Up to six (4) McNair Graduate Fellowship awards will be made available for the Academic Year 2007-2008.  These are specifically for entering students who either have completed McNair Programs at their undergraduate institutions or who are McNair eligible (refer to www.mcnair.colostate.edu/qualifications.asp  for more information).

McNair programs, funded by the Department of Education, are found at many top universities, including Colorado State.  Their purpose is to encourage bright undergraduates, through intellectual and practical program enhancement, to attend graduate school. They serve populations that have traditionally been underrepresented in the ranks of graduate students.

Nation-wide, McNair programs have proved very successful in preparing their participants for the challenges of advanced education and research. McNair students have sophisticated understandings, insights, and expectations, unlike many entering graduate students who may take years to develop them. McNair Scholars constitute an excellent recruitment pool.

The Awards are for $7,500, paid over 2 semesters, and must be paired with a minimum quarter-time (10 hours per week) graduate assistantship from the department, which pays tuition depending upon the type of assistantship awarded.  Students must be US citizens or permanent residents, newly admitted for the Fall 2007 semester, and registered for (RI) campus instruction and be enrolling full-time. The McNair Graduate Fellowship awards are non-renewable. A 3.0 GPA will be sufficient for these awards.  The deadline for nominations is March 2, 2007.  Awardees will be selected and departments notified by March 15.

For further details of McNair eligibility or to identify applicants who are McNair Scholars, please contact Valerie Gallegos at (970) 491-3745

You may access the McNair Graduate Fellowship nomination procedures and form at:   www.mcnair.colostate.edu/financial.asp