A Guide to the Ronald E. McNair Scholar Program

The Ronald E. McNair Scholar program is a federally funded program spanning across 151 collegiate institutions in the United States and Puerto Rico.  Designed by the U.S. Department of Education, the program is intended to prepare undergrads for Doctoral studies by immersing them in research opportunities and scholarly activities. Participants are either first generation college students, or members of a racial or ethnic group that has been oppressed in history leading to underrepresented percentages in Graduate education/Doctoral degrees.