Additional Services and Benefits

UNC McNair Scholars enjoy many additional services and benefits, such as:

• Individualized attention and support from McNair staff
• UNC McNair peer mentoring program
• Membership in a community of scholars, created by your fellow UNC McNair colleagues
• Entry into academia through engagement in scholarly activities and networking
• Opportunities to develop and practice networking skills
• Opportunities to present and publish research
• Financial support for 
  • conference attendance and presentations
  • your independent research project
  • visits to prospective graduate programs
  • graduate school application fees - many grad programs nationwide waive application fees for McNair Scholars!
  • completion of the GRE
• Opportunities to engage in a variety of cultural events and activities (including the culture of academia)

Additionally, many of our past scholars have noted further benefits, such as

• opportunities to cultivate lasting personal relationships with their fellow McNair scholars and with their faculty mentors
• increased confidence in conducting and presenting research
• increased academic self-efficacy

Visit our testimonials page for more from our past scholars!