The Strategic Partnership Grants Program is competitive, and is funded by the Michigan State University Foundation, providing funding for major projects in key areas of research, scholarship and creative activities.

Michigan State University recognizes the value of supporting and nurturing faculty engaging in leading-edge research and scholarship initiatives. These initiatives must be of a caliber that positions the faculty to compete for significant external funding, including the development of research ideas with significant commercial potential, and to raise the stature of the university. Some of these initiatives may have strong potential to develop into a center or institute-level research program.

The SPG program focuses on such opportunities by supporting research and scholarship that is leading-edge, interdisciplinary or futuristic, and capitalizes on the existing intellectual capital at Michigan State University. The SPG program is a continuation of the mission of the MSU Foundation to provide seed funding for the development of new knowledge, to initiate centers of excellence at the university, and to invest in the development of Michigan State University as one of the nation's leading research institutions.

Proposals for new and innovative research initiatives are solicited. The program will not support requests for incremental research/scholarship or the extension of ongoing supported programs. As initiated several years ago, the program is organized in two parts. Pre-proposals are open for university-wide competition, while full proposals will be invited, based on the review of the pre-proposals.

The key SPG program goals are to support the initial development of:

• leading-edge projects that foster highly innovative or conceptually creative research and scholarship in all areas, 
• multidisciplinary investigator initiatives, 
• projects that have the potential for generating significant external funding, 
• projects that have the potential to position MSU as a nationally and internationally recognized leader in a particular research area, 
• projects that have potential to yield significant intellectual property and commercial potential for the university,
• projects that complement the research and scholarship priorities established within departments and colleges.

The maximum funding will be $400K total for projects of up to three years duration. Details concerning all aspects of the Strategic Partnership Grants program can be found online (https://msu.smapply.io).

Usability/Accessibility Research and Consulting (UARC) is a leader in determining how interaction can be most effective for users of computer software, websites and devices.

From the smart electric power grid and electronic health records to atomic clocks, advanced nanomaterials, and computer chips, innumerable products and services rely in some way on technology, measurement, and standards provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

SOP

Teaching and Learning Environment

The Research Technology Support Facility (RTSF) is a collection of five analytical facilities which provide the fundamental tools for modern life science research.

The mission of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke is to reduce the burden of neurological disease - a burden borne by every age group, by every segment of society, by people all over the world.

The purpose of the committee is to protect the rights, welfare and privacy of human subjects who participate in research conducted by students and/or faculty affiliated with MSU. Applications submitted to the SIRB generally encompass social, behavioral, and educational research and are considered medically non-invasive.

Radiation Safety Committee

Standard Industrial Classification is a United States government system for classifying industries by a four-digit code. Established in 1937, it is being supplanted by the six-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS code), which was released in 1997.

However certain government departments and agencies, such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), still use the SIC codes. The United State Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) maintains a searchable database of SIC codes here.

Michigan State University's Standard Industrial Classification Codes are SIC 8221 and 8733.

Michigan State University's North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) is 611310.