QForma, a Santa Fe-based provider of advanced analytics and predictive modeling technologies for the health sciences industry, has funded two new awards in the UNM Computer Science Department. The QForma Junior Faculty Award is a $5,000 annual salary stipend for a non-tenured faculty member who shows extraordinary promise and the ability to develop a successful research program in computer science. The $5,000 QForma Computational Thesis or Dissertation Award is given to the best computational MS thesis or Ph.D. dissertation each academic year. The company has committed to funding the awards for a minimum of three years.
“We believe it is in the best interest of northern New Mexico technology companies and the New Mexico economy, in general, to support key educational institutions,” QForma’s Chairman Dr. Roger D. Jones states. “This will help provide quality employment opportunities for New Mexicans and quality employees for the New Mexico technology economy.”