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Spartans are hands on—and often knee deep—in research that focuses MSU’s vast capabilities to tackle the challenges that impede sustainable prosperity across the state and around the world.

Every day, MSU faculty and student researchers are hard at work investigating and innovating to create solutions in the areas of environmental conservation and biodiversity, renewable energy sources, waste reduction and recycling, climate change, food and water security, land use and development, education, health, social justice, and economic prosperity.

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Featured Resources

AgBioResearch - engages in innovative, leading-edge research that combines scientific expertise with practical experience to generate economic prosperity, sustain natural resources and enhance the quality of life in Michigan, the nation and the world.
Institute of Water Research - provides timely information for addressing contemporary land and water resource issues through coordinated multidisciplinary efforts using advanced information and networking systems.
Environmental Science and Policy Program - facilitates environmental research at MSU that focuses on national and global research priorities.
Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability - integrates ecology with socioeconomics, demography, and other disciplines.
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center - focuses on the conversion of plant biomass to bioenergy.
Sustainability Research - Find out about research in sustainability that MSU faculty is conducting arounf the globe.
International Business Center - works to provide superior education, research, and assistance to businesses, public policy makers, academics, and students on issues of importance to international trade and global competitiveness.

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