MSU tops $300M in R&D

STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State University is among the top research universities nationally after reporting more than $300M in research and development expenditures in the latest National Science Foundation report. 

MSU’s $303,418,000 in R&D expenditures ranks No. 97 nationally in the NSF’s latest Higher Education Research and Development survey, which covers data from fiscal year 2022. 

That figure represents a 10% increase from the previous year, just above the average national increase of 9%. The record research funding strengthens MSU’s ability to stay at the forefront of innovation and address some of society’s most pressing challenges. 

As the state’s leading research university, MSU accounts for 53.6% of the $565.3M in R&D expenditures reported by all Mississippi institutions in the NSF survey.

MSU was ranked in the top 15 of three disciplines: Agriculture (11), natural resources and conservation (14) and aerospace engineering (15). (MSU 12/06/23) MSU tops $300 million in latest NSF research survey, among top 100 nationally | Mississippi State University (msstate.edu)

6-month GCOOS fellowship

Undergraduate students are invited to apply for a 6-month fellowship/scholarship opportunity offered by the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS), a member of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System.

GCOOS provides timely, reliable, accurate and on-demand data and information on the open ocean and coastal ocean waters of the Gulf of Mexico to ensure a healthy, clean, productive ocean and resilient coastal zone.

The 6-month GCOOS Fellowship, supported through the Howard Scholarship Fund, supports travel expenses for the successful candidate to attend the 2024 Ocean Sciences meeting in New Orleans (Feb. 18-23). 

It also includes the opportunity to learn how ocean observing programs like GCOOS inform decision-making in support of a healthy and productive Gulf of Mexico and the communities that depend on it.

Materials should be provided before 4 p.m. CT on Jan. 12. (GCOOS 12/06/23) Applications Open: GCOOS Undergraduate Fellowship - GCOOS - Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System