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Graduate Admissions Management System

The electronic admissions portal for Michigan State graduate programs.  You can add customized application questions from your program, track applications and required components of applications, communicate with students, and process admissions. All recommended action forms (RAFs) are submitted to Admissions via GAMS.

https://grad.msu.edu/fsresources/grad-program-directors

Academic Achievement Graduate Assistantship

The Graduate School offers these assistantships to help provide financial support for students who have been accepted into a master’s or a doctoral degree program and whose enrollment will enhance the educational diversity of the student body of the program into which they are admitted.

https://grad.msu.edu/aaga

Export Control(s)

Export Control regulations are administered by several agencies of the United States government. These constantly changing laws impose access, dissemination, and participation restrictions on the transfer of controlled goods, software and information. Learn more at the MSU Export Control and Trade Sanctions website.

Michigan State University Post Doctoral Association

The MSU-PDA is an association of postdoctoral fellows from all disciplines across Michigan State University. Connect with them on Slack msu-pda.slack.com or follow on Twitter at grad.msu.edu/pda.

United State Department of Education

Government agency created in 1980 by combining offices from several federal agencies. Its mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. Learn more at https://www.ed.gov/.

Program Officer

A program officer is an integral part of a federal agency, foundation, or nonprofit organization, to whom a researcher might request funding from via a grant proposal. Read this guide from the Chronicle of Higher Education for tips on how to pitch your research to a PO.

Code of Federal Regulations

The Code of Federal Regulations is the codification of the general and permanent rules and regulations (sometimes called administrative law) published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government of the United States. 

United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

Overseen by the Surgeon General, the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is an elite team of more than 6,500 highly qualified, public health professionals. Driven by a passion for public service, these men and women fill essential public health leadership and clinical service roles within the Nation's Federal Government agencies and in many professional capacities.