Header background Image

How MSU’s Global Reach Benefits Michigan

MSU is one of the most internationally engaged universities in the U.S. With more than 350 partnerships in 60 countries and more than 1,600 faculty and academic staff involved in international research, teaching and outreach, MSU continues to share knowledge and improve lives around the globe and right here in Michigan.
Learn More
$932M
2024 Research Expenditures
#1
Nationally in Department of Energy Expenditures
3,300+
Faculty Inventions
100+
Research Institutes and Centers
A graphic of a lab with a green gradient and the MSU Research Foundation logo in the foreground

The MSU Research Foundation is a valued partner, providing seed funding for new research, sponsorship of an endowed professorship program, investments in equipment, and support and venture funding for startup companies at MSU, as well as across the state in partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. 

A woman looking into a microscope
Checklist tool designed to support new researchers when setting up their first research project.
Resources for Researchers
March 31 to April 8
A person using a laptop and writing with a pencil on a notebook
The Research Development and Proposal Services team provides tailored services to help MSU researchers compete for funding.
Research News
MSU facility for rare isotope beams

U.S. Department of Energy Approves Start of High Transmission Beam Line Project at FRIB

On 24 February, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC) approved the start of execution of a $49.7 million instrument at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB).
A zoom in of two orange butterflies sitting on a blade of grass together

Study Raises the Possibility of a Country Without Butterflies

Butterflies are disappearing in the United States. All kinds of them. With a speed scientists call alarming. Elise Zipkin, director of MSU’s Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Program, and her MSU colleague and co-author Nick Haddad, professor of integrative biology in EEB, have been major figures in assessing the state of U.S. butterflies.

Woodruff Receives National Medal of Science

Teresa K. Woodruff joined an elite group of Americans who have received two national medals of honor when President Joe Biden announced the latest recipients of the National Medal of Science on Jan. 3.

decorative image of clock tower

Helpful Feedback

If you are unable to find or access information, please fill out our website feedback form.