Announcements
Christoph Benning elected Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors
Christoph Benning, director of the MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, was elected a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors.
Two Michigan State Researchers Awarded 2022 Sloan Research Fellowships
Michigan State University researchers Dalton Hardisty and Ilya Kachkovskiy will each receive a prestigious, two-year, $75,000 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in recognition of their accomplishments as early career scientists with exceptional promise in their fields.
James Tiedje elected Foreign Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences
James Tiedje, a Michigan State University Distinguished Professor Emeritus and internationally renowned microbial ecologist has been elected a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for 2021.
Inaugural HARP Large-scale Development Grant Awarded to Documentary Filmmaker
Safoi Babana-Hampton, professor of French and Francophone Studies in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies, is the first recipient of the Humanities and Arts Research Program (HARP) large-scale development grant.
Johnson appointed MSU Foundation Professor
Deborah J. Johnson, Ph.D., a Human Development and Family Studies professor within the College of Social Science has been appointed as an MSU Foundation Professor.
$13.5 million NIH grant awarded to MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine researcher
In December 2021, the team received the exciting notification of a five-year, $13.5 million program project grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health to study Perivascular Adipose Tissue (PVAT) as a Central Integrator of Vascular Health.
A Record Year for Spartan Scholars - Nine Elected to AAAS
A record-tying nine MSU researchers have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Saweda Liverpool-Tasie Appointed by President Biden to Board for International Food and Agricultural Development
President Joe Biden has appointed Michigan State University (MSU) economist Dr. Saweda Liverpool-Tasie to the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD). BIFAD advises the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on agriculture and higher education issues pertinent to food insecurity. Along with other BIFAD board members, Dr. Liverpool-Tasie will play a key role in shaping our nation’s perspectives on international food and agriculture.
MTRAC AgBio Funding - 2022 Starter Grants
The MTRAC AgBio Innovation Hub announces the opening of the first request for proposals for 2022 MTRAC AgBio Starter Grants, with proposals due March 2. 2022.