Four new MSU Foundation Professors have been named.

The Office of the Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation is pleased to announce the appointment of Marianne Huebner, Ph.D., as the new director of the Center for Statistical Training and Consulting, or CSTAT.

The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization (MTRAC) Innovation Hub for Ag & Bio is the first in a series of specialized statewide commercialization programs with in-depth domain expertise in specific areas of research. Translational research funding to accelerate the commercialization of high potential Ag & Bio technology is available to innovators at institutions of higher education, non-profit research centers, and hospital systems throughout Michigan.

Lyman Briggs College recently announced nine grants awarded to a number of cross-cutting research collaborations at MSU.

As part of the new MSU Scholars tool, faculty will now have the option to receive customized emails containing targeted funding opportunities keyed to their research interests, alerts as to when someone was searching for them or a research topic of theirs, and collaboration opportunities.

MSU's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR) is now accepting proposals through the Michigan Applied Public Policy Research grant program (MAPPR) for applied research on a current policy-relevant issue in Michigan.

The MSU Office of Research and Innovation is pleased to announce Manifold, a new podcast series that aims to take a hard look at today’s intellectual issues and controversies from varying points of view.

To use the Ability system effectively, we are encouraging supervisors to learn about subject tracks in addition to specific courses. Adding tracks to your new employees’ Ability accounts helps them start training quickly and with confidence. Using tracks ensures email reminders are sent and can improve compliance inspection results.

"MSU Scholars" is a new public-facing site showcasing MSU faculty scholarly activity at scholars.msu.edu. "Faculty Insight" is an internal site, accessible via MSU Net ID, and displays grant funding opportunities from federal, corporate, and foundation sources, along with experts at MSU for collaboration possibilities at insight.discovery.academicanalytics.com/msu.

Information about the partial federal shutdown and how it may impact faculty-researchers.