Scholarship Program

In 1998, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and its employees, retirees, and contractors partnered with the LANL Foundation to create the Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund (LAESF). The Fund’s goal is to provide scholarships that support the students of Northern New Mexico who are pursuing 4-year undergraduate degrees in fields that will serve the region. Awards are based on academic performance, leadership potential, critical thinking skills, and career goals. Financial need, diversity, and regional representation are integral components of the selections process.

To keep up with the growing need for qualified accountants, financial analysts, and business information system professionals within our Tribal communities, we proudly announce the Northern New Mexico Tribal Business Scholarship. This year, one giving option during the LAESF campaign is to designate your gift to the Northern New Mexico Tribal Business Scholarship Fund.

In 2011 LAESF introduced the Regional College/Returning Student Scholarship Fund. This fund awards scholarships to motivated students returning to a formal education, after a hiatus for other pursuits. These scholarship candidates may have left formal education for business, the military, or other reasons, possibly for an extended period, and are now seeking to expand their opportunities with a certificate or a two-year degree through a program in the regional area.

Since 1998, nearly 800 Northern New Mexico students have been awarded o$3 million in scholarships—funds contributed by LANL employees, retirees, and contractors, as well as the business partners of our Northern New Mexico community. In 2013, 73 students were awarded scholarships totaling $411,500. Click to view the 2013 scholarship recipients.

Annual Campaign
The LANL Foundation celebrated the 2012 annual fundraising drive with a record number of dollars contributed! We’d like to thank each of the 560 LANL employees who contributed over $274,000 to LAESF last year. We’d especially like to once again thank Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS) who once again generously agreed to match all contributions made by LANS employees, up to $250,000. With the LANS match, and contributions from a few non-LANL employees, LAESF successfully exceeded its goal last year by raising a whopping $525,000. What to go everyone!

The 2013 LAESF fundraising campaign will begin May 1, 2013 and continue throughout the entire month. Click here to make a donation.

Ways to Give
For a description of the various funds, click here.
· General donations may be made using our secure online pledge form or by mailing a check with the general PDF form to the LANL Foundation, Attn: Scholarship Program Officer, 1112 Plaza del Norte, Espanola, NM 87532.
· LANL employees may only make pledges through the online Oracle payroll deduction system (no hard-copy forms) in order to receive the LANS match.
· LANL Affiliates & Guest Scientists and Craft employees will be given separate hard-copy forms, which must be used in order to receive the LANS match.

Contact Tony Fox, Scholarship Program Officer, for more information: tony@lanlfoundation.org or (505) 753-8890 ext. 16.

The LANL Foundation administers the scholarship fund and ensures that all donor contributions go directly to student awards. All donations are tax-deductible. The LANS match is subject to an 11% administrative fee.