NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

该项目汇集了来自工程学院和艺术与科学学院的学术和财政支持服务单位的教师和同事，以招募学术才华和经济困难的学生进入工程，计算机科学，物理科学和数学课程的学习。有助于该项目的智力价值的关键组成部分包括：连接奖学金获得者与教师导师;使用高年级本科生作为研究小组导师;并使学者获得研究经验，无论是在新墨西哥州或其他私人和政府的研究机构的大学。除了考虑学生的平均成绩，推荐信的质量和学生的简历外，申请过程还需要提交一份与目标相关的论文。该项目的更广泛影响体现在奖学金提供的机会，使更多的新墨西哥州学生留在该州，在政府实验室和该州其他私营行业获得职业机会。此外，招收学术合格但经济困难的学生正在帮助新墨西哥州的许多农村社区，那里的学生过去接受高等教育的机会有限。

This project brings together faculty and colleagues in academic and financial support services units from the School of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences to recruit academically talented and financially needy students into courses of study in engineering, computer science, physical science, and mathematics. Key components that contribute to the intellectual merit of the project include: connecting scholarship recipients with faculty mentors; use of upper division undergraduates as study group tutors; and enabling the scholars to gain research experience either at the University of New Mexico or other private and governmental research establishments. In addition to considering a student's grade point average, the quality of recommendation letters, and the student's resume, the application process also requires submission of a goal-related essay. The broader impacts of this project are seen in the opportunity the scholarships give to keep more New Mexican students in the state with career opportunities in government laboratories, and other private industries within the state. In addition recruitment of academically qualified yet financially needy students is helping many of New Mexico's rural communities where students have had limited opportunities in the past for access to higher education.