On April 16, 2013, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium awarded 26 Fellowships and Scholarships to students across New Mexico totaling $210,000. Neda Nourabadi, of Las Cruces, NM, and PhD student at New Mexico State University, was awarded $ 10000 for research entitled “The role of PH adaption and its effect on bacterial gene selection necessary for environmental persistence.”
New Mexico Space Grant Consortium (NMSGC) is a member of the congressionally funded National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program which is administered by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NMSGC Fellowships and Scholarships are competitively awarded based on application information, faculty recommendation, GPA, the research project, and its alignment to NASA.
Michele K. Nishiguchi, PhD
