Priority will be given to New Mexico students from those groups with the most severe underrepresentation and students with the greatest financial need. A scholarship may be awarded to an individual who:
A. is a citizen of the United States or who has a permanent resident visa;
B. has met the admission requirements and is accepted for enrollment as a full-time student in an underrepresented graduate or professional field of study, as determined by the institution;
C. has complied with all the rules and regulations adopted by the commission [department] for award of the scholarship and the provisions regarding the administration of state graduate scholarships adopted pursuant to the Graduate Scholarship Act; and
D. agrees to serve in an unpaid internship or assistantship at the eligible institution, a government agency or private industry approved by his major department for ten hours per week during the academic year.
History: Laws 1988, ch. 111, § 5; 1991, ch. 262, § 11.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
For designation of the commission on higher education as the higher education department, see 9-25-4.1 NMSA 1978.
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".
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