Growing the farming movement in Detroit
UM-Dearborn student Tepfirah "Tee" Rushdan, Detroit's first director of urban agriculture, is working to grow community efforts toward food sustainability....
The six universities that make up MCRN are Wayne State University, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Michigan Technological University, University of Michigan-Dearborn and Western Michigan University. SCIP is one of several resources that MCRN offers to Michigan companies. In promoting university-industry collaboration, SCIP enhances innovation and growth for our state's economy by making research affordable for small businesses. Additionally, SCIP helps to stimulate talent retention in Michigan by developing relationships between small companies and university graduate student researchers.
Individual SCIP projects are funded at matches of $20,000 to $40,000. Participating companies must supply a 1:1 match of funds, for a total project budget of $40,000 to $80,000. MCRN member universities will supply funds to cover all their indirect costs. The deadline to submit a proposal is May 1, 2013.
The Michigan Corporate Relations Network is a collaboration among six public universities working to connect small businesses with university resources that will help to drive innovation and commercialization - Wayne State University, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Michigan Technological University, University of Michigan-Dearborn and Western Michigan University, funded by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
