The College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences, through the Agricultural Experiment Station, offers opportunities to request funding that supports scholarship efforts addressing the needs of New Mexico. These awards strengthen the college's ability to be an engine for economic and community development in New Mexico by supporting projects that enhance efforts in
These projects provide hands-on, experiential learning opportunities for students. The overall impacts of these efforts are helping ACES to develop vibrant agricultural and natural resources industries within the state.
Funding is available to support several types of research opportunities: Seed Grants, competitive capacity funding (which includes Animal Health and Disease Research and McIntire-Stennis forestry research), and projects focused on the needs of New Mexico's Chile Industry. These funding opportunities are intended to help faculty obtain initial data that can strengthen their proposals when applying for external funding sources.