Michigan State University GreenLight Network
Funds Michigan State University faculty and innovators through GreenLight Network internal seed routes, shared infrastructure, and pilot commercialization support.
Michigan State University GreenLight Network is Michigan State University's internal funding gateway, run through the Office of Research and Innovation. It gathers several campus routes into one place for MSU-affiliated teams that need early-stage support before or alongside external proposals. The network's award range runs from $5,000 to $500,000, with a median actual award of $50,000 and rolling access. Eligibility is limited to MSU-affiliated for-profit ventures, not nonprofits or individuals, and the program is set up for TRL 1-4 work with no match requirement. Named routes include the Discretionary Funding Initiative, HARP, Strategic Partnership Grants, Shared Research Infrastructure, Tetrad, MAPPR, Jenison support, and MTRAC AgBio. What distinguishes the network is its mix of bridge funding, scholarly development, shared-equipment support, and translational commercialization money. It is built for projects that cannot stack the same work twice, and it spans deeptech and agtech as well as faculty-led research teams that need an internal MSU path before external capital.
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