Faculty Successes & Opportunities

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The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), in collaboration with Academic Affairs and ADVANCE at UNM, has launched an institutional initiative to support main campus faculty in navigating the post-pandemic world. UNM data show that during the pandemic, many faculty members spent less time on research and scholarship and related professional development as they revised their teaching and dealt with new and different demands in their home lives. As we transition out of the pandemic, the WeR1 Faculty Success Program seeks to support UNM faculty in new and creative ways.


Goals of the WeR1 Faculty Success Program were created with the understanding that faculty retention and advancement depends upon increased transparency, supportive structures, and resources that allow faculty to transition, rebuild, recover, and/or refocus their research, scholarship, and creative work. Any investment must encompass both small steps and expansive interdisciplinary initiatives—faculty need support now, but they also need that support to remain in place and be accessible in the coming years. The OVPR has committed over $1 million in funding for this program over the next two years.

UNM Main Campus tenure track or research faculty are able to apply to available programs for which they are eligible. Please refer to each program's eligibility requirements. Preference will be given to non-tenured early career, tenure-track faculty and faculty whose research progress/productivity has been demonstrably affected by the pandemic. Recipients must have submitted all reports and requirements from previous OVPR awards.

For a complete listing of all internal competitions and RFPs please visit the Office of the Vice President for Research InfoReady.

Faculty Research Programs at UNM

 

Core Facility Support – New User Engagement (NUE)

NUE seeks to support the development of an expanded user base for key equipment and capabilities at UNM.

2026 Submissions are now closed.

Faculty Scholarship Time (FaST)

The FaST program provides faculty with a reduced teaching load during the Spring 2025 semester to focus on research, scholarship, and creative work interrupted by the pandemic.

  • John Abbott, Art History

  • Marie Alarcon, Film and Digital Arts

  • Fabiano Amorim, Health, Exercise & Sports Science (HESS)

  • Loren Collingwood, Political Science

  • Diana Gonzales-Pacheco, Individual, Family & Comm Educ (IFCE)

  • Meggan Gould, Art & Art History

  • Yangsun Hong, Communication and Journalism

  • Natasha Howard, Geography and Environmental Sciences

  • Elspeth Iralu, Community Regional Planning Program

  • Jeongwoon Jeong, Individual, Family & Comm Educ (IFCE)

  • Sarah Shonka McCoy, ASM Department of Accounting

  • Daniel Ragan, Sociology

  • Reuben Thomas, Sociology

  • Marygold Walsh-Dilley, Geography and Environmental Sciences

  • Stephanie Woods, Art & Art History

  • Sarita Cargas, Honors College

  • Melvatha R Chee, Linguistics

  • Amanda Curreri, Art & Art History

  • Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine, Physics and Astronomy

  • Sarah Dreier, Political Science

  • Diana Dragomir, Physics and Astronomy

  • Heather Edgar, Anthropology

  • Jessica Feezell, Political Science

  • Myrriah Gomez, Honors College

  • Pierre-Julien Harter, Philosophy

  • Yi He, Chemistry and Chemical Biology

  • Maryam Hojati, Civil Engineering

  • Carolyn Hushman, Individual, Family & Comm Educ (IFCE)

  • Yu Yu Hsiao, Individual, Family & Comm Educ (IFCE)

  • Tanya Ivanova-Sullivan, Foreign Languages and Literatures

  • Carlos Irizarry, Speech and Hearing Sciences

  • Jeongwoon Jeong, Individual, Family & Comm Educ (IFCE)

  • Sylvia Johnson, Film and Digital Arts

  • Vince Martinson, Biology

  • Emily McRae, Philosophy

  • Sojeong Nam, Individual, Family & Comm Educ (IFCE)

  • Carmen Nocentelli, English

  • Young Joo Park, School of Public Administration

  • Peter Pribis, Individual, Family & Comm Educ (IFCE)

  • David Prior, History

  • Victoria Shiver, Health, Exercise & Sports Science (HESS)

  • James Thomas, Physics and Astronomy

  • Mary Tsiongas, Art & Art History

  • Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Electrical Computer Engineering

  • Gina Voelker Bobrowski, Institutional Monitoring Org

  • Xiaoyang Wang, Economics

  • Nora Wendl, SAAP Landscape Architecture Program

  • Lindsay Worthington, Earth and Planetary Sciences

  • Viktoriia Babicheva, Electrical Computer Engineering

  • Jessica Carey-Webb, Spanish Portuguese

  • Kathryn Coakley, Individual, Family & Comm Educ (IFCE)

  • Jesus Costantino, English

  • Michael Deyhle, Psychology

  • Tara Drake, Biology

  • Miriam Gay-Antaki, Geography and Environmental Sciences

  • Brian Gold, Chemistry and Chemical Biology

  • Elizabeth Gonzalez, Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM)

  • Xi Gong, Geography and Environmental Sciences

  • Matthew Goodwin, Sociology

  • Davorka Gulisija, Geography and Environmental Sciences

  • Holly Guise, History

  • Jeanette Hart-Mann, Art & Art History

  • Luis Herran Avila, Earth and Planetary Sciences

  • Maricarmen Hernandez, Sociology

  • Andrea Hetrick, ASM Organizational Studies

  • Natasha Howard, Geography and Environmental Sciences

  • Bruna Jacobson, Special Education

  • Benjamin Jones, Economics

  • Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, Sociology

  • Michael Lechuga, Communication and Journalism

  • Owen Lewis, Biology

  • Yolanda C. Lin, Sociology

  • Ellen Martinson, Chicana and Chicano Studies

  • Katherine Massoth, History

  • Kevin Mulhearn, College of Fine Arts Administration

  • Corinne Myers, Earth and Planetary Sciences

  • Leola Paquin, Native American Studies

  • Phyllis Palmer, Mathematics and Statistics

  • Kiwoong Park, Language, Literacy & Sociocultural Studies (LLSS)

  • Kathy Powers, Biology

  • Tania Reynolds, Speech and Hearing Sciences

  • Catherine Rhodes, Anthropology

  • Mary Rice, History

  • Jennifer Rudgers, SAAP Commty Regional Planning Prg

  • Caroline Scruggs, SAAP Commty Regional Planning Prg

  • Louis Scuderi, Chicana and Chicano Studies

  • Jose Luis Serrano Najera, Biology

  • Sunaina Shenoy, Computer Science

  • Felisa Smith, Health, Exercise & Sports Science (HESS)

  • Sarah Townsend, English

  • Jennifer Tucker, Geography and Environmental Sciences

  • Jingjing Wang, Economics

  • Eli Wilson, Chicana and Chicano Studies

  • Liping Yang, Political Science

Contact: frdo@unm.edu

Fostering Research Expansion in the Social Sciences & Humanities (FRESSH)

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Annual cohort program supporting proposal development in Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities. Includes training, resource awareness, and community building.

Now accepting applications through May 29 for the Fall 2026 cohort!

Apply here  

 

Cohort Members

  • Sara Abbaspour, Ph.D., College of Fine Arts
  • Joshua Birchall, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
  • Kate Cartwright, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
  • Aijuan Cun, Ph.D., College of Education and Human Sciences
  • Amanda Curreri, Ph.D., College of Fine Arts
  • Armando Garza Ayala, Ph.D., College of Education and Human Sciences
  • Myrriah Gomez, Ph.D., Honors College
  • Jake Greenberg, Ph.D., Academic Communities
  • Aimee Hackney, Ph.D., College of Education and Human Sciences
  • Kathleen Holscher, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
  • Elspeth Iralu, Ph.D., School of Architecture and Planning
  • Aaron Lenihan, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
  • Luotao Lin, Ph.D., College of Education and Human Sciences
  • Jacqueline Miller, Ph.D., Geospatial and Population Studies
  • Divinas Olivas, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
  • Cara Streit, Ph.D., College of Education and Human Sciences
  • Damián Wilson, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
  • Ling Zhou, Ph.D., Anderson School of Management
  • Marie Alarcon, Film and Digital Arts, College of Fine Arts
  • Sarah Aziz, Architecture, School of Architecture and Planning
  • Jessica Carey-Webb, Spanish and Portuguese, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Alexandra Davis, Individual, Family, and Community Education, College of Education & Human Sciences
  • Adriana Molina Garzon, School of Public Administration, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Cindy Gevarter, Speech and Hearing Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Meggan Gould, Art, College of Fine Arts
  • Wendy Greyeyes, Native American Studies Department, College of Arts and Sciences and School of Law
  • Yu Yu Hsiao, Individual, Family, and Community Education, College of Education & Human Sciences
  • Carlos Irizarry, Speech and Hearing Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Alyssa Kreikemeier, School of Architecture and Planning, School of Architecture and Planning
  • Allison Nannemann, Special Education, College of Education & Human Sciences
  • Leola Paquin, Native American Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Daniel Ragan, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Mary Rice, Language Literacy and Sociocultural Studies, College of Education & Human Sciences
  • Eva Rodriguez, Spanish and Portuguese, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Monique Rodriguez, Individual, Family, and Community Education (IFCE), College of Education & Human Sciences
  • Alexander Severson, Department of Political Science, Institute for Social Research/College of Arts and Sciences
  • Sunaina Shenoy, Special Education, College of Education & Human Sciences
  • Victoria Shiver, Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences, College of Education & Human Sciences
  • Jennifer Tucker, Community & Regional Planning, School of Architecture and Planning
  • Roli Varma, School of Public Administration, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Belinda Deneen Wallace, English Language and Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Marygold Walsh-Dilley, Geography & Environmental Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Eli Wilson, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Aaron Cayer, Architectural History, School of Architecture and Planning
  • Miriam Gay-Antaki, Geography and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Xi Gong, Geography and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Matthew Goodwin, Chicana and Chicano Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Deena Gould, Teacher Ed, Ed Lead & Policy (TEELP), College of Ed & Human Sciences
  • Yangsun Hong, Communication and Journalism, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Carolyn Hushman, Individual, Family & Comm Educ (IFCE), College of Ed & Human Sciences
  • Tanya Ivanova-Sullivan, Foreign Languages and Literatures, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Holly Jacobson, Linguistics, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Xiaoxue Li, Economics, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Emily McRae, Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Carmen Nocentelli, English, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Anna Nogar, Spanish Portuguese, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Suzanne Oakdale, Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Nahir Otano Gracia, English, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Gabriel Pacyniak, School of Law
  • Young Joo Park, School of Public Administration, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Emma Trentman, Foreign Languages and Literatures, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jingjing Wang, Economics, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Mohammad Yousuf, Communication and Journalism, College of Arts & Sciences
Contact: frdo@unm.edu

Program for Enhancing Research Capacity (PeRC)

Supports shared instrumentation and facilities to advance research capacity across campus. Annual application cycle, due last Friday of October.

  • Loa Traxler – Biology – Portable, real-time, isotopic flux analyses of metabolism and climate
  • Maya Narayanan Kutty – Chemistry and Chemical Biology – Acquisition of a high-capacity and high-performance centrifuge to enhance core facilities
  • Robert Miller – Biology – Upgrading tower-based eddy covariance equipment along the New Mexico Elevation Gradient
  • Adrian Brearley – Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM) – Support for purchase of KLA Instruments Alpha-Step D-600 Stylus Profiler
  • Michael Hix – Music – Steinway B Grand Piano
  • John King – Chemical and Biological Engineering – LGC MerMade 6 w/16 Amidite Ports
  • Anne Rachupka – Chemistry and Chemical Biology – CCB Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Core Facility Upgrades
  • Marisa Repasch – Earth and Planetary Sciences – Elementar vario ISOTOPE cube
  • Marty Kirk – Chemistry and Chemical Biology – Jasco J-1700 UV/Visible/Near-Infrared (UV/VIS/NIR) Circular Dichroism (CD) Spectrometer System
  • Anca-Monia Constantinescu – Physics and Astronomy – Quantum Mechanics kit for hands-on investigation of Quantum research fundamentals
  • David Hanson – Biology – Portable, real-time, isotopic flux analyses of metabolism and climate
  • Jun-yong Choe – Chemistry and Chemical Biology – Acquisition of a high-capacity and high-performance centrifuge to enhance core facilities
  • Marcy Litvak – Biology – Upgrading tower-based eddy covariance equipment along the New Mexico Elevation Gradient
  • Maya Narayanan Kutty – Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM) – Support for purchase of KLA Instruments Alpha-Step D-600 Stylus Profiler
  • Michael Andersen – Biology – Sustainability of UNM’s World Class Frozen Biorepository – Phase II
  • Michael Deyhle – Earth Data Analysis Center – A Muscle Function Testing System: Filling a Multidisciplinary Need at UNM
  • Stewart Copeland – Museum Studies – Weaving Interdisciplinary Research - TC2 Digital Jacquard Loom at ARTSLab
  • Su Zhang – Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM) – Unlocking a Photographic Legacy - Enhancing Historical Aerial Photo Digitization through Photogrammetric Scanner Procurement
  • Meggan Gould – Center for Water & the Environment – Manufacturing Engineering
  • Viktoriia Babicheva – Geography and Acquisition of a Thermofisher Gallery – Discrete Wet Chemistry Analyzer for the Center for Water and Chemistry Analyzer
  • Eric Peterson – Environmental Sciences – Maskless Photolithography for Cost Effective, Rapid Successful Research and Development
  • Tobias Fischer – Film and Digital Arts – Post-Production Research Lab
  • Tonmoy Chakraborty – Physics and Astronomy – High-efficiency photon number resolving camera for interdisciplinary sciences
  • Michael Andersen – Earth and Planetary Sciences – Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM)
  • Katelin Fisher
  • Matthias Pleil
  • Christopher Lippitt
  • James Stone
  • Elohim Becerra
  • Abdulmehdi Ali
  • Payman Zarkesh-Ha
  • Nathan Jackson
  • Cathy Binger
  • Adrian Brearley
  • Mark Walker
  • Catherine Harris
  • Michael Deyhle
  • Keith Lidke
  • Keith Prufer

Leadership Innovation for Faculty Transformation (LIFT)

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Leadership cohort program helping UNM faculty advance research leadership, administrative roles, program development, and major proposal efforts.

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  • Mueen Abdullah
  • Rick Arenas
  • Ronda Brulotte
  • Michael Hix
  • Carolyn Hushman
  • Amy Jackson
  • Sarah Kostelecky
  • Victor Law
  • Sherry Nelson
  • Mia Sosa-Provencio
  • Nora Wendl
  • Warigia Bowman
  • Ricardo Gonzalez-Pinzon
  • Melinda Morgan
  • Seth Newsome
  • Shawn Secatero
  • Naomi Shin
  • Ryan Swanson
  • Eva Chi
  • Heather Edgar
  • Sonia Gipson Rankin
  • Emily Lena Jones
  • Caroline Scruggs
  • Lindsay Worthington
  • Jose Cerrato
  • Meeko Oishi
  • Kamilla Venner

Scholars Pursuing Advancement, Research, and Knowledge (NM SPARK Scholars)

ADVANCE at UNM, the Office of the Vice President for Research, and Office of Academic Affairs invite applicants for the two elements of the NM SPARK Scholars program. These awards support assistant and associate professors at UNM to adapt scholarship to changing opportunities, establish new lines of research, and/or develop new research collaborations with outstanding potential to advance the UNM 2040 strategic priorities (Advance New Mexico, Student Experience & Educational Innovation, Inclusive Excellence, Sustainability, One University).

Applications are open now through May 19

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Scholarly Advancement Via Enterprise Research Software (SAVERS)

The Scholarly Advancement Via Enterprise Research Software (SAVERS) program supports acquisition of shared enterprise software licenses that enable major endeavors to advance discovery, creativity, and innovation across campus. Licenses must be provided and administered at an enterprise level and serve multiple researchers across departments or units.

Awardees

2024 Awardees

PI: Tim Petersen

Area: Anesthesiology Research, School of Medicine

Proposal: “JMP Pro Academic: Affordable, powerful, approachable statistics”

Software Funded: JMP Pro

PIs: Swathi Subramany (PI) | Wendy Hannah (Co-PI)

Area: IM Hospital Medicine; Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine

Proposal: “QpathE for the Advancement of Point of Care (POCUS) Research and Education”

Software Funded: QpathE

PIs: Lisa Whalen (PI) | Matthew Aronof (Co-PI)

Area: Chemistry and Chemical Biology, College of Arts & Sciences

Proposal: “ChemDraw Institutional Site License for Research & Teaching”

Software Funded: ChemDraw

PI: Mousumi Roy | Co-PIs: Eric Lindsey, Darcy Barron, Dinesh Loomba, Stephen Boyd, Stavroula Foteinoupoulou

Area: Arts & Sciences; School of Engineering

Proposal: “COMSOL for enhancing numerical modeling and experimental design at UNM”

Software Funded: COMSOL

PIs: Melissa Sanchez (PI) | Jennifer Kavka (Co-PI) | Viorel Atudorei (Co-PI)

Area: Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology (CETI), Arts & Sciences

Proposal: “iLab Operations”

Software Funded: iLab

2023 Awardees

PIs: Su Zhang | Yan Lin | Christopher Lippitt

Area: Anthropology, Biology, Engineering, Earth Sciences

Proposal: “Unlocking Insights: Planet Labs Imagery Licensing for Enhanced Research and Education”

Software Funded: Planet Labs

Grant Revision for Outstanding Wins to Level-Up (GROWL)

The WeR1 GROWL program supports UNM faculty in revising and resubmitting previously declined grant proposals or funded grants that were terminated. Revised proposals may be submitted to the same program or reframed for a different sponsor.

Participants engage in sessions on interpreting reviewer feedback, adapting proposals to sponsor priorities, refining communication strategies, and developing personalized plans for competitive resubmission. Peer review and prioritized OVPR support are included.

If you do not meet the eligibility criteria but wish to discuss resubmission strategies, you are welcome to reach out for guidance.

Applications for the Fall 2026 Cohort are now closed.

Contact: frdo@unm.edu


 

Inactive programs

Summer Research for Faculty (SuRF)

In Summer 2021, more than $280,000 in allocated funds were distributed to faculty members to support graduate student researchers, writing, travel, equipment repair/replacement, and incentives for human subject research.

Contact: frdo@unm.edu