Application & Eligibility
Application - All applications are due Friday, February 1, 2008 by 5:00 pm
All application materials are in Microsoft Word - Please be sure to download all three documents
1. Application
2. Fact Sheet
Eligibility
To be eligible to become a McNair Scholar, you must:
- Be a continuing junior or senior at the University of Arizona. The McNair Program is for undergraduate students who are at least one year away from graduation.
- Intend to pursue a Ph.D. after graduation (professional degrees such as medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, or law are not eligible).
- Have a 3.0 minimum cumulative GPA.
- Be first-generation-college and low income:
1. First-generation-college: having parents or guardians who
have not earned a baccalaureate degree.
2. Low-income: please see the Federal TRIO Programs
Annual Low Income Levels below.
2007 Annual Low Income Levels
(Effective February 2007 Until Further Notice)
|
Size of Family Unit |
48 Contiguous States, |
Alaska |
Hawaii |
|
1 |
$15,315 |
$19,155 |
$17,625 |
|
2 |
$20,535 |
$25,680 |
$23,625 |
|
3 |
$25,755 |
$32,205 |
$29,625 |
|
4 |
$30,975 |
$38,730 |
$35,625 |
|
5 |
$36,195 |
$45,255 |
$41,625 |
|
6 |
$41,415 |
$51,780 |
$47,625 |
|
7 |
$46,635 |
$58,305 |
$53,625 |
|
8 |
$51,855 |
$64,830 |
$59,625 |
For family units with more than eight members, add the following amount for each additional family member: $5,220 for the 48 contiguous states, the District of Columbia and outlying jurisdictions; $6,525 for Alaska; and $6,000 for Hawaii.
The term "low-income individual" means an individual whose family's taxable income for the preceding year did not exceed 150 percent of the poverty level amount.
The figures shown under family income represent amounts equal to 150 percent of the family income levels established by the Census Bureau for determining poverty status. The poverty guidelines were published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 15, January 24, 2007, pp. 3147-3148.