The Canadian Studies Center awards Strategic Partnership Grants (SPGs) to core faculty members pursing collaborative research with Canadian partners. Grant funds are provided by the Provost and the Dean of International Studies and Programs (ISP) to strengthen strategic partnerships with Canadian universities and promote interdisciplinary research and collaboration.
SPG funds will provide partial support for travel and other related 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, a minimum of 20% of the grant amount, to ensure that the commitment to long-term partnering is shared by departments and colleges.
Strategic partnerships may involve:
Successful awardees will be asked to complete a short report about their trip and project next steps upon their return.
Please see attachments for application instructions. Core faculty with questions about SPG funds should contact Center Director Rebecca Malouin.
CSC SPG Description and Instructions.pdf
SPG funds were awarded to support collaborative research with Dr. Hendra Hermawan and graduate students 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.
SPG funds were awarded to further work in Canada and 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
This SPG award supported 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.