The center provides support for African research, forging international partnerships, conference attendance, and more for both students and faculty.

Travel Funding for Africanist Students

The African Studies Center has limited funds available to assist students with domestic travel expenses related to research and presenting at scholarly conferences. These funds will provide partial support of travel costs. The applicant's college, department, and other sources will be expected to share the costs of travel expenses.

The Roger Meece Award

The Meece Graduate and Undergraduate Awards are established to honor Mr. Roger Meece’s unwavering dedication to diplomacy and peacekeeping and to encourage excellence in African Studies at MSU.

Graduate student awardees: 1st prize $500, 2nd prize $300;
Undergraduate student awardees: 1st prize $300, 2nd prize $150

Event Co-Sponsorship

The African Studies Center (ASC) collaborates with units at MSU to co-sponsor events relevant to the Center’s mission. Please fill out and submit the application below if requesting financial support from ASC for your event.