Faculty Recognition

Michigan State University conducts world-class research and creative activity, ranking as one of the top global research universities in the world. MSU research excellence has been recognized through institutional membership in the American Association of Universities (AAU) since 1964.

The university attracts and welcomes an international community of outstanding graduate students, postdoctoral associates, and faculty visitors to a broad range of highly ranked graduate programs, research centers, and interdisciplinary collaborations.

National and international faculty awards are an important component of institutional reputation. Each year, Michigan State University faculty members earn a variety of honors for their scholarly contributions. Some receive prizes and awards from learned societies or government agencies for specific work or career contributions.

Please review the curated lists of prestigious awards earned by your colleagues and consider those for which you might nominate others using the award application information.

Announcements

College of Arts and Letters Part of National Blueprint for Advancing College Equity and Excellence

Jan 13, 2023

As a member of the Boyer 2030 Commission, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Digital Humanities and Professor of English at Michigan State University, participated in the development of a national blueprint for undergraduate education at U.S. research universities.

Murphy and Wheat Receive Fellowships from National Endowment for the Humanities

Jan 12, 2023

Professors Edward Murphy and David Wheat have each received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support their ongoing research in Latin American history.

Ecological Research Program Awarded $7.65 Million NSF grant

Jan 10, 2023

The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program at Michigan State University recently received a renewal of its foundational grant from the National Science Foundation, reaffirming its future and status as one of the country’s premier research sites.

Wu Appointed as President-Elect for the Society for Risk Analysis

Dec 22, 2022

Felicia Wu, a John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor and an international expert on food safety at Michigan State University has been appointed president-elect of the Society for Risk Analysis.

Durvasula Receives NSF Grant for Cutting-Edge Research in Word Pattern Recognition

Dec 19, 2022

Karthik Durvasula, Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures at Michigan State University, is delving further into “wordlikeness judgments” through a new research project supported by a $480,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

American Communities Project Receives $2.4M from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Dec 5, 2022

On November 15, the American Communities Project (ACP) received $2.4 million in funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation towards their new project, “Analyzing American economic and demographic fragmentation at the community level.”

Rhee to Lead Plant Resilience Institute

Nov 10, 2022

Sue Rhee will officially join MSU in July 2023 to lead the Plant Resilience Institute, or PRI, which launched in 2016 as part of MSU’s Global Impact Initiative to recruit top faculty to accelerate discovery around grand challenges.

Introducing the 2022 MSU Cloud Computing Fellows

Oct 31, 2022

The 2022 MSU Cloud Computing Fellowship cohort has begun the first phase of their fellowship experience. Led by MSU’s Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research (ICER) and the ITS Data Management & Analytics (DMA) group, the fellowship is designed to provide cloud computing expertise and hands-on experience for academic researchers.

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