We are accepting applications for our 2025-2026 cohort, which will begin in the fall quarter of 2025. The application deadline is August 8.

Application Components

• UC Davis McNair Scholars Program application
• Personal statement
• Two letters of recommendation
• Transfer students need to provide us with their college transcripts. Current UC Davis students are not required to submit transcripts. We have access to your grades via Oasis.
• Financial information (If you are submitting official tax documents, please erase Social Security numbers. If official tax information is not available, please complete the verification of income form).
• Verification of income-dependent form
• Verification of income-independent form

This program is not open to students pursuing professional degrees in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, business management, or law.

If you have any questions, please email Juan Cervantes at jmcervantes@ucdavis.edu or mcnair@ucdavis.edu.