Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement (McNair) Program

The summary for the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement (McNair) Program grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement (McNair) Program: To provide grants for higher education institutions to prepare low-income, first generation college students, and students from groups underrepresented in graduate education, for doctoral study. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Currently, there are McNair Program grantees with both four and five-year grant award cycles that expire in FY 2003, FY 2004, and FY 2005, respectively. However, to compete for a new four or five-year grant award, all applicants, including those that have five-year grants that expire in FY 2004 and 2005 must submit an application under the FY 2003 competition. Grantees whose grants expire in FY 2004 and FY 2005: If such a grantee is successful under this competition, its new award cycle will begin when its existing grant expires on either October 1, 2004 or October 1, 2005 subject to the availability of funds.