NM Alliance for Minority Participation/New Mexico State University (NMSU)

The STEM PREP program allows participants undergrads to participate in research activities that prepare them to enter the Undergraduate Research Scholars (URS) program, which they can apply for the next semester. STEM PREP allows the student to 1) explore research opportunities and identify a research mentor and project for the URS program for the next semester and 2) receive training in areas, such as lab safety, effective record keeping, and basic research techniques and methods to be used in the URS program. The STEM PREP stipend is $500 per student.

Targeted to community college students in all STEM fields, the annual Summer Community College Opportunity for Research Experience (SCCORE) program supports pre-transfer community college students to serve as research assistants to university faculty mentors in their related fields. The program provides an excellent overview of the host university, including an orientation to campus resources and university life. Participating students live on campus, attend a credit-bearing class, and receive professional development training. All students present their research at a culminating SCCORE Poster Symposium and at the NM AMP Student Research Conference at New Mexico State University the subsequent fall semester.