NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico colleges and universities are grappling with the loss of more than $130 million in federal research funding, according to the New Mexico Department of Higher Education. Now, research universities, which account for nearly 80% of those cuts, are turning to the state for help.

New Mexico has long been a hub for research and development, home to three Ph.D.-granting universities — the University of New Mexico (UNM), New Mexico State University (NMSU), and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NM Tech) — as well as numerous technical and career colleges.

But since the Trump administration, the landscape for securing federal research grants has changed dramatically. "We are operating in a changing landscape where federal priorities are shifting, the com

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