• Solar Energy

    NM EPSCoR researchers will help New Mexico transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy by improving the state's ability to use solar energy.

  • Uranium Transport and Site Remediation

    NM EPSCoR brings together chemists, engineers, geologists and resource managers to better understand how New Mexico's uranium resources can be used sustainably with minimal impacts on water, ecosystems, and human health.

  • Geothermal Energy Resources and Sustainability

    The Geothermal Energy team will develop a statewide collaborative research program to develop geothermal energy as a viable and sustainable resource in New Mexico.

  • Register today for the 2014 All Hands Meeting!

    Join us for the first All Hands Meeting for the Energize New Mexico project! You can now view the draft agenda online. Register today!

  • Bioalgal Energy Development

    By investing in large- and small–scale facilities and critical instrumentation for algal cultivation and processing, NM EPSCoR researchers will address issues unique to the bio-algae industry in the desert southwest.

  • Call for Applications: STEM Faculty Summer Research Program

    New Mexico EPSCoR is accepting applications for the STEM Faculty Summer Research Professional Development Program. Faculty members at any public (including Bureau of Indian Education) 2 or 4--‐year New Mexico institution of higher education that does not offer STEM PhD degree programs are eligible to apply.

Energize New Mexico

New Mexico's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NM EPSCoR) is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to build the state's capacity to conduct scientific research. Faculty and students from NM universities and colleges are working to realize New Mexico's potential for sustainable energy development. NM EPSCoR is also cultivating a well-qualified Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workforce and supporting a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.

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News & Opportunities

UNM professor is focused on fate of uranium in water

The following was written by Karen Wentworth for UNM Today on April 15, 2014 José M. Cerrato, a new assistant professor in the UNM Department of...

By the Numbers: 5 weeks – 1305 miles – 6 schools – 71 people

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EPSCoR & Project Related Events

Call for Applications: STEM Faculty Summer Research Program
Date: May 2, 2014, 5:00 pm
Location: Send applications to Dana.McArthur@sfcc.edu
State Standards and the Informal Science Education Community
Date: May 16, 2014, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Location: Whitfield Wildlife Conservation Area, Belen