Additional Services and Benefits
UNC McNair Scholars enjoy many additional services and benefits, such as:
- Individualized attention and support from McNair staff
- UNC McNair peer mentoring program
- Membership in a community of scholars, created by your fellow UNC McNair colleagues
- Entry into academia through engagement in scholarly activities and networking
- Opportunities to develop and practice networking skills
- Opportunities to present and publish research
- Financial support for
- conference attendance and presentations
- your independent research project
- visits to prospective graduate programs
- graduate school application fees - many grad programs nationwide waive application fees for McNair Scholars!
- completion of the GRE
- Opportunities to engage in a variety of cultural events and activities (including the culture of academia)
Additionally, many of our past scholars have noted further benefits, such as
- opportunities to cultivate lasting personal relationships with their fellow McNair scholars and with their faculty mentors
- increased confidence in conducting and presenting research
- increased academic self-efficacy
Visit our testimonials page for more from our past scholars!