New Mexico State University
Research, Creativity and Economic Development

Bringing NMSU’s Vision into Focus

By NMSU President John Floros, Ph.D.

By 2025, the NMSU system will excel in student success and social mobility for our diverse student populations, achieve the highest Carnegie research status (R1), and maintain our Carnegie Community Engagement classification.
 
Land-Grant Universities were created to educate the population. My last communication focused on how students and their success are the heart of the land-grant mission. Research at a land-grant university is the spark that keeps the heart of that mission strong and vital. No single goal of NMSU LEADS 2025 is superior to another, but contained in the deceptively simple Goal 2: Elevate Research and Creativity is a web of connections that is critical to the success of our students (Goal 1), the health of our communities and the strength of our local and state economy (Goal 3), and the robustness of our university (Goal 4).
 
The Morrill Act of 1862, enacted during a time of great civil strife in this country, created universities dedicated to reaching people previously excluded from higher education. Later amendments expanded the Morrill Act to include Historically Black Colleges and Universities (1890) and Tribal Colleges (1994), and today there are over 110 universities that bear this designation. The original 1862 land-grant designation applies to 55 of these universities, including NMSU.
 
With research being central to the mission of a land-grant university, it should not be a surprise that of these original 55 universities, 40 (73%) have the highest Carnegie research status of R1, indicating “Doctoral Universities — Very High Research Activity.” Land-grant universities were created to provide a rounded education, and specifically to teach the “agricultural and mechanical arts.” The hands-on education typically used in these disciplines fosters relationships with private- and government-sector interests seeking research partners among highly qualified faculty. A thriving research enterprise means that faculty are creating – and teaching – emerging knowledge in their fields, and these faculty, in turn, have access to students wanting to push those boundaries of learning and creativity ever further.
 
This self-sustaining pattern benefits students, faculty, communities, and industry. It also benefits the regional and state population through outreach and economic development. There are other benefits. Students are more attracted to, retained at higher rates at, and graduate faster from R1 universities, which also tend to have more comprehensive and better educational programs. These universities have historically become better resourced.
 
NMSU was formerly among the R1 universities, and the vision of NMSU LEADS 2025 is to rejoin this elite group. Achieving R1 will affirm the value of the creative and research endeavors that are an essential component of the education we offer to our students. NMSU could and should be one of the best Land-grant, Hispanic-Serving and Minority-Serving institutions in the country. That is exactly our aspiration.
 
When NMSU achieves R1 is less important than our continued progress in that direction. Even if we don’t achieve the R1 status by 2025, we will be a better university for taking that path. 
 
Feedback is always welcomed at President.Floros@nmsu.edu.
 
Be Bold. Be Kind. Be Safe.
 
Go Aggies!

Dr. John Floros, President, NMSU

On Scorecard/Goal Card

By Luis Cifuentes, Ph.D., Vice President for Research and Dean of Graduate School

The process for creating an evaluation instrument for academic departments, colleges, and the institution has been ongoing since August 2019, formulated on the principle that strategic resourcing of academic departments and colleges requires normative evaluation. The roll out of the first iteration, known as the Scorecard, in Fall 2020 was not a resounding success. Feedback included criticisms that the Scorecards did not adequately reflect the varying missions and unique priorities of departments across the institution, and that the Scorecards were inadequately transparent to support meaningful improvement efforts.

I presented an update on this process at the October 20^th Executive Team Leadership retreat. I recommended modifications and improvements to the Goal Card (see Scorecard), which regardless of what name is ultimately used, must be normative, adjustable, and constructive, focused on trends and aimed at providing guidance towards improvement.

Moving forward, this process will be informed by the following principles:

• Strategic resourcing of academic departments and colleges requires normative evaluation;
• Metrics used to evaluate departments and colleges must reflect their mission(s) and unique priorities; and
• The evaluation instrument must be transparent to department and college personnel and supportive of meaningful improvement efforts.

An ad hoc group of Goal 1, Goal 2, and Goal 3 members and data experts is reviewing metrics existing in Academic Analytics, Cognos Analytics, Grey Associates Data, Watermark + Faculty Success (formerly Digital Measures), and other sources to identify sets of potential metrics, to determine how to best populate these metrics, and to develop data communication tools (dashboards, etc.) in support of data transparency. Next steps are to:

• Form a working group of deans, associate deans, department heads, and data experts to settle on initial sets of metrics suitable for both formative and summative assessment of departments.
• This group will draft a heuristic evaluation instrument which department heads and deans can use to strategically individualize department contributions to LEADS 2025.
• Feedback on the draft instrument will be gathered from all departments, from the NMSU Administration, and from other appropriate stakeholders, and used in creating working evaluation instruments.

Over the next three weeks, deans and department heads will receive email-based surveys asking for initial input on metrics. As the process continues, we welcome all your input:

Dr. Luis Cifuentes, Vice President for Research and Dean of Graduate School, NMSU

OVPR Welcomes Dr. Samuel Belteton to the Research Cores Program as Director of the Microscopic Imaging Core Suite

By Tanner Schaub, Ph.D., Director, Research Cores Program

The OVPR is pleased to welcome Dr. Samuel Belteton to NMSU as the next director of the Microscopic Imaging Core Suite within the Research Cores Program. Prior to joining NMSU, Dr. Belteton was a Senior Research Associate at Purdue University, and one of the principal curators of a shared multi-microscope laboratory there. Early goals for the MICS facility include bringing several existing resources back to full functionality as well as making a grant submission for a new field-emission SEM system.

"I'm very excited to have joined NMSU's Research Core Program as the Director of the MICS facility," states Dr. Belteton. "I'm looking forward to assisting NMSU's faculty to push their research to the next level. A key aspect towards this goal is the acquisition of cutting-edge equipment like a field-emission scanning electron microscope. We want to hear how you would take advantage of this system and are actively looking for co-PIs for an NSF MRI proposal in the pipeline to get this microscope to campus."

In addition to his skills in microscopy, Dr. Belteton has significant image analysis and programming experience that will be a new addition to the capability of the MICS resource. Dr. Belteton earned his bachelors and Ph.D., both in molecular biology, from Purdue University.

“When thinking about NMSU’s push toward R1 status, we wanted to move away from the model that positions core facility directors as technicians. Instead, we want talented, motivated researchers that bring the research chops and credentials that will help our faculty PI teams develop novel science and win grants. And we have been extremely fortunate to hire two of these types of individuals this summer – Dr. Belteton being one, and Dr. Robert Young in the CAIL lab being the other” says Dr. Tanner Schaub, who directs the NMSU Research Cores Program. “Dr. Belteton comes to us from one of the premier microscopy facilities in the nation and his research and publication record is stellar. As an example, within the past few years he has two publications in Nature Plants, including a first author manuscript that was published there this summer, and several others in Plant Physiology where the impact factor is about 8. That level of recent research activity will be something that our faculty will benefit from when they team with Dr. Belteton  - and that can be as a collaborator or simply in a support role. Also, Dr. Beleteton is a super nice guy – I’m looking forward to our faculty meeting him. He will be a great Aggie.”

Researchers that are interested in learning more and/or participating in the field-emission SEM proposal effort should contact Dr. Belteton at sbelteto@nmsu.edu. You can learn more about the NMSU Research Cores Program at https://research.nmsu.edu/RCP.html

Dr. Samuel Belteton, director of the Microscopic Imaging Core Suite, NMSU

Promoting NMSU LEADS 2025 Goal 2: Facilitating Formation and Continuation of Interdisciplinary Collaborations 

By Cecilia Contreras, Post-doctoral Researcher, School of Teacher Preparation, Administration, and Leadership (TPAL)

As part of actions to move forward in achieving the NMSU LEADS 2025 strategic plan's Goal 2, “Elevate Research and Creativity,” I oversee the Action: “Facilitate formation and continuation of interdisciplinary collaborations, inclusive of data and information science as well as creative or non-STEM disciplines.” To learn more about NMSU faculty's interdisciplinary collaborations among non-STEM programs, I used Academic Analytics to identify outstanding faculty with large internal collaboration network. The small working group I am currently working with includes five professors from different disciplines, including those in Criminal Justice, Nursing, Counseling and Educational Psychology, and Agricultural and Extension Education. We had an initial meeting in September, in which we discussed their strategies to develop their research networks and the benefits to develop such connections. Faculty shared insight about their strategies to expand their networks; for example, participating in a multidisciplinary faculty group and being involved in grant development as early career faculty facilitate collaboration and widen their connections with senior faculty members. In addition, discussing and sharing research interests can be very important to foster collaboration. I look forward to learning more about this amazing group of scholars.  

Dr. Cecilia Contreras, TPAL, NMSU 

Competitive NASA Award Extends NMSU's Support of Planetary Data Archiving

By Hamid Mansouri Rad, Ph.D., Senior Proposal Development Specialist, RAS
 

Congratulations to Dr. Nancy Chanover for securing another prestigious award this year, totaling more than $5 million, to continue NMSU’s support of NASA’s planetary data archiving activities, thereby ensuring that the national treasure of data returned from NASA’s planetary missions are preserved and made available to the world. Since 1995, NMSU’s Department of Astronomy has been operating NASA’s Planetary Data System (PDS) Atmospheres Node, which is responsible for archiving and providing access to atmospheric data from all planetary missions (excluding the Earth) and distributing the data to the research community. Since 2015 this work has been led by Dr. Nancy Chanover, Professor of Astronomy, whose research areas include studying planetary atmospheres. This new 5-year award from NASA will enable Chanover and her team to continue with their core functions of data ingestion, access, and archiving while keeping the Atmospheres Node current in the best practices of information science. Several of their new initiatives include migrating legacy data to more modern standards and formats, archiving data from NASA’s recently selected DAVINCI mission to Venus, web services, and cloud storage and computing.

During her stellar career at NMSU, Dr. Chanover has played a significant role in advancing research, education, and graduation of numerous astronomy students. Ph.D. students she has advised are among well-known scientists and leaders working at institutions such as NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Apache Point Observatory, Spaceport America, and the U.S. Space Force. In 2008 she and her colleagues were awarded a $1.2 million NASA EPSCoR award to design, build, and test an instrument prototype to be used for astrobiology missions. In 2009, she was among few scientists involved in observing and documenting the impact of NASA’s Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, which was intentionally crashed  onto the lunar surface in an effort to search for frozen water in the polar craters of the Moon. She has served on a number of NASA review panels and is currently member of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee, which advises the NSF, NASA, and DoE on astronomical  matters of joint interest. Since 2017, Dr. Chanover has been the Director of the Astrophysical Research Consortium 3.5m telescope at Apache Point Observatory.

For more information about the PDS Atmospheres Node visit pds-atmospheres.nmsu.edu. Dr. Nancy Chanover can be reached at nchanove@nmsu.edu.  

Dr. Nancy Chanover, Professor of Astronomy, NMSU

DOE-funded, NMSU-led Consortium to Prepare Underrepresented Minority Students for Careers in NNSA

By Hamid Mansouri Rad, Ph.D., Senior Proposal Development Specialist, RAS

Congratulations to Dr. Ehsan Dehghan-Niri, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, for his recent award from the Department of Energy. The need to develop innovative nondestructive quality control methods for the additive manufacturing industry calls for training a new generation of students who can participate in research and development activities in this area. Meeting this need is the main goal of the Consortium enabling In- and Ex-Situ-Quality Control of Additive Manufacturing (QCAM), which is led by NMSU and consists of Dona Ana Community College (DACC), Navajo Technical University (NTU), a Tribal University (TCU), and Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), a Historically Black University (HBCU). The project was funded by the Department of Energy for $3 million competitively and is directed by principal investigator Dr. Dehghan-Niri who oversees all the aspects of this effort including coordinating research, education, and outreach activities across the member institutions. The project plans include recruiting minority students underrepresented in STEM fields from the member institutions and provide them with specialized training in the areas of additive manufacturing and nondestructive quality control to help them become ready for career opportunities at the DOE/National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) labs. Due to its specific mission, the consortium also includes three NNSA labs: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Kansas City National Security Campus. The labs’ support for this project include engaging in recruitment efforts as well as hosting and co-advising interns trained through this program.

For more information, please contact Dr. Dehghan-Niri at niri@nmsu.edu.

Dr. Ehsan Dehghan-Niri, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, NMSU

Recognizing NMSU's Large Proposal Submitters (Month of October)!

By Hamid Mansouri Rad, Ph.D., Senior Proposal Development Specialist, RAS

Congratulations to Ms. Kathryn Hansen and Dr. Jeffrey Arterburn for submitting proposals exceeding $1 million in the month of October.

Director of NMSU’s Arrowhead Center, Ms. Hansen and her colleagues, in particular Ms. Patricia Marquez Knighten Director of Innovation Commercialization at Arrowhead Center, submitted a $1.9 proposal to Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to enter into an innovation and technology partnership intermediary agreement with AFRL at Kirtland Air Force Base. Arrowhead Center is NMSU’s innovation and economic development arm and has had prior funded efforts of similar nature with AFRL which were leveraged toward submitting this proposal. For more information about this proposal please contact Ms. Hansen at hansen@nmsu.edu.

Similarly, Regents Professor Jeffrey Arterburn (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry) submitted a $1.4 million proposal to NIH to secure funding to collaborate with his counterpart at University of New Mexico Health Science Center, Dr. Eric Possnitz, to synthesize new compounds that exhibit novel receptor-selectivity profiles that are expected to confer great potential for development as anti-estrogenic therapeutic agents.

Dr. Arterburn can be reached at jarterbu@nmsu.edu. 

Kathryn Hansen, Director,
Arrowhead Center, NMSU

Dr. Jeffrey Arterburn, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, NMSU

Meet Marilyn Crawford, Grants and Contracts Administrator at Research Administration Services

By Hamid Mansouri Rad, Ph.D., Senior Proposal Development Specialist, RAS

We would like to introduce Marilyn Crawford, a recent addition to Research Administration Services (RAS). Before joining RAS Marilyn worked at various NMSU offices including Agricultural and Extension Education/New Mexico Future Farmers of America Association, Financial Aid and Scholarship Services, College of Education, College of Arts and Sciences, and Dona Ana Community College. Her most recent position was a Prospect Researcher at NMSU Foundation, a position she held for three years and likes the most as she learned about the art of fundraising. 

Marilyn has an M.A. in Education specializing in Secondary Education and Language Arts and has taught Language Arts at Zia Middle School. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing/Fiction.  Marilyn enjoys reading and writing and during quarantine she started painting too. In addition, she is a member of a Facebook group called Las Cruces Rocks where members paint and hide rocks for each other. “I still paint rocks, but have since moved on to painting canvases,” she says.

At RAS, Marilyn will be supporting faculty in the College of Engineering, NM Space Grant Consortium, and Health and Social Services within the College of Health, Education, and Social Transformation. She can be reached at majacobs@nmsu.edu.  

Marilyn Crawford, Grants and Contract Administrator, RAS

Supplemental Training Resources for NMSU Researchers

JoAnne Dupre, P.h.D., Biosafety and Export Control Manager, NMSU

Research Integrity and Compliance is pleased to announce several new supplemental training opportunities in the areas of export control, animal care and use, and biological safety. Please see below for details and to register for these free resources. 

Research Security Protections and Requirements – U.S. Government Interagency Webinar

Webinar: Protecting U.S. Research While Fostering International Collaboration – NSF and NIH Discuss Research Security Protections and Requirements

Date/Time: Wednesday, December 1 at 11:30 AM-12:30 PM ET/8:30 – 9:30AM PT

Registration: https://emenuapps.ita.doc.gov/ePublic/event/editWebReg.do?SmartCode=2QCS

There is no fee for this webinar, but advance registration is required.  This webinar is open to U.S. educational institutions, research institutions, and healthcare companies.

Description:

Balancing the important role international collaboration plays in the development of fundamental research that yields significant economic, national security, and national health benefits to the United States with the risk of improper foreign government influence can be difficult to navigate in today’s increasingly complex and interconnected global environment. Join Rebecca Spyke Keiser, Chief of Research Security Strategy and Policy (NSF), and Michael Lauer, Deputy Director for Extramural Research (NIH), as they discuss the need for fundamental research security at U.S. academic and research institutions and the research security protections and requirements of the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health, respectively.

Animal Care and Use – U.S. Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) Webinar

OLAW December Webinar: “Best Practices for Conducting a Search for Alternatives and Finding Animal Model/Model Organism Information”

Date/Time: December 9, 2021, from 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET

In this webinar, experts from the NIH Library and USDA Animal Welfare Information Center will discuss how to find 3Rs methods (replacement, reduction, and refinement) and animal use alternative information in bibliographic databases. Participants will also learn how to find journal articles, patents, NIH-funded research projects, and genetic information related to animal models and model organisms, as well as requirements and resources for the NIH Model Organism Sharing Policy.

If you have any questions in advance of the webinar, please submit them to olawdpe@mail.nih.gov.

Registration is now open.

Fundamentals of Biosafety – new EHS&RM training will be available through Training Central

This new course was developed by the Safety Training Consortium, the same group that created the Fundamentals of Laboratory Safety, Radiation Safety and Laser Safety online trainings that are available through Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management. EHS&RM will offer this online training course on the safety training webpage, and it is free for NMSU employees including students who work in laboratories using biological materials. This is one of several options that can be used to complete the Biosafety training requirement. Contact JoAnne Dupre at ovpr@nmsu.edu or Dave Schoep at ehs@nmsu.edu for more information.  

Dr. JoAnne Dupre, Biosafety and
Export Control Manager, NMSU

Principal Investigator Training on November 17, 2021

By Rita Parra, Director, Pre-award Administration, RAS

Research Administration Services will be offering its biannual Principal Investigator Training on November 17, 2021 at 11:00 am via Zoom. The training is intended to provide a high-level overview to NMSU researchers and staff involved with proposal preparation and submission, as well as award negotiation/acceptance of externally-sponsored grants and contracts. Registration information will be announced in NMSU’s Hotline.

In-Person SBIR 101 Workshop on November 10th (Lunch Provided)

Dana DeRego Catron, Director of Strategic Operations and the SBIR Program, Arrowhead Center

NMSU Arrowhead Center will be holding a SBIR-101 workshop on November 10^th from 12:00 – 1:00 PM. This is a great workshop for faculty who are unfamiliar with SBIR and STTR programs or might be interested in learning more. Lunch will be provided. Due to COVID in-person policies space is limited to 15 attendees.

Download flyer here. To learn more and register please visit: https://bit.ly/394N4mj. 

Recent Changes Impacting Proposals to be Submitted to National Science Foundation

By Cindy Ramirez, Proposal Development Specialist, RAS

I had the opportunity to attend the Fall 2021 National Science Foundation (NSF) Conference which was held virtually from October 4 through 8.  While all session recordings and presentation slides are available at https://nsfpolicyoutreach.com, I believe our researchers should be aware of some of the changes, pertaining to biographical sketches and current and pending support, that impact proposals prepared for submission to NSF.

Biographical Sketches

• Biographical sketches, used to assess the proposers’ qualifications, are expanded from 2 to 3 pages.
• Appointments section of the biographical sketches must include any titled academic, professional, or institutional position whether or not remuneration is received and full-time, part-time, or voluntary (including adjunct, visiting, or honorary).
• Appointment language has been clarified to address professional appointments: Senior personnel must identify all current domestic and foreign professional appointments outside of the individual’s academic, professional, or institutional appointments at the proposing organization.
• Senior personnel who wish to include publications in the products section of the biographical sketch that include multiple authors, at their discretion, choose to list one or more of the authors and then “et al.” in lieu of including the complete listing of authors’ names.
• Synergistic Activities must be specific and may not include multiple examples to describe a single activity
• Revised NSF-approved Biographical Sketch formats are available on the NSF website.

Current and Pending Support

• • Objectives and overlap have been added to the NSF-approved formats to help reviewers and NSF assess overlap and duplication.

• Newly developed table title NSF Pre-award and Post-award Disclosures Relating to the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support provides helpful reference and identifies where these disclosures must be provided in proposals as well as in project reports.
• Revised NSF-approved Current and Pending Support formats are now available on the NSF website.

As also emphasized by the NSF presenters during the conference, we could not stress enough the importance of preparing and submitting proposals early to avoid last-minute problems during submissions.

REDCap, A Secure and Free Online Data Collection Platform Available for the NMSU Community 

By Hamid Mansouri Rad, Ph.D., Senior Proposal Development Specialist, RAS

We would like to remind students, faculty, and staff about REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture), a free online platform that offers a secure and easy way to create and collect surveys or other assessment data you need. REDCap was created by the National Institutes of Health and is used by over 3,000 institutions across the country. REDCap benefits include:

• • Flexible survey design and question options
  • Customizable access for each survey for more security
  • Options for sending the survey to participants

• Data exports into Excel, SPSS, and other tools

To obtain access to REDCap, please complete the REDCap Sign up Form on the NMSU REDCap page: redcap.nmsu.edu (red link near the top of the page). You will then be contacted within a few days when you can log into REDCap. For questions, email the REDCap team: redcap-team@nmsu.edu

Research and Creativity Week Award Ceremony and Open MIC

By Hamid Mansouri Rad, Ph.D., Senior Proposal Development Specialist, RAS

Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of Graduate School is hosting an Open MIC on campus to bring together NMSU faculty, staff, and students to recognize the winners of the Research and Creativity week activities. Celebrations include talents from across campus, including Research Administration, the Library, College of Engineering, and possibly the Music Department.

• Location: Pete's Patio
• Date: Thursday November 11, 2021
• Time: 5:30 to 7:00pm

Limited Submission Funding Opportunities

By Hamid Mansouri Rad, Ph.D., Senior Proposal Development Specialist, RAS

Research Administration Services maintains a list of limited submission funding opportunities for NMSU research community.  The list is accessible through a link on the Research website,  through the Research Administration tab. NMSU users can also access the list directly on SharePoint.  We encourage NMSU researchers to periodically visit the site and if they are interested in any of the opportunities to please inform us by sending email to ras@nmsu.edu. 

Pivot Funding Opportunity Database

By Hamid Mansouri Rad, Ph.D., Senior Proposal Development Specialist, RAS

This is a reminder that in order to assist NMSU faculty and staff in locating external funding opportunities, the OVPRGS has purchased a subscription to ProQuest’s Pivot available at https://pivot.proquest.com/session/login.  

To create an account with Pivot for the first time

1. Click on the Sign up link.
   1. On the next page, click on Use email address/create password.
   2. Enter your name.
   3. Enter your NMSU email address.
   4. Create a password.
   5. Choose New Mexico State University from the Affiliated Member Institution drop down menu.
   6. Check the consent checkbox.
   7. Check the reCaptcha check box.
   8. Press the Create my account button.

 To request a one-on-one or group Pivot training, send email to hamid@nmsu.edu. 

Graduate School

MOLB 550 Grant Writing Course Offered in Spring 2022 

By Carol Flinchbaugh, Associate Professor of Management and Interim Associate Dean, Graduate School

Dr. Jennifer Randall is the Director of the Molecular Biology Graduate Program and a Research Professor within the Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science. As a plant molecular biologist and plant pathologist, her research focuses on the genetics and molecular mechanisms of plant development, plant-microbe interactions, and understanding the plant "innate" immune system. Many of her current lab projects focus on the pecan. Dr. Randall teaches Experimental systems in Genetics, Plant Physiology, and several special topic courses at NMSU.  

In her mentor role to undergraduates, graduate students, and post-doctoral associates, Dr. Randall recognizes a need for students to have practical knowledge about how to secure external funding. As such, in Spring 2022, Dr. Randall will be teaching a “grant writing” course as a Special Topics course (MOLB 550). She states the rationale behind the course is twofold: 

1. Prepare graduate students for their career as researchers, knowing they will need to be able to fund their research.  
2. Encourage beginning PhD students to write/submit a pre-doctoral proposal to fund (or help fund) their doctoral education.  

Course description: Provide graduate students the tools for preparing competitive grants for funding from government agencies (USDA, NSF, NIH) or private funding. Course objectives include:  1. Familiarize students how to identify potential funding sources in their field of interest, 2. Familiarize students with how to read and interpret funding proposal requests, 3. Develop objectives for each grant component in the application, 4. Understand how to prepare a budget, 5. Familiarize students about the grant review process. 

At this time, the class is scheduled to be taught in person; however, if student interest in the course grows the course may shift to a larger classroom or shift on-line.  

For more information, please contact Dr. Randall at jrandall@nmsu.edu. 

Dr. Jennifer Randall, Director of
the Molecular Biology Graduate
Program, NMSU

Need Guidance on Securing External Funding? Contact Me!

If you are an NMSU graduate student or post-doctoral scholar needing guidance on securing external funding, please contact me at fee@nmsu.edu. Please also visit the list of current funding opportunities that I maintain on SharePoint and let me know if you have any questions.

Chong-Hwey Fee

Chong-Hwey Fee, Proposal
Development Specialist, RAS

Questions and comments regarding NMSU’s Research Digest should be directed to Hamid Mansouri Rad, Ph.D. at  hamid@nmsu.edu, (575) 646-6429.