McNair Scholars at UNCG
The Graduate School at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro offers application fee waivers to McNair Scholars applying for graduate study to any one of our 62 master's or 15 doctoral programs.
To obtain the application fee voucher and a graduate admission application packet, please go to our materials request form and make sure to select I am a McNair Scholar when you are prompted to complete the McNair Scholar program participant section of the form.
As a program participant, you will also be required to verifiy participation in the McNair Programs, such as a letter from your McNair director. Please enclose it along with your completed voucher form and graduate application when submitting materials to The Graduate School Office. The Graduate School at UNC Greensboro will waive the application fee.
Thank you for your interest in our graduate programs! Best wishes in all your academic and professional pursuits.
About the McNair Scholar Program
The Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program recognizes that the diversity of researchers is integral to scholastic excellence. It seeks to produce a new generation of scholars and researchers that will more accurately reflect the growing diversity in intellectual perspectives, life experiences, and cultures represented in Academia.
The program was named for Dr. Ronald E. McNair, the second African American astronaut. The goal of the program is to increase the number of students in doctoral degree programs who are low income and first generation undergraduates or students who come from groups underrepresented in graduate education; particularly African American, Hispanic/Latino, and American Indian/Alaska Natives.
McNair Scholars can participate in both academic year activities and, for those selected, summer research opportunities. Both programs pay stipends to participants.
In 1998, 99 programs throughout the nation have worked with approximately 2,500 low income, first generation students or students from groups underrepresented in graduate education. Each of the McNair Programs encourage and prepare their students for doctoral study and careers in college teaching and research.
As a result of participating in the McNair Program, Scholars gain demonstrable skills, acquire valuable knowledge about graduate education and how to access it, and increase their chances of applying for and being successful in doctoral study. In addition, McNair Scholars will become familiar with the research environment of a major university and establish a supportive network of professionals and peers.
The McNair Scholars Program is funded by the United States Department of Education through a TRIO grant.