Together, We Are
Investing in Learning
& Human Potential
The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Foundation has been investing in education, learning, and human potential in Northern New Mexico since 1997.

Recent News & Announcements

LANL Foundation Seeks Nominations For Scholarship Advisory Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2022Contact: Mike Ammerman(505) 795-3778 Espaňola, New Mexico — Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Foundation is currently accepting nominations for community members from Northern New Mexico to serve on the Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund (LAESF) Advisory Committee.…

LANL Foundation Awards $370,000 in Community & Education Outreach Grants
ESPANOLA—Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Foundation is proud to announce $370,000 has been awarded to 74 grantees across Northern New Mexico in its 2022 Education and Community Outreach Grant cycle. LANL Foundation’s competitive awards provide $5,000 in grant support to…

LANL Foundation Commemorates 2022 Week of the Young Child by Launching the Rio Arriba County Early Childhood Collaborative Plan and recent Early Childhood Grants.
Española, New Mexico — The LANL Foundation is proud to commemorate this year’s Week of the Young Child, April 2-8, 2022. Sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the annual event highlights the needs of…

LANL Foundation VP Alvin Warren Joins AmeriCorps Board of Directors
Espaňola, New Mexico — The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Foundation is proud to announce that its vice president of career pathways and advocacy, Alvin Warren, has been appointed to the board of directors of AmeriCorps. “We have certainly long…

LANL Foundation Awards $783,000 to 102 Northern New Mexico Scholarship Recipients
Espaňola, New Mexico—Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Foundation, in partnership with the Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund (LAESF), is proud to announce its 2022 Four-Year Scholarship recipients. A grand total of $783,000 will be awarded to 102 outstanding Northern New…

Our Work
Education is the answer to some of the deepest problems in New Mexico, our nation and our world. And that is what drives the work of the Foundation. We know that by working together with students, educators, communities, leaders, and businesses, we can ignite opportunities previously unimagined.

Our Research & Advocacy

New Mexico Comprehensive College and Career Pathways Assessment Report
Introduction Public schools use multiple strategies to prepare students for life after high school graduation,…

The Road to Readiness

Recommendations for Recruiting and Retaining Teachers in Northern New Mexico
Our Programs
We work to understand Northern New Mexico communities and learn better ways to serve them. Guided by our board of directors and strategic plan, we build upon accumulated knowledge, programmatic experience, feedback, evaluation data, best practices, and partnerships not only to meet the needs of students and families but also to effectively grow programs in meaningful ways.

Early Childhood
The Early Childhood Program at the LANL Foundation is committed to strengthening children, families, and communities in a culturally respectful way. By supporting children (prenatal to three) and their families through leveraging family support systems such as home visitation, they…

K-12
The LANL Foundation strongly supports public school education throughout Northern New Mexico through the K-12 Education Program, which serves nineteen public school districts as well as tribal schools and non-profits. The K-12 Education Program has two main goals: Promoting the…

College, Career & Community Pathways (C3P)
The College, Career and Community Pathways Program (C3P), founded in April 2020, nurtures the potential of Northern New Mexico students and adult learners through initiating and supporting collaborations and partnerships aimed at increasing equitable access to educational and career opportunities…

Inquiry Science Education Consortium (ISEC)

Our Scholarships
Since 1999, LANL Foundation in partnership with the Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund (LAESF) Advisory Committee has awarded more than 2,000 scholarships worth over $10 million to deserving students and adult learners from Northern New Mexico. These students share a commitment to academic achievement, leadership and service.

Four-Year Undergraduate Scholarships

Career Pathways Scholarships
Our Grants
The LANL Foundation’s vision is that all New Mexicans have the skills and confidence they need to be self-sufficient, lifelong learners who are engaged with their community. Through our grants program, we seek to support and invest in change-making, innovative organizations, schools and communities. Through these investments in relationships, we work with our expert and visionary grantees to plant seeds of skills, confidence and opportunity with and for students, teachers, families and thought-leaders.

Competitive Grants

Initiative Grants

Donate Today
Your tax-deductible donation to the LANL Foundation supports programs that inspire excellence in education and life-long learning in Northern New Mexico through innovative programming, collaboration and advocacy.