Goal One
Advance New Mexico:
Understand the needs and unique opportunities of our distinct New Mexican cultures and peoples, economic enterprises, and communities to address critical issues and opportunities facing humanity and contribute to the quality of life, growth, prosperity, and advancement of New Mexico and of human societies across the globe.
Primary Initiatives:
Accelerating Resilience Innovations in Drylands (ARID) Institute - FY26 Dashboard – The ARID Institute maximizes the resilience of drylands to climate change by fostering transdisciplinary research, co-creating innovations with community and industry partners, and equitably training the next generation to improve economic, human, and ecosystem health in New Mexico and beyond. ARID fosters resilience innovations that enables New Mexico residents, businesses, and organisms to thrive despite the impacts of climate change on water, infrastructures, ecosystems, and community health. FY25 Dashboard
Comprehensive Substance Use Disorder Center of Excellence – FY 25 Dashboard – The Comprehensive Substance Use Disorder Center at UNM will be dedicated to improving the lives of New Mexicans by addressing the challenges posed by substance use disorders and related compulsive behavioral problems.
Enhance Patient Experience – FY26 Dashboard – UNM Hospital is working to improve Patient Experience by reinforcing patient-center communication across inpatient units, improving communication transparency and patient involvement in care, ensuring care coordination visibility, and strengthening accountability. FY25 Dashboard
Grand Challenges – FY26 Dashboard – Grand Challenges are problems of global, national, and regional significance that require researchers to work together across disciplinary boundaries to develop and implement solutions. Grand Challenges address problems that, when solved, have a significant positive impact on people and society. These challenges are large in scale, ambitious in scope, and multi-disciplinary. The program aims to strategically expand interdisciplinary research to address critical issues facing New Mexico and all of humanity and to create transformational educational experiences for students that build capacity for innovation and prosperity in the State. FY25 Dashboard
Healthcare Workforce Expansion – FY25 Dashboard – UNM is developing and implementing new strategies to address both the current and long-term healthcare workforce needs of UNM and New Mexico. These strategies include programs to improve recruitment and retention of healthcare professionals and increasing enrollments across the School of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, and the College of Population Health.
Learn more about the Health Care Workforce Expansion Initiative
Quantum New Mexico Institute – FY26 Dashboard – The Quantum New Mexico Institute seeks to achieve transformative, long-lasting breakthroughs in Quantum Information Science & Engineering with leading expertise of scientists, engineers, and business professionals at UNM. FY25 Dashboard
