Strategic Imperative 4
Increase research opportunities by significantly expanding research funding and involvement of graduate and undergraduate students in research and scholarship
- Focus Areas
- Research information systems
- Quality
- New research programs
- Targeted investment and promotion
- Undergraduate research
Key Strategies
- Support cross-university, interdisciplinary research initiatives in key focus areas: health and biomedicine, environment, family, bioeconomy, plant science, animal science, and nanotechnology and nanoscience
- Expand and promote targeted research areas that support economic development
- Develop a compelling vision and new funding support for arts and humanities research at MSU
- Engage in continuous assessment and improvement of policies, procedures, practices, and services that promote research activities
- Increase faculty support at the preaward research stage
- Expand use of advisory groups that include representative stakeholders to monitor progress of research support and to provide input on stakeholder satisfaction
- Complete development of an integrated research administration information system
- Provide training on regulatory affairs and research ethics to undergraduate and graduate students
