National Science Foundation

  1. September 30, 2024

    $3.6M grant aids research to unlock the power of waves

    Coastal communities are partnering with a multidisciplinary research team led by U-M to determine the best way to harvest wave energy at Beaver Island, Michigan, and Nags Head, North Carolina.

  2. August 27, 2024

    UM-Flint gets $1.7M to research native plant lawns

    Rebecca Tonietto, UM-Flint associate professor of biology, and her collaborators have received a $1.76 million grant to study the effects of converting turfgrass lawns into native plant species.

  3. August 15, 2024

    OVPR to assist federal research security initiative

    The Office of the Vice President for Research will provide critical expertise as part of a new U.S. National Science Foundation initiative to support research security.

  4. June 3, 2024

    U-M lands $6.5M center to study Great Lakes algal blooms

    Great Lakes researchers at U-M have been awarded a $6.5 million, five-year federal grant to host a center for the study of links between climate change, harmful algal blooms and human health.

  5. May 20, 2024

    Campus briefs

    Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

  6. May 8, 2024

    $4.8M campaign led by U-M will improve forecasts in western U.S.

    A new science expedition in Yampa Valley, Colorado, will improve forecasts of snowfall and estimates of how climate change will impact snowpack and water availability in the western U.S. mountains.

  7. February 6, 2024

    U-M part of urine-to-fertilizer effort in Great Lakes consortium

    A $15 million effort to wring both valuable resources and harmful pollutants out of wastewater involves U-M researchers and educators.

  8. November 2, 2023

    Grant to help measure public investments in emerging industries

    The Institute for Research on Innovation and Science has received a $4.5 million federal grant to study how public investments in emerging industries can impact economic development in key technological areas.

  9. September 18, 2023

    U-M center gets $5M to study climate change impacts on water

    U-M researchers will lead a new effort to strengthen the climate change resilience of vulnerable communities that span international boundaries and jurisdictions.

  10. September 13, 2023

    MBGNA work propels center focused on Indigenous people

    U-M is set to play a pivotal role in the newly announced National Science Foundation center that will braid Indigenous knowledge systems with Western science to address some of our most pressing issues.