Announcements
MSU Awarded $9 Million to Support International Education
Michigan State University has been awarded federal grants totaling nearly $9 million to advance international education.
Five Cancer Research Grants Announced to Advance Cancer Medicine, Combat Health Disparities
Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health Sciences announced its funding of five cancer research grants of up to $100,000 each. These five grants follow an initial wave of funding from the partnership, in which 18 pilot grants of up to $25,000 each were funded in May 2022.
NIH Grant to Examine Universal Postpartum Depression Prevention for Moms
A team of researchers from Michigan State University, Care New England Health System, and Henry Ford Health is collaborating on a $6.2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) mental health research grant.
Humanities Commons Network to Expand to New STEM-Focused Commons
Humanities Commons, an online open-source platform hosted and sustained by Michigan State University and used by thousands of humanities scholars and practitioners around the world, was awarded a three-year, $1,249,282 grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a Commons that focuses on STEM.
Swartz Named New Director of Conflict Disclosure Management
Jessica Swartz has been named as the new Director of Conflict Disclosure Management starting August 22, 2022.
Five Researchers Receive FAA Grant Supporting PFAS Research
Five MSU researchers are part of the team that received a $1.2M grant from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Gerald R. Ford International Airport.
Three EEB Scientists Will Help Build NSF Biology Integration Institutes
Three EEB core faculty members will be engaged in establishing two of the four National Science Foundation (NSF) Biology Integration Institutes, a $38 million five-year investment that acknowledges answering big questions in biology requires interdisciplinary research and partnerships.
Ewoldsen Named New Editor of Journal of Communication
Media and Information Professor David Ewoldsen, Ph.D., joins a team of editors (Natascha Just, Chul-joo “CJ” Lee, Karen Tenenboim) on his fourth renowned communication journal. The team will publish their first issue of the Journal of Communication in early 2023.
Dantus and Harel Receive W. M. Keck Foundation Award
The W. M. Keck Foundation has awarded Michigan State University’s Marcos Dantus and Elad Harel $1.3 million to start a new revolution in the way we use optical microscopes to understand the living world.
STEM Ambassadors Program Applications Open
STEMAP is recruiting MSU participants for a 6-month science communication and outreach training program, with application deadlines due on Friday, September 2, 2022.