RIO-NM Funded Awards


As part of the RIO-NM project to support research capacity, NM EPSCoR is making awards to institutions across the state. The awards listed below span three categories of funding, Seed Awards, SURE Awards, and Workshop Awards.


Title Award Type PI Organization Amount Start Date
Mismatch Binding Molecules as Therapeutic Agents for Repeat Expansion Neurodegenerative Diseases Seed Nabanita Saikia NMHU $50,000
Transdisciplinary and Place Based Development of a Multidimensional Environmental Index for Bernalillo County Workshop Tybur Casuse-Driovínto UNM $7,500
Science Communication Workshop for NSF E-RISE: DREAM Center Researchers Workshop Suparna Chatterjee NMSU $7,500
Expanding Research Awareness in Artificial Intelligence for Mathematical Sciences Undergraduate Students at ENMU SURE Eduardo Ceh-Varela ENMU $13,700
Microbial-based Solutions for Uranium Contamination in New Mexico Soils: Implementing a New CURE Course at New Mexico Tech SURE Benjamin D. Duval NMT $16,040
Quantum Technology Summer Research for Community College Transfer Students at UNM SURE Victor Acosta UNM $14,000
Convening a Workshop on Economic Alternatives to Prescribed Pile Fires as a Means for Forest Management in New Mexico Workshop Gabriel Lopez UNM $7,500
A Workshop to Develop a Methodological Framework and Future Research Directions on Post-Wildfire Reforestation in New Mexico Workshop Kelly Jones John T Harrington Forestry Research Center, NMSU $7,500
New Mexico Energy Initiatives Workshop Workshop Jean-Lucien Fonquergne NMT $7,500