This asynchronous module will be available as of August 4, 2020, in the “Follow-up Opportunities” section of the New Faculty and Academic Staff Orientation site within D2L.

This session will give new faculty an overview of research compliance, funding, grant administration, and resources available through the Office of Research and Innovation and other support units on campus.

This Research Orientation is required for all New Faculty and Academic Staff who have research components to their appointments.

To access this D2L site you must register as a new academic. If you are a new academic and have not received a personal invitation, please contact the Academic Advancement Network at AAN@msu.edu or by phone at (517) 432-1185.

Coming in mid August, DER will be hosting a seminar about MTRAC Bio Agriculture.  MTRAC AgBio research relates to food, fuel & fiber, either as inputs or outputs.  This includes bio-derived/bio-based materials, natural resources and animal health.

Stayed alert for more information soon from DER.

MSU Scholars is scheduled for an upgrade!

Please preview the new, modern design and enhanced features Here.

This exciting approach enables site visitors to:

-See a dashboard view for MSU and every department and program that showcases verified academic activity from the past 36 months, 

-Explore the site via scholar name and research topic searches OR browse a complete directory of academic units, and

-Discover academic-unit and scholar-profile pages online thanks to enhanced organic search engine visibility.

The beta site will go live on August 12, 2020. If you have any questions or concerns about the beta site or launch, please reach out directly to Kyle Sweitzer at kvs@msu.edu.

MSU recognizes that work on sponsored programs has continued, e.g., much of the work can be performed remotely¹, some areas remained open throughout the Stay Home, Stay Safe Orders and many laboratories have been re-opened in accordance with building and lab plans. When work is being performed, salary charges should continue to be allocated based on project benefit in accordance with the Federal/State Cost Policy and the Basic Cost Principles, and the applicable university policies.

Due to the additional requirements of OMB Memo M-20-26, when an employee is unable to perform work at the level of effort for which they are paid on a federally-funded sponsored program account (RC), it may be necessary to identify a different source of funding for the idle effort or consider other options.

Read more HERE.