The Provost and the Dean of International Studies and Programs (ISP) have made available funds to strengthen strategic partnerships with international universities and institutions of higher education and research, focused on themes in which a critical mass of MSU faculty is engaged. These partnerships will generally involve multiple departments and/or colleges at MSU. These partnerships may involve collaborative research, regular exchange of faculty and students, co-developed distance learning courses, co-sponsored dual degree programs, and other forms of cooperation that build the institutional partnership. Collaborative research is essential to these partnerships, and we ask faculty who participate to build broader and deeper multidisciplinary cooperation with the partner institutions that extends beyond their own research priorities.
Strategic Partnership funds will provide partial support of travel costs to develop strategic partnerships, both for MSU faculty and their partners coming from abroad. The applicant faculty member’s college, department, and other institutes will be expected to share the costs of this travel to ensure that the commitment to long-term partnering is shared by departments and colleges.
Outcomes from these travel awards should include one of the following:
• Development or submission of a collaborative proposal (including MSU and partner institution faculty) for external funding.
• Development of new collaborative curricular programs (degree programs, courses, faculty exchanges)
Please see attachments for application instructions.
Carl Boehlert, Ph.D.
Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Material Science
Project Title:
Collaboration with Laval University on the Study of Corrosion of Metals and Alloys
The Canadian Studies Center is pleased to provide Strategic Partnership Grant funding to support your proposed work in Canada to develop joint research with Dr. Hendra Hermawan at the Université of Laval.
Caroline Szczepanski, Ph.D.
Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Material Science
Project Title:
Supporting growing collaborations in materials, wood sciences, and forestry between MSU and Université Laval.
The Canadian Studies Center is pleased to provide Strategic Partnership Grant funding to support your proposed work in Canada to develop joint research with Véronic Landry at the Université of Laval.
Emily S. Huff, Ph.D.
Dept. of Forestry
Project Title:
Climate sensitive social dependencies: Developing a collaborative team
The Canadian Studies Center is pleased to provide Strategic Partnership Grant funding to support your proposed work in Canada to travel between MSU and the University of Waterloo to engage faculty members with diverse expertise to form research collaborations, as well as expand on existing collaboration with Dr. Grant Gunn.
