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The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program (McNair Scholars Program) provides opportunities for first generation and/or underrepresented undergraduate students to gain the knowledge and skills required to navigate a path to a PhD program following graduation. Baylor McNair Scholars gain experience through research and a variety of other scholarly activities while also being paired with Faculty mentors who help guide their research efforts.
Eligible students can apply to be a McNair Scholar as early as their Sophomore year.
For further information please contact us at mcnair@baylor.edu
Meet the Scholars
See More ScholarsBrian Adjetey
Major: Business Fellows
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Samuel Urlacher, Baylor 2021
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Samuel Urlacher, Baylor 2021
Anny Zheng
Major: Neuroscience
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Annie Ginty, Baylor 2021
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Annie Ginty, Baylor 2021
Vanessa Muniz
Major: Neuroscience
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gary Elkins, Baylor 2021
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gary Elkins, Baylor 2021
News
Read More NewsOct. 21, 2021
Know Your Neighbor Week
The Success Center is hosting and celebrating programs that shine a light on the many unique populations that makeup our wonderful Baylor community. Be ready to get curious about your extended Baylor Family, where they come from, what their experience is like, how you might be a good neighbor, and how they enrich our lives and the Baylor community and how you enrich theirs.
Jun. 21, 2021
Two Baylor Undergraduate Researchers Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
WACO, Texas (June 21, 2021) – Baylor University students Kate Rojales, a senior chemistry major from Milton, Georgia, and Alexis Simmons, a senior physics and mathematics major from Houston, Texas, have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program.
May 7, 2021
2020 Baylor grad’s life challenges fueling her passion (& studies) to help others
Treasure Ramirez’s Baylor mentor, Dr. Emily Smith, says her name is fitting: “She definitely is a Treasure to those who know her, and a gift to the world around her.” Today, Ramirez (BBA ’20) is a Baylor Ph.D. student, one year removed from earning a degree in economics and excelling as a member of Baylor’s first …
Dec. 17, 2020
McNair Program Adapts for Successful 2020 Research Conference
The annual Baylor McNair Research Conference draws students from more than 50 different universities nationwide and is one of the ways the program provides students with an opportunity to put their hard work on display while simultaneously gaining invaluable experience.