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.

New in 2011, LAESF has introduced the Regional College/Returning Student Scholarship Fund. This fund will award 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, over 650 Northern New Mexico students have been awarded over $2.5 million in scholarships—funds contributed by LANL employees, retirees, and contractors, as well as the business partners of our Northern New Mexico community. In 2011, 67 students were awarded 75 scholarships totaling $400,000. Click to view the 2011 scholarship recipients.

2011 Annual Campaign
The LANL Foundation wrapped up its annual fundraising drive in June, 2011 with a record number of donors and dollars contributed! We’d like to thank each of the 621 LANL employees who contributed over $272,000 to LAESF this 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 this year by raising a whopping $525,000. What to go everyone!

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 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 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.