McNair Scholar Eligibility Criteria
- Second- or third-year students with a minimum of 60 credits completed by the end of
the academic year and at least one more year of undergraduate enrollment.
75 or higher cumulative GPA
- American citizen or US permanent resident
- Strong interest in completing a graduate degree
- Strong interest in completing a research project
- First generation college student AND income eligible
-- OR --
Member of a population underrepresented at the graduate level (American Indian/Native
American, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Native Alaskan, Native Hawaiian/Pacific
Islander)
