Nominations for New Mexico Inno's 2024 Inno Under 25 awards are now open.
The annual awards showcase some of the brightest young innovators across New Mexico's startup and technology ecosystem. Honorees could be founders of early-stage and growing startups, innovators in a specific tech field or those helping drive growth at established companies or organizations.
It's a broad criterion, with one main stipulation — nominees must be 25 years old or younger as of Oct. 11, 2024.
Do you know someone who you think fits the bill? Nominate them now!
Nominees should live or work in New Mexico, including the Borderplex area and El Paso. Self-nominations are accepted, and the nomination deadline is 11:59 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9.
The Albuquerque Business First editorial team will select honorees, who will be featured in a special edition of the paper this fall and also on the New Mexico Inno website.
Meet last year's honorees below, and contact Senior Reporter Jacob Maranda with any questions on the nomination or selection process.
- How can we make better batteries? Chris Fetrow has some ideas.
- Mariana Bucio uses design to market NMSU's Arrowhead Center
- How the University of New Mexico helped build Tina Memarian's creative vision
- Here's how nature drives Brenden Herkenhoff to innovate
- From VC to nonprofit to startup, Maximo Gamez wants to help build El Paso's entrepreneurial ecosystem
