NM STEM Directory

4-H Programs Statewide
Provides extensive youth programs as part of regional district extension programs and partnering with various NMSU colleges to promote technology, science and math in existing and new 4-H programs.

ADVANCE
The program supports institutional transformation by increasing the number of female tenure-track faculty in STEM fields at NMSU. A diverse faculty will bring New Mexico’s diverse student population into the science and technology career pipeline, improving its high-tech competitiveness for the 21st century.

Advanced Placement – New Mexico
The Advanced Placement (AP) Program, a national nonprofit educational association of colleges, universities and high schools, monitors introductory-level college curricula and then designs courses, materials, and professional development to deliver the curricula in middle schools and high schools. National examinations are administered to measure the knowledge and skills of students who have taken AP courses. The program encourages colleges and universities to grant credit and/or advanced placement to students representative of their achievement.

Agricultural Science Summer Undergraduate Research and Education
The program increases interest among underrepresented student in agricultural science careers, through chili breeding and genetics research.

Albuquerque Biological Park
The Albuquerque Biological Park is the Albuquerque Aquarium, Rio Grande Botanic Garden, Rio Grande Zoo and Tingley Beach. Our mission is to provide the public with exciting recreational opportunities and to foster environmental awareness, education and stewardship.

Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate
This statewide alliance of doctoral granting institutions provides funding for underrepresented doctoral students.

Alliance for Minority Participation
An endurance contest between remote controlled robots, participants are issued a kit at game introduction time and are then given six weeks to create their robot before the competition, developing project management and teamwork skills and learning about the design-to-market life cycle.

CEMELA
The Center for the Mathematics Education of Latinos/as (CEMELA) is an interdisciplinary, multi-university consortium focused on the research and practice of the teaching and learning of mathematics with Latino students in the United States.

Center for Excellence in Teaching
The Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) supports effective and innovative teaching in the public schools and universities of New Mexico. The CTE encourages teachers to use a wide variety of successful teaching and assessment strategies. By offering several grants, publications and workshops, the CTE helps teachers learn and share successful strategies with others.

Center for Hands-On Learning
The Center for Hands-On Learning is a nonprofit corporation founded and run by teachers, dedicated to helping everyone keep learning. We create curriculum and materials that are educational, easy to use, and fun for after-school groups, classrooms, and schools.

Center for Research Excellence in Bioinformatics and Computational
The Center is involved in the development of computational models that integrate the use of multiple complex sources of data to enhance understanding of biological systems.

Chemical Olympics
The program organizes competitions in chemistry experimentation to increase interest in chemistry/sciences among secondary school students.

College Assistance Migrant Program
Promotes academic success among first-generation college students from migrant families by providing 75% of the costs of housing and meal plans, funding training stipends, book stipends, art and cultural activities.

Earths Birthday Project
Earth’s Birthday Project’s mission is to educate children about the Earth by engaging them in observation and inquiry. We provide hands-on science and math activities based on Amazing Bugs and other living organisms to PS-9 schools throughout New Mexico. We support teachers’ professional development with workshops founded on the same inquiry-based approach as our activities for students.

Education Talent Search
The program conducts ongoing and comprehensive college preparation advising for middle and high school, first-generation, low-income students and their parents.

ENLACE in New Mexico
Central New Mexico, Office of Special Programs
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
505-277-5481
http://www.unm.edu/~enlace/

Southern New Mexico ENLACE – New Mexico State University
University Communications Office
P.O. Box 30001, MS C3K
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-0001
505-646-3221
http://www.nmsu.edu/

Northern New Mexico ENLACE – Santa Fe Community College
6401 Richards Avenue
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
505-428-1000
http://www.santa-fe.cc.nm.us/

Environmental Design Contest
Students teams design solutions for real-world problems while developing fully operational bench-scale models that are presented to panels of judges comprised of environmental professionals.

Environmental Educators Association of New Mexico
The Environmental Education Association of New Mexico is a nonprofit organization which provides, promotes, and enhances quality environmental education by offering New Mexicans opportunities for professional development, communication, and partnership.

Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
Provides supplemental grant funding for research, with a focus at NMSU on nanotechnology and hydrology. Funding also supports workshops for 4th-12th grade teachers around the state

explora!
Explora: creating opportunities for inspirational discovery and the joy of lifelong learning through interactive experiences in science, technology and art.

Gadsden Math Initiative
Professional development for math teachers to align curriculum and improve instruction.

Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs
GEAR UP is a six year U.S. Department of Education funded grant to increase the number of students who graduate from high school prepared to complete the college program of their choice.

Grant Partnership between CS and Distance Education
Creating a virtual computer science program partnering with Northern New Mexico College (Espanola), Southwest Poly Technical Institute (Albuquerque), and Navajo Community College (Crown Point).

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant
Funds from this grant are being used to meet various goals, including the revamping of introductory biomedical courses; the development of an undergraduate scholarship program; the creation and operation of a mobile lab that visits high school students around the state; refresher courses for 40 teachers each year; and funding for labs for new MAT in science.

Idea Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence
Funds faculty members involved in biomedical research grants statewide; junior and tribal college outreach.

IEE/WERC Summer Academy
An experience in scientific environmental and engineering discovery, designed to provide student and teacher opportunities to conduct educational investigations.

Innovative Digital Education and Learning in New Mexico
Statewide eLearning Services for P-12, Higher Education, and State Agency training.

Innovative Educators
Innovative Educators is dedicated to providing superior conferences and training sessions focused on the most critical and relevant issues facing educators today. Through our interactive conferences, both face-to-face and online, we create a fun and relaxed environment that encourages and supports the exchange of ideas. Our primary goal is to provide participants with the information, training and skills necessary to immediately implement positive change at their institutions. As active leaders in the field of education, we believe in supporting our community through philanthropic partnerships.

Inquiry Facilitators
Inquiry Facilitators, Inc., a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 corporation, was founded in 2002 initially to assist teachers and students in using student research as a teaching/learning method in secondary education. Workshops, student research expos, and assistance to students conducting research projects were our primary focus. Office space was secured in 2005, along main street Bernalillo, New Mexico, when it was learned that If, inc. had been selected the official host committee for the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

Institute for Math and Science Education
This organization includes a broad range of mathematics and science research and outreach grants. The institute is a long-term leadership effort to build and coordinate K-20 STEM Education efforts at NMSU and across the state of New Mexico. The institute fulfills NMSU’s land grant mission by serving over 20 partner districts and their schools from Raton to Hobbs to Gadsden.

Invent Now® Kids (INK)
INK, a nonprofit organization, provides out-of-school-time programming that not only aligns with state and national education standards, but places 21st century skills at its forefront. INK programs foster creativity, innovation, and problem-solving skills, while encouraging the development of teambuilding and collaboration skills. Unique to enrichment programming, Invent Now Kids programs transcend socio-economic demographics and cognitive aptitude – creating equity in education. INK program models can be utilized in any school setting with turnkey ease of operation. The programming is all-inclusive – all curricula, step-by-step instructions, and materials necessary to make a lasting impact on children are provided. Participation in INK programming gives teachers practical experience in the methodology used to effectively teach STEM subjects, which can then be taken back and applied to the classroom. Visit www.invent.org

Invent Now® Kids (INK), presents Camp Invention and Club Invention
Camp Invention and Club Invention programs are offered locally, with national support. Out-of-school-time programming that not only aligns with state and national education standards, but places 21st century skills at its forefront.

La META
Provides 2-week residential summer immersion courses for middle school math teachers from Albuquerque and the Gallup area, with Saturday followups. Emphasizes problem solving and reasoning while modeling effective instruction.

Las Lunas Secondary Math Summer Institute
Summer Institutes and classroom follow-up to support newly adopted secondary math curricula.

Los Alamos National Labs Community Programs
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) sponsors a broad variety of Science Education and Outreach programs designed to inform and engage regional students, teachers, and community members in science topics and activities.

Los Alamos National Labs Math & Science Academy
LANL sponsors paid internships for high school, undergraduate and graduate students who participate in summer and year-round technical and administrative activities that complement their academic degree focus areas while contributing directly to the programmatic work of the Laboratory. LANL also sponsors a large program of formal multi-year research internships for postdoctoral researchers. Additionally, the Laboratory sponsors the Northern NM Math and Science Academy, a three year professional development program for K-12 teachers in participating school districts.

Manufacturing Technology Bridge
Exposing students to STEM subjects and inspiring them to go on to college entering math, science and technology fields and careers beyond.

Master of Science for Teachers
The Master of Science for Teachers Program at New Mexico Tech (NMT) is a unique graduate program in which educators obtain a Master of Science degree in a content-oriented environment. Only one two week session on campus is required with the remaining requirements available via Distance Education (DE). Many educators take MST courses simply to improve their mathematics and science knowledge as part of a professional development program.

Math Achievement through Technology Rich Intervention for the Future
Partnership between New Mexico, Ohio, Kansas, California, Pennsylvania and Texas to increase mathematical achievement through technology rich interactions using mobile technology to engage youth in mathematics learning.

Math and Science Academy
MSA is a virtual academy that operates in a school as a school-approved professional development program. Teachers involved in MSA invest 200 hours of collaboration and training time each school year. Teachers receive a stipend for the hours they spend learning and working together. The learning commences in the summer with an intense, three week training session: The Summer Institute. Teachers may enter a Masters of Arts in Teaching Math and Science program through New Mexico State University, a 36 hour program, in conjunction with MSA. During the school year teachers meet after school for collaboration and planning. Defining concepts and learning goals, book studies, sharing best practices, and looking at student work are some areas of focus of the weekly meetings. MSA staff and coaches are in the classrooms regularly for informal observations and coaching, especially in math. MSA teachers from all sites collaborate online and use technology as a way to enhance learning.

Mathematically Connected Communities
Unites mathematicians and educational researchers and public school leaders in improving achievement in math statewide by preparing middle school teachers to teach mathematics in line with national/state standards, while addressing the diverse learning needs of students.

Mathematics Engineering Science Hybrids
Provides summer institutes for secondary school students and teachers that combine math and another scientific discipline in a meaningful application. The course materials will also be offered in accessible web-based courses for high school and community college students.

MATHSTAR
A collaborative with Texas, Colorado, and California developing technology based professional development and student learning materials.

MC2
MC2’s mission is to improve student achievement and the teaching and learning of middle school mathematics by building a statewide learning community of mathematics educators, mathematicians, and public school leaders.

Medicinal Plants of the Southwest Project
Six-week summer intensive field-based workshop designed to encourage underrepresented students to develop into graduate researchers.

Minority Access to Research Careers
Increasing academic opportunities for undergraduate, underrepresented students in the research fields in the biomedical sciences by providing stipends for tuition and related expenses, attendance at national conferences, publishing in national journals, and other support.

Minority Biomedical Research Support-Research Initiative
Increasing academic opportunities for underrepresented students in the research fields in the biomedical sciences.

Minority Institution Cancer Center Partnership Program
The program is sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and provides undergraduate science students at NMSU an opportunity to assist in research, and to intern at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington.

Multi-disciplinary Learning Games Initiative
Research laboratory for studying the effectiveness of learning games with student audiences.

Museum of Natural History and Science
The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science is a natural history and science museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico near Old Town Albuquerque. The Museum was founded in 1986.

NASA Digital Media Lab
Supports NASA’s educational program through students’ access to digital learning resources serving NASA Explorer Schools across the nation.

NASA Explorer Schools
Provides professional development to 5th~8th grade science and math teachers with a focus on aerospace curriculum.

NASA Outreach
The Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP) is a cooperative program between the states of Florida, New Mexico, New York, and Texas. SATOP is a FREE service designed to provide technical assistance and speed the transfer of space technology to the private sector. By giving FREE technology assistance to small businesses, SATOP helps them solve their challenges and increase their chances of succeeding.

New Mexico Council of Teachers of Math
The New Mexico Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership and professional development to support teachers in ensuring equitable mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students.

New Mexico Geographic Alliance
The New Mexico Geographic Alliance is an organization of educators and citizens committed to the enhancement of geographic education in New Mexico schools.

New Mexico Junior Science Academy
The Junior Academy promotes student research, participation in science fairs, and an annual written and oral technical paper competition. The New Mexico Academy and New Mexico Junior Academy encourage students to participate in this competition, through which they have unique opportunities to learn a crucial part of scientific work: communicating their work to others.

New Mexico Learning Network
Vision: Advance eLearning in New Mexico
Mission: Our mission is eLearning innovation with a strategic focus to improve access and learning effectiveness Who we are: A community of eLearning Practitioners, Professionals, and Advocates. This community includes multiple sectors (i.e. K-12, Higher Education, Government, and Business/Industry). http://nmln.pbworks.com/

New Mexico MESA
For over 25 years, NM MESA has strived to provide year-round academically enriched activities for under-represented students throughout New Mexico. My desire, and that of all individuals involved with this pre-college program is to prepare students for college majors and careers in mathematics, engineering, science or technically related fields. http://nmmesa.org/

New Mexico Museum of Space History
The mission of the museum is to educate the people of New Mexico and our visitors from around the world in the history, science, and technology of space. The museum stresses the significant role that the state of New Mexico has played in the development of the U.S. Space Program through collecting, preserving, and interpreting significant artifacts relevant to the history of space.

New Mexico Partnership for Mathematics and Science Education
The New Mexico Partnership for Mathematics and Science Education is an organization of individuals and institutions that are committed to improving the quality and the quantity of education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and other related fields in the state of New Mexico. It is affiliated with the National Association of State Science and Mathematics Coalitions (NASSMC).

New Mexico Science Teachers Association
The New Mexico Science Teachers Association (NMSTA) mission is to provide a network for educators throughout the state to work collaboratively towards improving science education from pre-kindergarten through college. The NMSTA assists classroom teachers by providing guidance and strategies through professional development opportunities to enhance science education.

New Mexico Space Grant Consortium
The Consortium funds a variety of faculty and students for research, recruitment and retention, student projects, a partnership to support student learning about space – student, faculty, and community learning.

New Mexico Tech Alternative Licensure Program
The Alternative Licensure Program at New Mexico Tech serves both degreed persons and undergraduates interested in obtaining a New Mexico Secondary Teaching License. The program for undergraduates is restricted to math and science teaching fields. A person with a bachelor’s degree and 30 credit hours in any teaching field can secure a job teaching and has 3 years to complete 18 hours of education course work. Our courses are held in the evenings on the New Mexico Tech campus.

NM GEAR UP
NM GEAR UP stands for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs. The program is funded by the U.S. Department of Education to increase the number of students who graduate from high school prepared to complete the college program of their choice. The grant has been approved for a six-year period from 2006-2012. In NM GEAR UP Schools, the entire class of seventh graders remains in the program each successive year until they graduate from high school in 2012. Currently, 29 high schools in 21 districts comprise the 6,100 NM GEAR UP student cohort. That’s about 25% of all 9th graders in New Mexico!

NMSU Rise Program
The overall goal of the NMSU RISE Program is to increase the interest, skills, and competitiveness of students in pursuit of biomedical and biobehavioral research careers. The program offers support for student developmental activities, which can include research experiences at on- or off-campus laboratories, professional and academic skills enhancement, summer research workshops, and travel to scientific meetings.

Northern New Mexico Network
Northern Network staff and school teachers/principals have participated in setting NM math and science standards. Northern Network schools (29 school districts) have received much assistance and professional development to map their math and science curricula against the NM standards and to adopt the most appropriate curriculum, particularly in mathematics.

Partnership for Adaptation, Implementation and Dissemination
This award supports a faculty alliance that seeks to best utilize the diverse labor force of New Mexico for the 21st century by expanding participation in academic careers in the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at three Ph.D. granting institutions: New Mexico State (NMSU), New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT), and University of New Mexico (UNM). In addition, a training pipeline for students and post-doctoral fellows, targeting AGEP students, will be provided by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) as a non-funded participant.

Pathways in Computer Science
To increase the number of students succeeding in key computer science laboratory coursework.

PED Math Specialist
The Math and Science Bureau was created in July 2006 with funding from the Legislature and the support of Governor Richardson and Secretary Garcia. The concept of a unit within the PED that “will inject expertise into the system at every level from the building level to the state department level, and will build and support infrastructure” was originally proposed in a New Mexico 1st Town Hall Meeting on Math and Science Education held in November 2005.

PED Professional Development Bureau
The Professional Licensure bureau determines qualifications for and issues licenses to teachers, administrators, and other instructional personnel in New Mexico. We also provide technical assistance to individuals seeking licensure and to local school officials who must hire licensed staff.

PED Science Specialist
The NM Apprenticeship Program, administered by the Public Education Department (Career-Technical and Workforce Education Bureau), falls under the state Apprenticeship Assistance Act, which authorizes the program, provides for an advisory committee, establishes criteria for training, and allows the division to make rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of the act.

Pre-Freshman Engineering Program
Preparing achieving secondary school students for college level coursework and careers in STEM through participation in 6-week summer academically intensive program.

Project 2012
The goal of Project 2012 is for New Mexico students to be among the nation’s leaders in math and science achievement. Each Chapter of Project 2012 addresses steps for successful implementation for improving K-12 Math & Science education in NM.

Project GUTS
Project GUTS — Growing Up Thinking Scientifically — is a summer and after-school science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) project for middle school students based in Santa Fe, New Mexico and serving northern New Mexico. Growing up thinking scientifically means learning to look at the world and ask questions, develop answers to the questions through scientific inquiry, and design solutions to their problems.

Project Lead the Way
Pre-engineering career path oriented activities designed to interest high school students in entering engineering majors at community college and university levels.

Project WILD
Project WILD is a free K-12 interdisciplinary, teacher/educator training program offered through the New Mexico Dept of Game and Fish. Participants at our 6 1/2 hour workshop receive free Activity Guides. We can offer customized workshops for educators on many aspects of wildlife education. Project WILD is correlated with National standards and benchmarks for many subject areas.

Re: Learning
Re:Learning provides technical assistance and professional development to New Mexico public schools and districts. The program is non-prescriptive, working instead to meet each school’s individual needs for training as defined in its Educational Plan for Student Success (EPSS).

Regional Alliance for Science, Engineering and Mathematics
Promoting academic achievement among students with disabilities in the fields of science, engineering and mathematics.

Regional Educational Technology Assistance
Provides technology support for learning to K-12 school districts.

Sandia National Laboratories
Since 1949, Sandia National Laboratories has developed science-based technologies that support our national security. Today, the 300+ million Americans depend on Sandia’s technology solutions to solve national and global threats to peace and freedom.

Santa Fe Science Initiative
The Santa Fe Science Initiative (SFSI) is a non-profit organization that strives to ‘nurture the art of doing science and promote scientific literacy.’ Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, our organization helps teachers make science fun and helps students learn to think critically and scientifically.

Scaling Up Mathematics Achievement (SUMA)
SUMA discovery research grant, funded by the National Science Foundation, is a partnership between New Mexico State University and the Las Cruces Public School District in New Mexico. The university/district partnership works together to provide support for district implementation of a standards based mathematics curriculum by researching, analyzing and sharing data with stakeholders in the district (schools, district leadership and community). The data sharing and learning between the district Las Cruce Public Schools, Las Cruces, New Mexico and the SUMA team is accomplished through feedback loops that provide for the collection of the data in relation to the SUMA Building Capacity Model’s three components: 1. quality aligned and learned curriculum, 2. teacher quality and intentional collaboration, and 3. administrative and parent/community support. The goal of SUMA is to study mathematics teaching and learning in order to improve mathematics learning for all students.

SCIAD – Science Education Alliance
Scientists serve as mentors to students by visiting classrooms.

Science Education Institute of the Southwest
The mission of the Science Education Institute of the Southwest is to promote advancement in the teaching and learning of science by: 1) Providing high quality professional development and research opportunities for K-12 educators; 2) Building a network of educators to support best teaching practices and intellectual growth; 3) Facilitating partnerships and community involvement to promote high quality science education; and 4) Collecting data and publishing results on the effectiveness of SEIS activities.

Science of Energy
Develop one-week pilot science curriculum for public schools that teaches all science strand requirements from the perspective of energy.

Scientifically Connected Communities
Scientifically Connected Communities (SC2), based at New Mexico State University, is dedicated to improving the scientific literacy of southern New Mexico students by providing professional development to 4th-8th grade teachers that emphasizes critical-thinking strategies and pedagogy to enhance scientific inquiry for all students. SC2 collaborates with a network of teachers, scientists, administrators, and district leaders to increase teacher science content knowledge, promote scientific inquiry curriculum, and to provide resources and materials for the classroom.

Southern New Mexico Science, Engineering, Math & Aerospace Academy
The Southern New Mexico Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Aerospace Academy (SNM SEMAA) is a collaboration of NASA, New Mexico State University Colleges of Education and Engineering, Gadsden Independent School District, Las Cruces Public Schools, parents, and volunteers. SNM SEMAA is designed to encourage normally underrepresented groups into the fields of science, engineering, mathematics, and technology through hands-on, inquiry based science activities.

Southwestern New Mexico Regional Science and Engineering Fair
The Southwestern New Mexico Regional Science and Engineering Fair (SWNMRSEF) is affiliated with the International Science and Engineering Fair administered by Science Service in Washington, D.C. We are affiliated fair number 410501. The regional fair is sponsored by New Mexico State University (NMSU) in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

STARBASE La Luz
DoD STARBASE is a premier educational program, sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. At DoD STARBASE STARBASE students engaged in hands-on science.students participate in challenging “hands-on, mind-on” activities in aviation, science, technology, engineering, math, and space exploration. They interact with military personnel to explore careers and make connections with the “real world.” Students also learn teamwork, goal setting, and the importance of staying off drugs. The program provides students with 20-25 hours of stimulating experiences at National Guard, Navy, Marine, Air Force Reserve and Air Force bases across the nation.

Stone-Age-to-Space-Age Academy for Young Scientists
The Southern New Mexico Academy for Young Scientists (AYS) provides opportunities to spark the interest of students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Through hands-on science adventures, AYS educates and motivates the next generation of scientists, mathematicians and engineers in the Las Cruces, New Mexico community!

Suborbital Center of Excellence – Mobile Lab
The SCE Mobile Lab is funded through the NASA Earth Science Directorate. Sixteen lessons for grades five through eight are taught by one of our two Mobile Lab Educators. Schools from the Las Cruces, Hatch, Gadsden, Deming, Lordsburg, Cobre, Silver City and Animas school districts request the mobile lab to come to them and teach lessons in earth science. All lessons have hands-on effective learning activities and are aligned with state standards and benchmarks. The mobile lab also is putting together summer earth science academies that will be opportunities for students coming into fifth and sixth grades to spend a week with the mobile lab at their school, closely investigating one aspect of earth science. More detailed information about the classroom lessons, the educators and the mobile lab can be found at www.scemobilelab.org.

Supercomputing Challenge
The Vision of the Supercomputing Challenge is to be a nationally recognized program that promotes computational thinking in science and engineering so that the next generation of high school graduates is better prepared to compete in an information based economy. http://challenge.nm.org/

Technology Mobile
Promotes outreach and extension programs targeting economic development in the borderlands, providing tech tours, and robotics lab access to underrepresented students.

The Bridge
The Bridge is a new nonprofit organization that will enrich the educational and business sectors in the greater Las Cruces, New Mexico region. The Bridge’s top priority is to reduce the high school drop out rate in Dona Ana County. The Bridge reaches out to these students by allowing them to gain real world experience in fields such as such as nursing, agriculture, manufacturing, and finance.

The Center for the Education and Study of Diverse Populations
The Center for the Education and Study of Diverse Populations (CESDP) provides a wide range of services aimed at improving the quality of education for all learners. Comprehensive technical assistance services and products focus on meeting the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse learners through partnerships with the Public Education Department, districts, schools, and communities.

The Chili Pepper Institute
The Chile Pepper Institute has the latest research based information for growers, processors and anyone wanting to learn about chile peppers. Information on growing, preserving, diseases and pests and marketing or statistical information can be found here.

The Fractal Foundation
The Fractal Foundation’s vision is for a world of wonder and curiosity, a culture of scientific inquiry, an appreciation of the interconnections of natural systems and an understanding of their essential non linearity. We see a world where everyone is mathematically literate and has a grasp of how math is a powerful tool to help turn their visions into reality. We are out to change the culture. We have enough sports heroes and movie stars. What we need are some science heroes, and some math stars. We’re using large-scale public art to advertise the beauty of math and science, and to showcase the creativity and intelligence of our students.

The Institute for Environmental Education
The NMSU College of Engineering has integrated several Centers of Excellence, including a consortium for environmental education and technology development, a renewable energy resource development group, and a nuclear waste management and monitoring center to form the Institute for Energy and the Environment (IEE). The Institute for Energy and the Environment is a multidisciplinary, energy sector resource serving the Southwest and beyond.

The Santa Fe Alliance for Science
SFAFS is a non-profit organization of more than 90 professional scientists and engineers who work with schools in the greater Santa Fe area to help improve K-12 math and science education as well as to stimulate student interest in those subjects. The Alliance is a partner of the Santa Fe Public Schools and is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory via its Community Programs Office.

TRiO Upward Bound Program
Upward Bound provides fundamental support to participants in their preparation for college entrance. The program provides opportunities for participants to succeed in their precollege performance and ultimately in their higher education pursuits. Upward Bound serves: high school students from low-income families; and high school students from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor’s degree. The goal of Upward Bound is to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from institutions of postsecondary education.