Learn about our 2024 Research Interns successful summer in our campus letter here and their research projects here.
Interested in earning a doctorate?
Winthrop's TRiO McNair Program prepares undergraduates to be successful in research doctorate programs. We serve outstanding first generation college students from low-income families and undergraduates from groups underrepresented in graduate education. To learn more about program outcomes, check out our program flyer.
The deadline to ensure application consideration for 2024-25 is November 1. We accept applications between Labor Day and May graduation. For more information about applying and eligibility, visit our application webpage.
Summer 2024 Research Interns at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta
Learn more about the Legacy of Dr. Ronald E. McNair by watching Dr. Jordan Lewis' address to Florence School District 3 students availalabe here, our latest Challenger anniversary letter posted here, and our Scholars' outstanding summer research abstracts and outcomes here.
Congratulations to Emory-Alexis Lewis for being voted the 2024 Scholar Among Scholars!
We are thrilled to welcome Marian Moorer, MSW, our new Program Assistant! 
McNair services help participants increase their competitiveness for, apply to, and succeed in master's and doctoral programs. The program provides transformational research and graduate admissions supports and professional development opportunities throughout the junior and senior years. At Winthrop, this includes, but is not limited to, a paid summer research experience; faculty mentoring; quantitative and verbal reasoning prep; writing and stats & methods coaching; graduate admissions and funding application guidance; and travel to present research and explore graduate programs. At least two-thirds of every Winthrop McNair cohort are first-generation college students who meet the TRiO low-income definition. Up to the remaining one-third of each cohort meet McNair federal eligibility as an undergraduate from a racial or ethnic group underrepresented in graduate education.
Winthrop's program is funded through September 2028 by a five-year renewable TRiO grant from the U.S. Department of Education. $272,364 in federal funding is provided each year for programming and materials that will help 30 eligible students prepare for graduate study. This represents 74% of program costs. Winthrop contributes the remaining 26% of the budget with approximately $94,930 in cash and in-kind funds.
To learn more about the impact of Winthrop's Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, check out our program flyer, this Winthrop Magazine, or the article about McKenzie Bennett, NSF Graduate Research Fellow, on page 17 of this Winthrop Magazine (or this press release). Helping Scholars secure funding for doctoral studies is one of McNair's services. To learn about our Scholars' award winning research, visit our summer research page, see Scholar Monejah Black's story, or check out http://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/mcnair/.
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Biography
Other sources of information about Dr. McNair include: His life story throughout Story Corps (Eyes on the Stars), Remembering the Challenger Disaster (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAQcAQWn3UY), and his academic accomplishments (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1BalnZZx9s).
Information about applying to the program is available here.
Winthrop McNair Digital Commons
We continue to work with the good folks in Winthrop's Dacus Library to update our Digital Commons pages. In the meantime, here are the last three volumes of the Winthrop McNair Research Bulletin.
Winthrop McNair GEPA Statement on Equitable Access
Winthrop McNair Graduate Associateship (filled through spring 2025)
