Program Description
The PSU McNair Scholars Program works with selected first-generation, low-income and under-represented undergraduates who want to pursue PhDs. McNair scholars conduct research under the supervision of faculty mentors and create effective strategies for getting into and graduating from doctoral programs.
We are accepting applications for the 2024 PSU McNair Scholars Program. The deadline for applications is November 24, 2023. Eligible juniors and seniors are encouraged to apply. Please see below or email remcnair@gestionhotel.net for more information.
PROSPECTIVE SCHOLARS
APPLICATION PROCESS
MCNAIR ONLINE APPLICATION
DR. RONALD E. MCNAIR BIOGRAPHY
MCNAIR JOURNAL
US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FUNDING
The Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program was established in 1986 by the U.S. Department of Education and named in honor of Challenger Space Shuttle astronaut Dr. Ronald E. McNair. The program, which has been at PSU since 2003, is funded by a five-year grant of $1,429,910.00 from the U.S. Department of Education and PSU institutional cost-share funds.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Portland State University is located in the heart of downtown Portland, Oregon in Multnomah County. We honor the Indigenous people whose traditional and ancestral homelands we stand on, the Multnomah, Kathlamet, Clac