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rather than by colleges or
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Agriculture
Agriculture,
Michigan
Agricultural Experiment Station. Also see Animals, Plants
Animals
Animal Science,
Entomology,
Laboratory of
Molecular Medicine and Canine Genetics,
Veterinary Medicine,
Zoology
Applied Research
Arts and humanities
H-Net,
Language and Literature; Matrix:
Center for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences;
Music therapy; National
Gallery of the Spoken Word; Writing in Digital Environments (WIDE)
Biochemistry and chemistry
Center for Biological Modeling,
Chemistry,
Food
Safety and Toxicology,
Food Science,
Genes and
signaling,
Molecular structure and computation,
Plant biochemistry.
Also see Biology and medicine
Biology and medicine
Behavioral
neuroscience, Epidemiology,
Genetics,
Human Medicine,
Institute for International Health,
Microbial Ecology, Microbiology,
Neuroscience, Nursing,
Osteopathic Medicine,
Physiology, Quantitative
Biology and Modeling Initiative,
Stem cells. Also see Animals, Plants.
Children, youth, and families
Families and Communities Together (FACT),
Family Research Initiative
Communications
Artificial Language Lab,
Audiology and speech sciences, Comm
Tech Lab, Communication,
Digital Media Arts and Technology,
M.I.N.D. Lab,
Quello Center,
Telecommunication;
Writing in Digital Environments (WIDE)
Earth sciences
Center for Global Change and Earth
Observations, Climate Land Interaction Project,
Geography,
Geological sciences, Land Policy
Program, Remote Sensing and
Geographic Information Science. Also see Environment and Energy
Education
Center for Language Education and Research
(CLEAR), Cognitive
science, Division of Science and
Mathematics Education, Education Policy
Center, Literacy Achievement Research
Center (LARC), National
Center for Research on Teacher Learning,
Promoting Rigorous Outcomes in Mathematics
and Science Education (PROM/SE),
Third International
Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS),
U.S.-China Center,
Writing Center
Environment and energy
Center for Global Change and
Earth Observations,
Bioremediation, Center for Integrative
Toxicology, Environmental Science
and Policy, Land Policy
Program. Also see Earth sciences, Materials
Food
National Food Safety and Toxicology Center.
Also see Agriculture, Animals, Plants.
Information and computation
Cybersecurity Initiative,
High Performance Computing Center,
Institute for Quantum Sciences
International Research
Land use, land cover. See Earth sciences.
Manufacturing and processing
Automotive Research Experiment
Station, Bioprocessing,
Biobased
industry, Center for
International Business Education and Research (CIBER),
Design and
manufacturing, Fraunhofer Center,
Institute of Public
Utilities,
Packaging. Also see Materials
Materials
Materials Research, Center for Plant
Products and Technologies,
Composite Materials and
Structures, Glycochemicals,
Sensor Materials. Also
see Manufacturing and processing
Physical Sciences and
Engineering
Microrobots,
Mathematics, Nanosciences,
Nanotubes,
National Superconducting
Cyclotron Laboratory,
Physics and Astronomy,
SOAR telescope,
Statistics and Probability
Plants
Center for Integrated Plant
Systems, Kellogg Biological Station,
MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab,
Plant Biology,
Plant Pathology. Also see Agriculture.
Society and culture
Anthropology,
Community and Economic Development Program,
Geography,
Institute for Public Policy and Social
Research (IPPSR), International studies
and centers, Julian Samora Research
Institute (JSRI),
Political science,
Sense of Community Project, Sociology
