February-May, 2008 Ongoing	New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science: Voices in Science
February 16, 2008	Nanoscience Education Workshop--TBA
March 26-29, 2008	Faculty Workshop on Nanoscale Science & Engineering Workshop--Alabama A&M University
June 23-26, 2008	NSF Summer Institute on High-Rate Nanomanufacturing and Energy Challenge--Northwestern University
June 26-28, 2008	Higher Education Equity Publication Workshop for Junior Faculty--The Hilton of Santa Fe, NM
July 6-10, 2008	XVII Computation Methods in Water Resources (CMWR) 2008 Conference--San Francisco, CA

Center for the Environmental Implications RFP
This solicitation requests proposals to create a national Center to conduct fundamental research and education on the implications of nanotechnology for the environment and living systems at all scales. The Center will address interactions of naturally derived, incidental and engineered nanoparticles and nanostructured materials, devices and systems (herein called "nanomaterials") with the living world.

Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) (required): December 10, 2007
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time): March 17, 2008
Full proposals may ONLY be submitted by invitation from NSF

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The title NM EPSCoR is an acronym that stands for New Mexico Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research . NM EPSCoR fulfills this title by gathering resources and expertise from academic institutions, our national labs, private industry, and state and federal sources to benefit education, the environment, and the New Mexico economy.

The ' NEW' NM EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) grant, funded by the National Science Foundation, targets interrelated research and development opportunities of direct, immediate, and passionate concern to New Mexicans.

Events
January 24-26, 2008	Nanoscience Education Workshop--NMT
January 25, 2008	Dr. Robert S. Bowman to Receive NM Earth Science Award-NM Roundhouse
March 7, 2008	Workshop on New Mexico Hydrologic Resources: Measurements, Modeling, and Online Tools--NM Tech
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Funding Opportunities

New Mexico University Scientists and Engineers Eligible to Apply for Funding via NASA EPSCoR Program
New Mexico may submit two research proposals for up to $750,000 each for a three-year performance period. Up to one proposal per state will be funded.

Pre-proposal due midnight January 22nd to pahynes@nmsu.edu
Full proposal including university certification due midnight March 7 to pahynes@nmsu.edu

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News

Documents

Download 2006 Annual Report

Download NM EPSCoR Brochure

Download NM EPSCoR Original Proposal

Click Here to Download Evapotranspiration studies at the University of New Mexico

Click Here to Download Water Modules

Click Here to Download Nanoscience Workbook

Dr. Kristin Bennett Stepping Down as Program Manager for DOE EPSCoR

Dr. Kristin Bennett, program manager for DOE EPSCoR, will be leaving the Department of Energy effective Feb. 1, 2008 to pursue other career goals and interests. Kristin has supported the mission of the Office and the Department for over five years in Basic Energy Sciences as a program manager in both the Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering and the Scientific User Facilities Division. She has led the EPSCoR program with energy and vision and has created a strong path forward for the program.

Dr. Tim Fitzsimmons of DMSE has agreed to serve as interim DOE EPSCoR program manager. Dr. Fitzsimmons may be contacted at 301-903-9830 ( Tim.Fitzsimmons@science.doe.gov ) .

Call for Abstracts for VII Computational Methods in Water Resources (CMWR 2008) conference: Ecoinformatics for Water Resource Modeling Session
DUE: JANUARY 25, 2008

January 15, 2008

The XVII Computational Methods in Water Resources (CMWR 2008) conference will be held from July 6-10, 2008 in San Francisco, California, continuing the tradition of 16 previous biennial meetings held in North America and Europe.

The solicitation calls for presentations on new and recent research into ecoinformatics techniques to enable dramatic improvements in the ease of finding, assessing, and linking hydrologic data to water resource models. In particular, submissions that address information modeling and organization of hydrologic databases and languages for exchanging water data to support water resources data and model interoperability are encouraged.

For Further Information on the Conference Click Here

To Submit Abstract Click Here

NM EPSCoR Executive Committee Member, Dr. Rob Bowman, Receives NM Earth Science Award

January 7, 2007

Dr. Robert S. Bowman will be presented with the New Mexico Earth Science Achievement Award for outstanding contributions advancing the role of earth sciences in areas of applied science and education in New Mexico on January 25, 2007. Click Here for Full Story

NM EPSCoR Professors Receive STC Funds

December 17, 2007

NM EPSCoR Professors Plamen Atanassov and Gabriel Lopez are part of a group of UNM researchers were awarded $25,000 to further their project, " Multiplex Immunosensors for Rapid Diagnostics of Infectious Disease". Click Here for Full Story

William Michener Named NM EPSCoR Director

William Michener has been named the Director of NM EPSCoR. He has been feverishly working on the new NM EPSCoR proposal and looks forward to continuing to be new director into the next round.

New Mexico EPSCoR Program is funded in part by the National Science Foundation award EPS-#0447691 and the State of New Mexico. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.