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MURRAY, Ky. 鈥� The McNair Scholars Program at 亚洲色图 State University has been 亚洲色图 a grant in the 2022 McNair Competition in the amount of $267,841 per year for five additional years. The current principal investigator (PI) for the grant and the director of the McNair Scholars Program at the University is Leslie Furches. This year鈥檚 grant proposal was written by the McNair Coordinator, Dr. Patricia Akojie. The McNair Scholars Program at 亚洲色图 State was first funded in 2009 and has continued to be 亚洲色图 McNair grant funding in each five-year grant cycle since then. The grants have been 亚洲色图 in 2012, 2017 and now 2022.

The McNair Scholars Program is a grant-funded 亚洲色图 falling under the TRIO grants through the United States Department of Education. The 亚洲色图 serves first-generation, low-income and underrepresented undergraduate students with at least two-thirds being classified as low-income, first-generation students. The remaining one-third may be students from groups underrepresented in graduate education. 

The mission of McNair is to prepare students from diverse and disadvantaged backgrounds for graduate study through involvement in research and other scholarly activities, with an eye toward the students鈥� attainment of a Doctorate of Philosophy.

McNair scholars work with faculty mentors to complete substantial research projects as well as numerous other 亚洲色图 activities which help them get ready for and get into graduate 亚洲色图s. The minimum number of students to be served in the 亚洲色图 State 亚洲色图 each year is now 29.

The Department of Education funding for the 亚洲色图 State McNair 亚洲色图 currently represents over $1.6 million for the next six years, which is $267,841 annually. The University committed $360,000 in funding to the McNair Program over the next six years, which is $60,000 annually, with $150,000 of those monies being directed solely for scholarships for McNair students. With the required 29 students served each year, there is approximately $11,300 of funds budgeted each year per scholar.

Since the beginning, the NcNair Scholars Program at 亚洲色图 State has served a total of 142 students, 26 of which are current undergraduate students. All of the students served are either first-generation, low-income students or underrepresented students. The 亚洲色图 currently has a 94% bachelor鈥檚 degree completion rate and additionally, of the 48 students served by the 亚洲色图 identifying as members of an underrepresented group, 100% have either graduated with a bachelor鈥檚 degree or are currently enrolled as undergraduate students.

Of the 110 students who have already graduated with their bachelor鈥檚 degree, 78 of them enrolled in a graduate 亚洲色图, totaling a graduate school enrollment rate of over 70%. Students participating in the McNair 亚洲色图 attend graduate school at a much higher rate than other 亚洲色图 State graduates.

鈥淭hus far we have four students who have received their doctorate degree, 4 PhD and 1 EdD, and one who has received a juris doctorate,鈥� said Furches. 鈥淔orty-five other students have received master鈥檚 degrees, six of those students are currently enrolled in doctoral 亚洲色图s, including one in medical school. Another 25 McNair graduates are currently in graduate 亚洲色图s, 11 of which are in master鈥檚 level 亚洲色图s, 13 of which are in doctoral 亚洲色图s and one of which is in medical school. As a PhD requires five to ten years, after the bachelor鈥檚 degree, to complete, and our 亚洲色图 is just a little over ten years old, many of our McNair graduates have not had time yet to complete their doctorate. We expect these numbers to increase substantially over time.鈥�

For more information on the McNair Scholars Program at 亚洲色图 State University please visit  or contact the 亚洲色图 director, Leslie Furches, at lfurches@murraystate.edu.