The Central NM Research Challenge is not obligated to use exactly the same categories as ISEF, though every effort is made to offer as many as possible. If a category has fewer than 3 projects registered after category placements are finalized, the category will NOT be included in the Research Challenge and any projects registered in the canceled category will be moved to the most appropriate next choice category for competition.

Participants who qualify for the NM State and/or ISEF competitions are free to change their category choice during the registration process for those competitions.

ANIMAL SCIENCES

• Animal Husbandry
• Development
• Ecology
• Pathology
• Physiology
• Populations Genetics
• Systematics
• Other

BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCES

• Clinical & Developmental Psychology
• Cognitive Psychology
• Physiological Psychology
• Sociology
• Physiology
• Other

BIOCHEMISTRY (Senior Division Only)

• General Biochemistry
• Metabolism
• Structural Biochemistry
• Other

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

• Cellular Biology
• Cellular Genetics
• Molecular Genetics
• Immunology
• Molecular Biology
• Other

CHEMISTRY

• Analytical Chemistry
• General Chemistry
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Physical Chemistry
• Other

COMPUTER SCIENCE

• Algorithms, Data Bases
• Artificial Intelligence
• Networking and Communications
• Computational Science, Computer Graphics
• Computer System, Operating System
• Software Engineering, Programming Languages
• Other

ENGINEERING: Electrical & Mechanical

• Electrical Engineering
• Computer Engineering, Controls
• Mechanical Engineering,
• Robotics
• Thermodynamics, Solar
• Other

ENGINEERING: Materials & Bioengineering

• Bioengineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Industrial Engineering, Processing
• Material Science
• Other

ENERGY & TRANSPORTATION

• Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering
• Aerodynamics
• Alternative Fuels
• Fossil Fuel Energy
• Vehicle Development
• Renewable Energies
• Other

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

• Air Pollution and Air Quality
• Bioremediation
• Climatology, Weather
• Ecosystems Management
• Environmental Engineering
• Geochemistry
• Geophysics
• Land Resource Management, Forestry
• Mineralogy
• Paleontology
• Planetary Science
• Recycling, Waste Management
• Soil Contamination and Soil Quality
• Tectonics
• Water Pollution and Water Quality
• Other

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

• Algebra
• Analysis
• Applied Mathematics
• Geometry
• Probability and Statistics
• Other

MEDICINE & HEALTH SCIENCES

• Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
• Epidemiology
• Genetics
• Molecular Biology of Diseases
• Physiology and Pathophysiology
• Other

MICROBIOLOGY

• Antibiotics
• Antimicrobials
• Bacteriology
• Microbial Genetics
• Virology
• Other

PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

• Astronomy
• Atoms, Molecules, Solids
• Biological Physics
• Instrumentation and Electronics
• Magnetics and Electromagnetics
• Nuclear and Particle Physics
• Optics, Lasers, Masers
• Theoretical Physics
• Theoretical or Computational Astronomy
• Other

PLANT SCIENCES

• Agriculture/Agronomy
• Development
• Ecology
• Genetics
• Photosynthesis
• Plant Physiology (Molecular, Cellular, Organismal)
• Plant Systematics, Evolution
• Other