Ronald E. McNair Scholars at The University of Texas at Austin

Thank you for providing your recommendation for an applicant to UT-Austin's McNair Scholars.

The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program is part of the federally funded TRIO education programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education and the only one primarily focused on students’ postbaccalaureate success. Open to enrolled undergraduates from any discipline, McNair Scholars seeks to increase the number of undergraduate students earning doctoral degrees who are low-income and first-generation. McNair Scholars, named in honor of astronaut, physicist, and saxophonist Dr. Ronald E. McNair, was established by an act of Congress in 1989. UT-Austin has maintained its program since 2007. To learn more about the program, please visit our website.

Program participants must be serious about and committed to enrolling in graduate programs with the end goal of completing a Ph.D. Your recommendation will help program staff determine whether or not there is a mutual good fit between the program and the applicant. Thank you for your support of smart and ambitious students, and thank you for your candid assessment.

For questions, please contact Dr. Nabeeha Chaudhary <nabeeha.chaudhary@austin.utexas.edu> and Dr. Eric Dieter <ericdieter@austin.utexas.edu>.