McNair Fellowship

For First Year Graduate Students
Amount: $15,000, plus a tuition scholarship and student health plan enrollment

The McNair Program was named in honor of Ronald E. McNair, the African-American astronaut who died in the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. First-year UK graduate students from undergraduate universities and colleges who are participants in the McNair program are eligible to be nominated for this competitive fellowship.

Criteria for Eligibility:

  • Undergraduate university or college participation in the McNair Scholarship Program
  • Acceptance to the UK Graduate School—professional programs not eligible
  • Enrolling for their first term of study in the program in an upcoming summer session or fall semester
  • No previous graduate or professional degrees from UK
  • Undergraduate grade point average of 3.2 or above

Award
Amount: $15,000, plus a tuition scholarship and student health plan enrollment
Deadline
03/29/2023
Supplemental Questions
  1. This fellowship requires a nomination from your UK Director of Graduate Studies (DGS). Has your DGS nominated you for this fellowship?
  2. Please upload a completed DGS Nomination Form for this fellowship (see link at bottom of page for download)
  3. Please provide documentation of your participation in the McNair Scholars Program
  4. Please enter you current, cumulative undergraduate GPA
    • If your GPA is not on a 4 point scale, please enter the scale below, along with any other information that might make your GPA easier to evaluate. If your GPA is on a 4 point scale, put N/A.
    • Please enter your undergraduate level GPA
  5. Please upload a copy of your unofficial transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate institutions you have attended (combined into a single file). If there are any grades you wish to provide an explanation for (such as an Incomplete grade), please do so in the additional comments section.
  6. GRE/GMAT Percentiles (If you have not taken either, or have taken a different graduate level admission examination, enter "000" in each field and upload either your scores from another examination or a document that explains why you have no scores listed).
    • 1. Verbal Reasoning Percentile
    • 2. Quantitative Reasoning Percentile
    • 3. Analytical Writing Percentile
    • 4. Integrated Reasoning Percentile (Only for GMAT, otherwise enter "000")
    • 5. Please upload an unofficial copy of your GRE, GMAT, or other graduate level admission examination scores. If your program does not require a graduate level examination, upload a document indicating so.
  7. Please upload a Resume or Curriculum Vitae.
  8. FERPA Rights
    • 1. Please select one:
    • 2. Please indicate that you understand the following:
  9. Please enter the name and email of 2 individuals that can serve as references for your application. If you have not already, please notify your references that they will receive a reference request from Blackbaud Award Management soon.
    • Reference 1
    • Reference 2
  10. Personal Statement
  11. If there are any additional comments, details, or clarifications you wish to include regarding your application for this fellowship, enter them in the box below; otherwise, leave this field blank.
  12. I hereby agree that all information contained in these additional responses is true to the best of my knowledge. I also agree to share this information with those making fellowship award decisions, and understand that all information I have provided will be verified before any fellowship is awarded. Further, I agree to allow my name and program of study to be submitted to UK Public Relations for a possible press release upon acceptance of an award. I also understand that by submitting this information I am in no way guaranteed to be awarded a fellowship.
    • Electronic Signature (Full Name)
    • Today's Date
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