Friday 12/18/09
McNair Academic Year Applications Due - APPLY HERE!
NSF Scholarship Applications Due - APPLY HERE!
Arts, Humanities, and Social Science Scholarship Applications Due - APPLY HERE!
Friday 1/15/10
Graduate Visitation Program Applications Due - APPLY HERE!
Monday 2/1/10
Xerox Undergraduate Research Fellows Applications Due - APPLY HERE!
McNair Summer Program Applications Due - APPLY HERE
What is the Kearns Center?
The David T. Kearns Center at the University of Rochester focuses on the creation of replicable and scalable educational models that will increase the number of low-income and historically underrepresented individuals pursuing undergraduate, graduate and professional education. The Kearns Center partners with the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, the Xerox Corporation, the Ford Foundation and a host of private donors to promote the successful engagement of a diverse student body in higher education.
The Kearns Center acts as the umbrella stucture for the following programs:
Pre-College Programs
Upward Bound Classic Program
Upward Bound Math Science Program
Thomas Jefferson Merchants of Hope
College Programs
Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program
National Science Foundation Scholars
Xerox Undergraduate Research Fellows
Graduate Visitation Program
Graduate Programs
GEM Fellows
National Consortium of Visiting Dissertation Scholars
Kearns Center Mission
The mission of the David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity in Arts, Sciences and Engineering at the University of Rochester is to expand the educational pipeline through the doctoral degree for low-income, first-generation college, and underrepresented minority students.
