Research Proposal Boilerplate

The information provided below is meant to assist you as you prepare contract proposals and grants. It is a compilation of information that includes brief descriptions of the University’s colleges and schools, centers and institutes, galleries and museums, and statistical information.

Text may be copied and pasted into your document to create a more individualized proposal. If needed, additional information can be accessed via the links to specific homepages and resources. Please note that the information provided in the boilerplate is not exhaustive and may not be applicable to your specific proposal. Please be certain to review the information and only use what is appropriate.

Be sure to carefully review your proposal for formatting, completeness, and accuracy, as well as adhering to sponsor guidelines before sending it on to the reviewer.

The University of New Mexico

Founded in 1889, The University of New Mexico now occupies 600 acres along old Route 66 in the heart of Albuquerque, a city and metro area of more than 967,000 people (2024). In FY2023 the University had revenues of over $3.732 billion. Grants and contracts comprise of $404,920,584 (FY2023). In the fall of 2023 UNM enrollment was 22,852 students.
The University of New Mexico offers access to high quality education and research service programs by providing students the values, habits of mind, knowledge, and skills they need to be enlightened citizens and to contribute to the state and national economies. Building on its educational, research and creative resources, the University provides services directly to the City and State, including health care, social services, policy studies, commercialization of inventions, and cultural events.

The University of New Mexico one of only 146 institutions in the nation – and the only one in New Mexico classified as a Carnegie Research 1 University (UNM–Albuquerque is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity, the highest research activity). Additionally, it is one of only 21 Research 1 universities in the nation that is also designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). Main campus and branches in Gallup, Los Alamos, Los Lunas, Rio Rancho, and Taos qualify as "institutions with high Hispanic enrollment" per the U.S. Department of Education Accredited Postsecondary Education Minority Institution list. UNM was ranked 212 for National Universities in the 2023 US News & World Report Best Colleges Rankings, evaluating more than 1,500 US bachelor’s degree-granting institutions on 17 measures of academic quality. Statewide, UNM has the best national rankings among New Mexico universities including the categories of best university, undergraduate nursing, top public school, undergraduate and graduate engineering and business schools.

UNM ranks 68th in the nation for top 100 Colleges and Universities for Hispanics as cited in Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, 2020-2021. As of 2022, UNM ranks 88th in the top 100 institutions by the National Science Foundation for R&D Expenditures.

The College of Education & Human Sciences

The COEHS is led by Dean Kristopher M. Goodrich, Ph.D., whose leadership is built upon the principal that excellence and diversity through people, ideas, and innovation creates and supports success in an organization. The COEHS' mission is the study and practice of education through teaching, research, and service, emphasizing excellence and diversity through people, ideas, and innovation.

COEHS faculty, 2023-2024 academic year, were comprised of Hispanic 19%, American Indian 5%, Asian 9%, Black 1%, White 51%%, US nonresident 7%, Two or More Races 1%, and Unknown 4%. Of these, 63.92% identified as female and 36.08% identified as male for a total of 97 faculty (NOTE: Source: UNM Office of Institutional Analytics FactBook.
Full-time faculty included tenure-track faculty members, as well as lecturers, visiting faculty and visiting lecturers; part-time instructors were not included).

COEHS students, 2023-2024 academic year, were comprised of Hispanic 46%, American Indian 9%, Asian 2%, Black 2%, White 31%, Native Hawaiian .15%, Two or More Races 2%, US nonresident 6%. Of these, 74% identified as female and 26% identified as male for a total of 1,375 students. (NOTE: Pre-majors were not included. Student data comes from Banner, 5/15/2024; race/ethnicity is self-reported by the user based on Federal categories established in 2010).

COEHS has five academic departments, as follows: the Department of Special Education; Department of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences; Department of Individual, Family, and Community Education; Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies, and the Department of Teacher Education, and Educational Leadership & Policy, that award bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees, as well as graduate certificates and endorsements. A sample of endorsements offered by COEHS are American Indian Education, English as a Second Language (ESL), Bilingual Education, and Reading. The following academic institutes and centers are also housed in the COEHS: Institute for American Indian Education (IAIE), Latin American Programs in Education (LAPE), and Multicultural Education Center (MEC).

COEHS supports faculty, students and staff as they engage in research and scholarly activities. In FY2023 COEHS was awarded 29 grants for a total of $11,254,601. These awards included federal, state, foundations, local government and other nonprofit funders. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone finds support to pursue disciplinary and interdisciplinary work in the broad areas of education and human sciences. As a College, we are committed to improving educational and health outcomes within New Mexico, while informing theory, practice, and future research.

The COEHS Research Team Office provides comprehensive and intentional support to all our research stakeholders across the College as they seek internal and external funds. This includes support with early stage idea generation, identifying potential funders, networking across the College and campus for interdisciplinary collaborations, as well as including proposal development, editing, budget development and proposal review. Beyond pre-award support, the Research Team supports researchers post-award with managing fiscal, purchasing and hiring needs of the funded project.

Other valuable resources and facilities are available to staff, faculty, and students - the Center for Student Success; Johnson Center, which includes a natatorium, nutrition lab, and exercise physiology and therapy labs; the Technology and Education Center which provides computer facilities and comprehensive technological support.

The College has collaborations and partnerships with our local school districts, community based non-profits, tribal entities, and other institutions of higher education across New Mexico.

College of Education & Human Sciences Institutes and Centers