Announcements
AWIS Announces 2023 Scholarship Program
The 2023 application window for Association for Women in Science (AWIS) scholarships is now open with submissions due by February 28, 2023.
Liu and Zarnetske to Serve on Prestigious National Academies Committee
Michigan State University will have two sustainability scholars on a prestigious National Academies committee tasked with identifying the best ways to understand the biological world – integrating both the studies of the very small and specific to sweeping exploration at a continental scale.
MSU Innovation Center names Miller Business-CONNECT Executive Director
MSU Business-CONNECT welcomes Nick Miller to the role of Executive Director. Miller brings almost 15 years of corporate relations experience to the Business-CONNECT team.
Updates to Proposal and Reporting Deadlines for Sponsored Programs
In the wake of recent events, an update has been provided regarding how several sponsoring agencies have procedures for consideration of late proposals and reporting.
MTRAC AgBio Starter Grant Funding Request for Proposals due March 21, 2023
The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization (MTRAC) AgBio Innovation Hub announces the opening of its Spring 2023 MTRAC AgBio Starter Grant request for proposals.
MSU Named as a Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars for Ninth Consecutive Year
Michigan State University has again been named a top producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars — establishing MSU as the only research institution in the nation to achieve this status in the last nine consecutive years.
Henry Ford + MSU Health Sciences Detroit Research Building Approved for Planning by Board of Trustees
Planning for the new, state-of-the-art research facility in downtown Detroit, part of the Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health Sciences’ 30-year partnership, was authorized today by the MSU Board of Trustees.
Society of Antiquaries Elects Watrall as First Fellow from MSU
The Society of Antiquaries elected Dr. Ethan Watrall, associate professor in the Michigan State University Department of Anthropology, as a fellow. The Society of Antiquaries was founded in 1707, and represents the oldest learned and prominent scholarly society focusing on heritage and archaeology.
Conner Begins Term as President-Elect of the American Society of Naturalists
Three new officers elected last year by the American Society of Naturalists—ASN—have begun their terms. Among them is Jeff Conner, professor in Michigan State University’s Department of Plant Biology and resident faculty at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station.
Five Faculty Elected as 2022 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
On Jan. 31, Michigan State University researchers Evangelyn Alocilja, Andrea Case, James Fairweather, William Lovis and Shin-Han Shiu were recognized as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS.