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SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN TO ACCELERATE NEW MEXICO
ACCELERATE NEW MEXICO
For more than 136 years, The University of New Mexico has helped shape the future of our state. As New Mexico’s flagship university and a leading Hispanic-Serving Institution, UNM reflects the people and communities it serves. From classrooms and clinics to research labs and creative spaces, UNM is where New Mexico’s talent, ideas, and possibilities come together and where their impact reaches far beyond our borders.
Accelerate New Mexico is a vision for what’s possible when we invest in the people and ideas that can move our state forward.
A first-generation student who has the opportunity to graduate. A faculty researcher who has the resources to pursue a breakthrough. A patient who can access exceptional care close to home. An artist who brings new perspectives to our communities. A new generation of leaders will build their careers and their lives here in New Mexico. These are more than individual opportunities. Together, they are the building blocks of a stronger, healthier, more prosperous New Mexico.
Through Accelerate New Mexico, we will raise $1.2 billion to make that future possible. Your philanthropy can be the reason a student succeeds, a discovery advances, a community grows, or a life changes.
The future of New Mexico is being built at UNM. Be the reason it moves forward.
“Our shared sense of purpose with the state is what makes The University of New Mexico unlike any other institution in the country. When we move UNM forward, we move New Mexico forward. That is the promise of Accelerate New Mexico: a moment of readiness and a future we are ready to build together. Onward!”
Dr. Steve Goldstein
President, The University of New Mexico
Philanthropy In Motion
What Will You Make Possible?
STUDENT SUCCESS
Be the Reason every Lobo has the opportunity to thrive.
Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not. Accelerate New Mexico opens doors for students from every corner of our state and beyond—through scholarships, mentorship, hands-on learning, and the support that helps students stay on course and graduate ready for what comes next.
When more students have the opportunity to succeed at UNM, they carry that success into their families, communities, and the future of New Mexico.
With your support, we can:
Provide internships and professional development opportunities
Enhance the mental health care that is foundational to student achievement
Award need- and merit-based scholarships that lift financial barriers and attract the best students from NM and around the globe
Ensure crucial funding for graduate studies, research, and professional fellowships
Deliver funding for food and housing security, the basic components of a caring community
FACULTY EXCELLENCE
Be the Reason great minds choose New Mexico.
Exceptional faculty do more than teach. They challenge students to see what is possible, pursue discoveries that change lives, and bring knowledge into the communities we serve.
Accelerate New Mexico will help UNM recruit, retain, and empower outstanding educators, researchers, clinicians, artists, and scholars giving them the resources to do their best work and inspiring generations of Lobos to do the same.
With your support, we can:
Attract and retain the best faculty
Create endowments that empower our faculty to innovate, inspire, and educate
Offer research fellowships crucial to realizing impactful outcomes
RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Be the Reason bold ideas become breakthroughs.
Some of tomorrow's most important discoveries are taking shape at UNM today. Across laboratories, clinics, studios, classrooms, and communities, our researchers are confronting challenges that matter to New Mexico and creating solutions with the potential to reach far beyond it.
Accelerate New Mexico will provide the people, resources, and opportunities that move promising ideas forward—from the first question to the breakthrough that changes what is possible.
With your support, we can provide:
Graduate research funding to empower a new generation of student researchers
Cutting-edge laboratory equipment to push the boundaries of our work
Support for unrestricted research that fuels curiosity-driven exploration
Investments in medical research discovery that transform lives in real-time.
Campaign Spotlights
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Athletics
Lobo Athletics is more than competition. It is one of the most visible and unifying forces in New Mexico, bringing together students, alumni, faculty, staff, and communities across the state through a shared sense of pride and purpose.
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The Arts
The arts are fundamental to the identity of both the University of New Mexico and the state it serves. New Mexico’s cultural richness is one of its greatest strengths, and UNM plays a vital role in preserving, advancing, and sharing that heritage with the world.
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School of Medicine
As the state’s only academic medical center, the UNM School of Medicine serves as the foundation of our healthcare workforce, educating physicians, nurses, pharmacists, researchers, and allied health professionals who provide care in every region of the state.
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Presidential Scholarship Program
The Presidential Scholarship Program is one of UNM’s most enduring investments in New Mexico's future, a premier talent development and leadership pipeline that empowers students to become the innovators, professionals, and leaders who strengthen our state.
