What is the New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation (New Mexico AMP)?
New Mexico AMP is a partnership representing the state’s public two-year postsecondary institutions, including federally funded tribal colleges, and the state-supported four-year universities. New Mexico AMP's goal is to increase the number of underrepresented minorities receiving B.S. degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
What is the Transfer Scholarship?
The New Mexico AMP Transfer Scholarship was developed to recognize the achievements of New Mexico AMP students transferring from a New Mexico community college to a New Mexico university to pursue a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM). The scholarship provides transfer students with financial support during their first semester at the university.
What does the award package include?
Transfer Scholarships provide $1,000 for the semester immediately following transfer.
What are the requirements to receive a Transfer Scholarship?
§ You must demonstrate progress toward and intent to complete a B.S. degree in a STEM discipline with a declared major at the time of application. Community college transcripts will be evaluated to help assess academic progress and intent (e.g., clear evidence of success in math, science, English and pre-engineering courses). Letters of recommendation from community college instructors and/or New Mexico AMP Institutional Coordinators are also required.
§ You will be asked to sign a New Mexico AMP Student Agreement and Disclosure stating your commitment to major in a National Science Foundation-identified STEM discipline.
§ Before receiving your awards, you must provide proof of registration at the university indicating full-time enrollment in a STEM discipline.
Who is eligible?
Preference for the Transfer Scholarship will be given to minority transfer students from New Mexico AMP partner institutions that transfer as second-semester sophomores and above. Applicants must have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or greater at the time of transfer and maintain fulltime status. Emphasis is placed on ethnic groups that historically have been underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African Americans/Black, American Indians/Alaskan Natives, Hispanic/Latinos and Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders. Recipients must be U.S. citizens or possess status as a national, refugee alien, or permanent resident alien in accordance with Section III C of Program Solicitation NSF 03-501.
How do I apply?
Complete the Application and Questionnaire. Please include a copy of your current unofficial transcript including your last semester at the community college and at least two letters from the New Mexico AMP institutional Coordinator and/or appropriate STEM faculty at your college. Be sure to indicate which institutions you are transferring to and from.
There are a limited number of Transfer Scholarships available. Priority will be given to qualified applicants who submit their applications by April 16th (fall semester transfers) and November 16th (spring semester transfers) of each year. After the priority dates, applications will be considered as they are received. Awards will be made until the available number of scholarships has been exhausted.
When will the Transfer Scholarship be awarded, and when will I receive the scholarship funding?
If selected, you will receive an award letter stating that you are awarded, contingent on verification of full-time status and eligible GPA. This verification will occur after the last day of Drop/Add, in mid-semester. If you meet all academic requirements during your first semester after transfer, you will be notified that your scholarship will be released.
Where should I send my completed application?
Completed application packets should be sent to:
Transfer Scholarship Selection Committee
New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation
MSC 3AMP
New Mexico State University
P.O. Box 30001
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8001
If you have any questions, please call/email Josie Lannert, Student Programs Coordinator, at the New Mexico AMP office at (575) 646-3211/jlannert@nmsu.edu, or contact the administrative office at (575) 646-1847, Fax: (575) 646-2960.
Priority will be given to those applications for fall 2010 transfer that are submitted by April 16, 2010. Awards will be announced beginning April 26, 2010; however, all awardees are required to meet with the New Mexico AMP Institutional Coordinator at their respective university prior to receiving their scholarship funds.
