Announcements

On Jan. 13, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed House Bills 5651, 5652 and 5653, sponsored by Reps. Alabas Farhat, Jason Hoskins and Greg VanWoerkom, which will create the Michigan Innovation Fund. This $60 million fund will provide critical funding to Michigan’s existing early-stage evergreen venture funds, emerging evergreen funds and the entrepreneur ecosystem.

Michigan State University Associate Professor Divya Victor received a national Creative Capital Award for literature to support development of her upcoming book of essays, “Kin.” Victor is part of the MSU Department of English and director of the Creative Writing Program.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appointed Judd Herzer, mobility director at Michigan State University, to Michigan’s Council on Future Mobility and Electrification, or CFME. The CFME serves as an advisor to the governor, state government departments and the Legislature, providing annual recommendations on changes in state policy to ensure Michigan continues to be a world leader of future transportation solutions around mobility and electrification.

The Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences at Michigan State University is proud to announce that Jiquan Chen has received the 2025 American Association of Geographers Distinguished Scholarship Award in recognition of his transformative impact on geography and environmental science.

Four scholars from the MSU College of Education were recognized among the top 200 nationwide influencers in education.

Michigan State University has officially been selected as a featured mobility testing asset by the state of Michigan’s Office of Future Mobility and Electrification, or OFME.

The Office of Research and Innovation (OR&I) is pleased to announce the first Shared Research Infrastructure Program awards. The chosen proposals support one-time, non-recurring purchases or investments in specialized research infrastructure that support and advance cutting-edge research at MSU.

Kevin Elliott, professor in Lyman Briggs College and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, was recently awarded a Humboldt Research Award from the German government. This prestigious award recognizes researchers with outstanding international reputations as educators and scholars whose work has made a significant impact beyond their immediate fields.

Jinxing Li, an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Institute for Quantitative Health Science & Engineering, received a five-year, $500,000 grant to advance the monitoring of gastrointestinal physiology using soft bioelectronics.

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.