Office of Research

  1. March 24, 2015

    Sivyer, Handyside to be honored for outstanding research service

    The Office of Research will recognize Cathy Handyside and Sharyn Sivyer with its annual awards for outstanding research service.

  2. March 19, 2015

    Annual research funding at U-M tops $1.3 billion for FY 2014

    The total volume of research at  U-M was $1.31 billion in the fiscal year that closed June 30, 2014, just less than the record high of $1.33 billion from the previous year.

  3. November 24, 2014

    Michigan Research newsletter highlights work from U-M campuses

    The Office of Research has launched a new monthly online digest that summarizes key research news and trends from the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses.

  4. November 4, 2014

    Conference to focus on smartphones as aid to well-being

    A spring conference will bring together scholars and tech experts to find ways to help build, market and deliver smartphone apps that provide “well-being” services.

  5. October 30, 2014

    New U-M institute to measure impact of university research

    U-M has launched a new initiative that will coordinate nationwide efforts to measure the economic and scientific impact of the more than $65 billion spent on research each year at the nation’s universities.

  6. March 24, 2014

    Research announces 2014 staff recognition award recipients

    Teri Grieb and Susan Johnson will receive the U-M Office of Research’s 2014 Distinguished Research Administrator Award.

  7. March 20, 2014

    U-M looks to broaden sources of research funding

    Total research spending at U-M reached a record level of $1.3 billion in fiscal year 2013, but a decline in federal funding poses challenges for the future.

  8. February 20, 2014

    Kinsey appointed assistant vice president for research

    Jon Kinsey has been appointed to the position of assistant vice president for research — research initiatives in the U-M Office of Research, effective March 1.

  9. November 21, 2013

    S. Jack Hu named interim vice president for research

    The Board of Regents has approved the appointment of S. Jack Hu, a professor in the College of Engineering, as the interim vice president for research for a two-year term, effective Jan. 1.