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McNair Graduate Fellowships
The University of Alabama Graduate School awards a limited number of McNair Graduate Fellowships. These fellowships are specifically for entering graduate students who have either completed a McNair Scholars program as an undergraduate or who are McNair eligible (low income AND first-generation college student or from minority groups underrepresented in graduate education). Preference is given to students who have completed a McNair program and have applied to a Ph.D. program at The University of Alabama.
The service-free stipends for these fellowships will be $15,000 for the academic year and carry a scholarship to pay full tuition for up to 15 hours for fall and spring semesters in each academic year, according to the basic UA schedule for in-state/out-of-state tuition and fees. The Graduate School will provide single health insurance coverage for each recipient. Departments may elect to add a graduate assistantship up to .50 FTE to the first two years of the McNair Graduate Fellowship. A student must be enrolled full-time and maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average to remain eligible for the fellowship.
Following two years of stipend and tuition support from the Graduate School, the student’s home department will be required to continue to support the McNair Graduate Fellow for at least an additional two years through departmental research and teaching assistantships.
Nominations may be made by department or by student (with departmental support and funding commitment) beginning January 2008. For more information contact Dr. Natalie Adams, Assistant Dean of the Graduate School, at nadams@ua.edu or visit us at www.graduate.ua.edu.
