The Center for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (CERES) is a study center within Michigan State University's Office of International Studies and Programs. CERES aims to promote study and understanding of European, Eurasian, and Russian culture, society, and political issues. It is affiliated with two undergraduate specializations and retains relationships with other study units, centers, and programs within ISP.

The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center mission is grand, but simply stated: to perform the basic research that generates technology to convert cellulosic biomass to ethanol and other advanced biofuels.

The Humanities and Arts Research Program (HARP) has two components, Development and Production with different funding criteria and different submission deadlines.

Learn more about this program on the Internal Grants page.

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB; pronounced ef-rib) will be a new national user facility for nuclear science, funded by the Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC) Office of Nuclear Physics and operated by Michigan State University (MSU). FRIB will provide intense beams of rare isotopes (that is, short-lived nuclei not normally found on Earth). FRIB will enable scientists to make discoveries about the properties of these rare isotopes in order to better understand the physics of nuclei, nuclear astrophysics, fundamental interactions, and applications for society.

The Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences and its faculty have been devoted to understanding and teaching the ethical, social and humanistic dimensions of illness and health care since 1977. We hope the information you find here communicates the richness of that tradition, as well as the diversity of our current projects.

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a law that gives you the right to access information from the federal government. It is often described as the law that keeps citizens in the know about their government.

Enterics Research Investigational Network, Cooperative Research Center (MSU ERIN CRC)

The Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen), in International Studies and Programs (ISP), draws together the strengths of the program in Women, Gender, and Social Justice (WGSJ) in the College of Arts and Letters (CAL) and the College of Social Science (SSC) and the Gender, Development and Globalization Program (GDG) in ISP. These programs have historically looked at gender in the US and in international contexts, respectively. The new center emphasizes women and gender in a global context, with distinctive new programs promoting teaching, research, and outreach relevant to 21st century concerns.

A Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA) (sometimes referred to as a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)) is a legal contract that governs the exchange of proprietary or confidential information. The agreement is used when there is a need to share proprietary information with an external party for a limited purpose while protecting it from being disclosed to others or the public. A CDA is also used when there is a need to avoid forfeiture of patent rights due to premature public disclosure.

Established in 1961 as a unit of the Department of English and the College of Arts and Letters at Michigan State University, the English Language Center (ELC) provides instruction to international students who need to improve their English language skills before beginning academic course work. The ELC serves the international community by providing English language instruction against a backdrop of American life and academia.

It also serves individuals who are not seeking a degree at MSU but who want to improve their English skills. Such students can apply directly to the English Language Center or may enroll through the Eurocentres program.