N.M. Admin. Code § 5.7.15.8

Current through Register Vol. 36, No. 1, January 14, 2025

Section 5.7.15.8 - STUDENT ELIGIBILITY

A. Conditions for First-Year Eligibility: Priority will be given to New Mexico students from those groups with the most severe under-representation and students with the greatest financial need. A scholarship may be awarded to an individual who:

(1) is a citizen of the United States or a permanent resident alien and is a member of a group underrepresented in his/her intended graduate or professional field of study;

(2) has met the admission requirements and is accepted for enrollment as a full-time student in a graduate or professional field of study with high priority or underrepresentation, as determined by the institution;

(3) has complied with all the rules and regulations adopted by the commission for award of the scholarship and the provisions regarding the administration of state graduate scholarships adopted pursuant to the Graduate Scholarship Act;

(4) 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; and

(5) is eligible according to a standard needs analysis or when a financial aid officer exercises professional judgment in accordance with the institution's and applicable federal financial aid standards to determine that circumstances, for which documentation exists in the student's file, warrant adjusting the cost of attendance, expected family contribution or other factors to make the program responsive to a student's special financial circumstances, within the parameters authorized for this program.

B. Conditions for Continuing Eligibility: A scholarship may be re-awarded to a student who:

(1) has been an award recipient of a New Mexico graduate scholarship the previous year;

(2) remains in good academic standing as determined by the institution;

(3) is enrolled as a full-time graduate student as determined by the institution;

(4) is pursuing the second year of a master's degree or the second, third or fourth year post-baccalaureate of a doctoral degree;

(5) 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; and

(6) is eligible according to a standard needs analysis or when a financial aid officer exercises professional judgment in accordance with the institution's and applicable federal financial aid standards to determine that circumstances, for which documentation exists in the student's file, warrant adjusting the cost of attendance, expected family contribution or other factors to make the program responsive to a student's special financial circumstances, within the parameters authorized for this program.

N.M. Admin. Code § 5.7.15.8

7/15/98; Recompiled 10/31/01