The McNair Scholars Program is a federal TRIO program funded across the United States and Puerto Rico by the U.S. Department of Education. It is designed to prepare undergraduate students for doctoral studies through involvement in research and other scholarly activities. McNair participants are first-generation college students with financial need who have shown strong academic potential. The McNair Scholars Program is focused on research and is therefore not designed for students who intend to pursue professional degrees such as medicine, law, or business management.
The McNair Scholars Program provides year round services to prepare participants for acceptance into quality graduate programs of their choice.
- Workshops and seminars provide information on such topics as selecting a graduate school, the graduate school application process, graduate financial aid, library research skills, technical writing, strengthening academic skills, Graduate Record Examination preparation and more.
- Faculty research mentors help students formulate their research interests and develop their research skills.
- We provide individualized assistance to help students with their undergraduate academic needs (planning, counseling, tutoring, GRE preparation, and application process.) and to help identify graduate schools and special programs of interest. Also, we assist in admission to graduate programs of choice.
- Networking and making new friends with the same interests. Plus access to information and opportunities that one normally wouldn't hear about.
- A summer research internship for 18 students is provided during each summer. Benefits include working with a faculty mentor, a stipend (up to $2,800 summer research stipend) and up to 3 units of independent study credit.
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Program Services
- We are happy to offer the following services to UC Davis McNair Scholars:
- Academic advising
- Publication opportunities
- Funding for travel to research conferences
- Pre-graduate school advising
- Research presentation assistance
- Professional development training
- Study area
- Class schedule planning
- Budgeting for grad school assistance
- Basic career counseling
- Mentoring by graduate students and staff
- Assistance in selecting a faculty research mentor
- Technical writing assistance
- Graduate Record Exam (GRE) preparation