Department of Energy
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May 15, 2024
$15M to fund U-M, Los Alamos National Laboratory collaboration
A five-year, $15 million award will fund a partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory and U-M to address critical challenges.
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September 25, 2023
University part of federal DOE grant to diversify physics
U-M is among three universities that have received a $1.125 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to recruit students of diverse backgrounds into the field of physics.
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April 25, 2023
U-M’s renewable energy zoning initiative expands to six states
An expanded renewable energy zoning database from U-M helps simplify matchmaking between renewable energy developers and communities in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.
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July 18, 2022
College of Engineering awarded $5.1M to advance nuclear energy
The College of Engineering’s Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences has received $5.1 million for three projects to advance nuclear technology.
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December 1, 2021
$3.4M to turn up the heat at solar-thermal plants
The U.S. Department of Energy is providing $3.4 million to a pair of U-M projects that are working to improve heat-trapping materials for solar thermal energy.
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November 15, 2018
$1.6M funds solar cell windows, high-temperature solar power
Electricity-generating windows and high-temperature solar power are the aims of two new U-M projects, funded with $1.6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy.
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October 3, 2018
U-M project gets $2M to help perfect algae as diesel fuel
With $2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy, U-M researchers aim to make the long-touted promise of algae as a biofuel source for diesel engines into a reality.
