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2024-25 McNair Scholars Program Application

Interested in applying to the McNair Scholars Program?  Attend one of our Information Sessions.

Info session dates will be announced soon!

If you have any questions, contact mcnairscholars@colorado.edu

Faculty, Staff, & Instructors:

We encourage the nomination of outstanding students to apply to become McNair Scholars. Please click the link below to nominate a student.

  Nominate a Student

Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program:

The McNair Scholars Program is a federal TRIO program funded at 206 institutions across the United States and Puerto Rico by the U.S. Department of Education. It is designed to designed to provide disadvantaged college students with effective preparation for doctoral study through involvement in research and other scholarly activities. McNair participants are undergraduate students who have demonstrated high academic potential and are either first-generation college students with financial need, or members of a group that is traditionally underrepresented in graduate education as defined by federal TRIO regulations.

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