National Science Foundation

  1. September 2, 2020

    Researchers lead efforts to improve solar storm forecasts

    Solar storms and other space weather events have the potential to impact society on a national or global scale, and U-M researchers lead two multimillion-dollar projects to improve forecasting.

  2. August 31, 2020

    Campus briefs

    Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

  3. August 20, 2020

    U-M, MSU receive $1.4M NSF grant for joint STEM project

    U-M and Michigan State have been awarded $1.4 million by the National Science Foundation to study inclusive environments in science, technology, engineering and math within academia.

  4. March 31, 2020

    Would a sewage surveillance effort help track COVID-19?

    With a $200,000 rapid-response grant from the National Science Foundation, researchers at U-M and Stanford University are exploring whether a community’s wastewater gives an early warning for COVID-19.

  5. February 17, 2020

    Town hall highlights best practices for international engagement

    U-M is taking steps to strengthen transparency and streamline the reporting processes around international engagement, including efforts to centralize disclosure procedures and develop a compliance auditing system.

  6. September 25, 2019

    U-M receives $2M NSF grant to explore data equity systems

    With a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation, U-M plans to establish a framework for a national institute enabling research using sensitive data, while preventing misuse and misinterpretation.

  7. September 23, 2019

    Campus briefs

    Short news items from around the university.

  8. September 18, 2019

    Most powerful laser in the U.S. to be built at U-M

    The United States is upgrading its laser capabilities with ZEUS, a new 3-petawatt system to be built at U-M. Three petawatts is 3 quadrillion watts, or a 3 followed by 15 zeros.

  9. September 27, 2018

    ‘Active learning’ effort a step toward broader change in higher ed

    U-M is leading a new multi-institutional project that aims to dispel professors’ concerns about the “active learning” teaching method that requires students to participate in their own learning.

  10. July 16, 2018

    Political scientist Arthur Lupia named head of NSF program

    The National Science Foundation has selected U-M researcher Arthur Lupia to serve as the head of its Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences.