior year, help applying to graduate schools.

Eligibility:

• 1st generation/low-income or a member of a group that is underrepresented in graduate education*
• CU-Boulder undergraduates successfully matriculating through a degree granting program
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or legal resident
• 2.8 minimum GPA preferred
• Completion of at least 60 credit hours
• Student should seek advanced degree in areas such as ethnic studies, communication, arts, humanities, and social sciences.

*http://www.ed.gov/programs/triomcnair/eligibility.html. Specifically, underrepresented racial minority groups currently include: African American; Chicano/a, Latino/a, Hispanic; American Indian or Alaskan Natives.