Timeline

The planned McNair competition has been delayed. At this time, the Department expects to have a closing date for McNair applications in the fall of 2011. Please read the Open Letter to All Potential Applicants: PDF (380 K)

Federal Register Notices

Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for FY 2007 (December 1, 2006) PDF.

Current Application

Please note that the FY 2007 competition for the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program is closed. The archived application should be used for reference only.

Below is the "Application Instructions" document that was published on Grants.gov for the FY 2007 competition. The forms required to complete this package are not available in this document. Those forms are only available on Grants.gov while an application is available for submission. For your reference, the Department has provided a forms library. Some of the forms referenced in this document may be found in the forms library.

• FY 2007 Application Guidelines for the McNair Program (archived): MS Word (594K) | PDF (667K)

Tips and Assistance

FY 2012 Pre-application Workshops and Webinars: Nationwide workshops and webinars starting February 15, 2012 in Washington, DC.

Frequently Asked Questions: Here is a compilation of the answers we have provided in response to questions received from potential applicants under the FY 2007 Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement (McNair) Program competition. We hope this information will be useful as you prepare your McNair application.

Application Contacts

Eileen Bland
Office of Federal TRIO Programs
U. S. Department of Education, OPE
1990 K Street, N.W., Suite 7000
Washington, DC 20006-8510
Telephone: (202) 502-7600
E-mail: OPE_TRIO@ed.gov

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