The College of Arts & Sciences has an extensive research and creativity portfolio, with projects funded by over 115 agencies including:

• Department of Education
• Institute of Museum and Library Services
• NASA
• National Endowment for Humanities
• National Endowment for the Arts
• National Institutes of Health
• National Science Foundation
• The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• US Air Force Research Laboratory
• US Department of Defense
• US Department of Energy
• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
• USGS National Center

In 2024, we had $26,270,851 in research expenditures (up from $22,954,284 in 2023).

In addition to high caliber investigator-initiated research in a variety of disciplines, we are also the home of the NIH-funded NM-INBRE grant, the NIH-funded Partnership for the Advancement of Cancer Research grant, and the Apache Point and Sunspot Observatories. Many of our faculty also have long-standing collaborations with National Labs.

Contact Us

Dr. Michèle Shuster
Associate Dean, Research
mshuster@nmsu.edu

Annesa Roberts
Business Manager
asrc@nmsu.edu 

For A&S Faculty, Staff and Students looking for research and creativity resources, and information about A&S awards, please see our Research and Creativity SharePoint page (for NMSU users only).