The McNair Scholars Program:
A Proud Tradition at St. Edward's University Since 2003

Since 2003, the McNair Scholars Program has proudly and consistently attracted the best and brightest scholars who have taken full advantage of everything that the program has to offer. Numerous program alumni have gone on to be awarded fellowships and to be accepted into graduate programs across the United States where they have pursued and achieved their goals in doctoral, professional, and other graduate programs. Every year a new cohort is inducted into our program to continue the proud McNair Scholars tradition.

The goal of the McNair Scholars Program is to increase the attainment of doctoral degrees by students who come from underrepresented segments of society, and there is no question that the program is successful in fulfilling its mission to prepare participants for doctoral studies through involvement in research and other scholarly activities. Participants in the McNair Scholars Program come from disadvantaged backgrounds and have demonstrated strong academic potential. A majority are low-income and first-generation college students.  They're united in their goal to pursue doctoral studies.

The program provides funding for faculty-directed research that includes an incentive for scholars. In addition, McNair scholars benefit from visits to graduate schools they're interested in attending, academic counseling, course tutoring, attending professional conferences, preparing for GRE exams, and receiving advice and assistance with the graduate school selection and application process.

The McNair Scholars Program is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and by St. Edward's University.

The McNair Scholars Research Journal Vol. XII is now available.

We are pleased to present volume XII of our St. Edward's University McNair Scholars Program Research Journal.  Published scholars worked with a St. Edward’s faculty mentor to produce an original research project relevant to their discipline. The McNair Scholars Program congratulates our scholars on their publication and thanks the faculty members who were involved with the production of our journal.

Our journal can be found here.

2019-2020 McNair Cohort

McNair Scholars Program 2029-2020. Our most recent cohort was inducted on December 6, 2019.