MTSU McNair scholars enjoy a variety of benefits including:

• Opportunity to work closely with a faculty mentor
• Academic, personal and career counseling
• Course credit for research activities each semester and summer (junior and senior years)
• Paid summer research internship
• Automatically eligible for fee waivers and graduate fellowships at supporting institutions
• Special assistance in GRE preparation
• Graduate admissions by McNair staff
• Travel monies for professional conferences
• Travel monies for graduate school visits
• Assistance in preparing a personal statement and other graduate school application materials