Frequently Asked Questions Is the McNair Program a scholarship?
No. Its full name is the Ronald E. McNairlink Post baccalaureate
Achievement Program and it prepares undergraduate students to
become scholars with Ph.D.'s and participants in the program are
referred to as McNair Scholars.  Who is eligible for the McNair
program?  The program is open to UW-RF students who have
completed their sophomore year (45-60 credits) with a GPA of 3.0
or higher, who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents, who are
defined as "first-generation" (neither parent/guardian obtained
a Bachelor's degree), low-income (under 150% of the federally-
determined poverty level) students OR are students from groups
traditionally underrepresented in doctoral study (i.e. Native
American, Latino, Black (non-Hispanic), and, in some fields,
women), and who are academically motivated and committed to
pursuing a Ph.D. Advanced degrees, such as M.D., MBA, J. D.,
DDS, and DVM, do not qualify.  How does the McNair program
prepare students for gr