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Benefits of Participation

New! Undergraduates interested in the McNair program have the opportunity to apply for housing in the Living / Learning Center and become part of a vibrant residential learning community. With this arrangement - subject to customary room and board fees - participants reside in a McNair Program Suite, interact on a regular basis with current McNair Scholars, and engage in a project of service to the university community.

Once selected formally to the program, McNair Scholars at UVM receive these benefits at no cost:

• Mentoring and research opportunities with faculty
• Summer research internship with generous stipend payment
• Summer room & board
• Laptop computer and software
• Technology training
• Research and laboratory supplies during summer internship
• An Individual Education Action Plan (IEAP)
• McNair Seminar for credit
• Tutoring services
• Disability services
• Academic and career advising
• Travel to professional seminars, conferences and graduate schools
• Specialty workshops
• GRE preparation
• Graduate school application assistance
• Group public service involvement
• Interaction with other TRiO program participants on campus
• Group cultural and social activities

TRiO / McNair
The McNair Scholars Program is a federal Trio program funded through a grant from the US Department of Education.

Last modified November 07 2006 10:17 AM