Funding Sources
The MSU Graduate School
The Graduate Schools maintains a "Funding Opportunities" web site which provides links to literally hundreds of funding sources for support of graduate students and their research : http://grad.msu.edu/funding
Support of graduate student travel
The graduate school also has limited funding (up to $400) available to support graduate student travel for presentaiton of research, assistance in emergency situations, etc. The graduate secretary in the Zoology Department office has application details.
All University business related travel (seminars, conferences, field research, etc.) must be authorized in advance of departure. Contact Sue Platte before travel at 432-9817 or by email at plattes@msu.edu.
Other Funding Sources
Finally, Jon Harrison of the MSU libraries maintains a good electronic funding database page.