1. A. Priority shall be given to New Mexico students who are New Mexico residents with the greatest financial need and students who are residents from groups underrepresented in graduate education.

2. B. A scholarship may be awarded to a New Mexico resident who has:

   1. (1) earned a bachelor's degree and maintained a grade point average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale or who holds a paid position supporting faculty teaching or research activities;
   2. (2) met the admission requirements, is accepted for enrollment and enrolls in at least six credit hours in a graduate field of study; and
   3. (3) complied with all the rules adopted by the department for award of the scholarship and the provisions regarding the administration of the graduate scholarship program.

History: Laws 1988, ch. 111, § 5; 1991, ch. 262, § 11; 2025, ch. 92, § 2.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, revised the eligibility conditions for scholarships; added new subsection designations "A" and "B", deleted former subsection designation "A", and redesignated former Subsections B and C as Paragraphs B(2) and B(3), respectively; in Subsection A, after "Priority" deleted "will" and added "shall", after "New Mexico" deleted "students from those groups with the most severe underrepresentation and", after "students" added "who are New Mexico residents," and after "financial need" added "and students who are residents from groups underrepresented in graduate education"; in Subsection B, after "awarded to" deleted "an individual" and added "a New Mexico resident", after "who has" deleted "is a citizen of the United States or who has a permanent resident visa", and added new Paragraph B(1), in Paragraph B(2), after "enrollment" deleted "as a full-time student in an underrepresented" and added "and enrolls in at least six credit house in a", and in Paragraph B(3), after "graduate" deleted "scholarships adopted pursuant to the Graduate Scholarship Act" and added "scholarship program"; and deleted former Subsection D.

The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, substituted "scholarship" and "scholarships" for "fellowship" and "fellowships" and, in Subsection C, substituted "Graduate Scholarship Act" for "Graduate Fellowship Act".