Applications for 2025 McNair scholars will open in October, 2024.
US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FUNDING
The Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program was established in 1986 by the U.S. Department of Education and named in honor of Challenger Space Shuttle astronaut Dr. Ronald E. McNair. The program, which has been at PSU since 2003, is funded by a five-year grant of $1,429,910.00 from the U.S. Department of Education and PSU institutional cost-share funds.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Portland State University is located in the heart of downtown Portland, Oregon in Multnomah County. We honor the Indigenous people whose traditional and ancestral homelands we stand on, the Multnomah, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Tumwater, Watlala bands of the Chinook, the Tualatin Kalapuya and many other indigenous nations of the Columbia River. It is important to acknowledge the ancestors of this place and the sacrifices forced upon them. In remembering these communities, we honor their legacy, their lives, and their descendants.