NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

该项目汇集了工程学院和文理学院的学术和财务支持服务单位的教职员工和同事，以招收有学术天赋和经济困难的学生参加工程、计算机科学、物理科学和数学等课程的学习。有助于该项目学术价值的关键部分包括：将奖学金获得者与教师导师联系起来；使用高年级本科生作为学习小组导师；使学者能够在新墨西哥大学或其他私人和政府研究机构获得研究经验。除了考虑学生的平均绩点、推荐信的质量和学生的简历外，申请过程还要求提交一篇与目标有关的论文。该项目的更广泛影响体现在奖学金提供的机会上，让更多的新墨西哥学生留在该州，获得在政府实验室和该州其他私营行业就业的机会。此外，招收学业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，这些社区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.