{"id":64,"date":"2019-01-28T07:47:38","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T07:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/mcnairscholarsprogram\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2025-10-14T16:26:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:26:03","slug":"eligibility-and-benefits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/mcnairscholarsprogram\/eligibility-and-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Eligibility and Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Eligibility<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>A participant must meet the following requirements before becoming a McNair Scholar:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Be a first generation college student (neither parent\u00a0completed a four-year degree) and financially qualified as defined by the US Department of Education; <strong>OR<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Be from an underrepresented group of graduate\u00a0education (African-American, Hispanic-Latino, Native American and Alaskan, other Pacific Islander\/Native\u00a0Hawaiian)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>All participants must also meet the requirements below:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Be a Jackson State University undergraduate student<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Be either a sophomore entering junior status or a\u00a0junior at the time of acceptance<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Have a 2.75 GPA or higher<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Be a U.S. citizen or permanent legal U.S. resident<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Aspire to pursue a doctoral degree (i.e., Ph.D. or Ed.D.) in your field of choice<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Have not previously earned a four-year degree<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Be committed to participating in scheduled enrichment programs and Summer Research Internship<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Program Benefits<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Research Stipend<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Travel Support\u00a0(only for research and conference attendance)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Summer Housing (only for involvement in onsite research activities)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Graduate School preparation seminars<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Graduate School Tours<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Faculty Mentor Guidance<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Research Internships<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Professional Development<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Networking Opportunities<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a class=\"scss3b-button scss3b-button-bluegray\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/mcnairscholarsprogram\/apply\/\">Interested in applying?<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Eligibility A participant must meet the following requirements before becoming a McNair Scholar: Be a first generation college student (neither parent\u00a0completed a four-year degree) and financially qualified as defined by the US Department of Education; OR Be from an underrepresented group of graduate\u00a0education (African-American, Hispanic-Latino, Native American and Alaskan, other Pacific Islander\/Native\u00a0Hawaiian) All participants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/mcnairscholarsprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/mcnairscholarsprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/mcnairscholarsprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/mcnairscholarsprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/mcnairscholarsprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/mcnairscholarsprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":586,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/mcnairscholarsprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions\/586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/mcnairscholarsprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}