Office of the Vice President for Research
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October 14, 2025
Research Cores Office launches new, centralized resource website
The Research Cores Office has launched a new website that serves as a central portal for U-M researchers searching for services and expertise related to centralized shared resources.
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October 13, 2025
Impact Institutes receives strong first-cycle response for interdisciplinary research
Impact Institutes, a seed funding initiative launched in May, has collected more than 140 letters of intent in its first cycle, reflecting broad engagement toward advancing interdisciplinary research.
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September 25, 2025
Celebrate Invention event highlights impact of U-M innovations
Celebrate Invention, an annual event that honors U-M inventors and the growing impact of U-M innovations, attracted a robust crowd Sept. 24 to the Michigan League.
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September 24, 2025
U-M quantum testbed enables remote experiments
Researchers and students can now remotely run new kinds of quantum experiments on campus at U-M, thanks to the establishment of a quantum testbed that links two labs with optical fibers.
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September 22, 2025
Eight teams selected for Bold Challenges’ 2025 Boost cohort
The Bold Challenges Initiative has awarded Boost grants to projects that range from utilizing wearable technology to help treat cancer patients to analyzing how microbial changes can affect respiratory health.
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September 17, 2025
New Michigan Research Launchpad offers opportunities, support
The Office of the Vice President for Research has developed a new way to connect researchers to resources that can help them increase competitiveness for external research funding.
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September 2, 2025
Bold Challenges awards nearly $1 million in ‘Accelerate’ grants
The Bold Challenges Initiative has awarded nearly $1 million in grants to 10 U-M teams pursuing large-scale, interdisciplinary grants.
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August 26, 2025
U-M innovators break research commercialization records in FY ’25
U-M researchers and faculty achieved unprecedented commercialization success last fiscal year, reporting record new inventions and commercialization agreements with companies.
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August 18, 2025
Zhong He named Distinguished University Innovator of the Year
For his pioneering room-temperature semiconductor gamma-ray detector technology, Zhong He is being awarded this year’s Distinguished University Innovator of the Year.
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July 17, 2025
Arthur Lupia appointed VP for research and innovation
Arthur Lupia has been appointed to become University of Michigan’s next vice president for research and innovation, effective August 1.
