The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program is a comprehensive graduate school preparatory program structured to prepare first-generation, limited-income, and underrepresented undergraduates for successful careers as graduate students, professors, and professional researchers. We prepare students to enter graduate studies through scholarly enriching activities that support the development of their researcher identity and research framework.

At the University of Idaho, the McNair Program provides services to at least twenty-five students yearly. McNair Scholars participate in academic and summer graduate preparatory activities throughout their time in the program. Our Scholars are motivated students who have both the desire and the potential to earn a doctoral degree.