Center for Social Solutions

1. January 13, 2021

   U-M scholars awarded $10M in Mellon Foundation grants

   U-M has been awarded two $5 million grants through The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grants, led by professors Stephanie Fryberg and Earl Lewis, will fund projects that focus on addressing racial inequity.

2. October 1, 2020

   More than $260K awarded for research on confronting, combating racism

   More than $260,000 total will be awarded to six action-based research projects as part of the inaugural “Confronting and Combating Racism” grants.

3. July 28, 2020

   New funding opportunity aids research to combat racism

   Poverty Solutions and the Center for Social Solutions have announced a faculty grants competition to pursue action-based research aimed at ending systemic and institutional racism.

4. February 21, 2018

   Earl Lewis to launch U-M Center for Social Solutions

   Noted social historian, author and academic leader Earl Lewis will join the faculty as director of the new U-M Center for Social Solutions, which will address three core areas: diversity and race, water, and the future of work.