Delta State University - McNair Research Scholars Program

The McNair Research Scholars Program is a federal TRIO program funded at 187 institutions across the United States and Puerto Rico by the U.S. Department of Education. The McNair Scholars Program prepares qualified undergraduates for entrance to a PhD program in all fields of study. McNair participants are either first-generation college students with financial need, or members of a group that is traditionally underrepresented in graduate education and have demonstrated strong academic potential. The goals of the program are to increase the number of first-generation, low-income and/or underrepresented students in Masters and Ph.D. programs, and ultimately, to diversify the faculty in colleges and universities across the country.