National Science Foundation
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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May 20, 2024
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.