Office of the Vice President for Research
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January 29, 2024
Innovation Partnerships awarded $5M for statewide venture fund
U-M’s Innovation Partnerships recently was awarded $5 million to establish the Michigan University Innovation Capital Fund and the Michigan University Innovation Capital Consortium.
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January 23, 2024
Bold Challenges launches 2024 research themes, events, funding support
The Bold Challenges Initiative has launched five new themes as part of its mission to support and catalyze research that tackles some of the world’s greatest threats.
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January 22, 2024
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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January 19, 2024
OVPR seeks nominations for annual research staff, faculty awards
The Office of the Vice President for Research is seeking nominations for its annual awards celebrating the impact and importance research staff and faculty.
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November 30, 2023
Report helps guide public engagement at research universities
A recently published report led by U‑M’s Elyse Aurbach outlines how research universities can better support engaged and equity-oriented scholars and scholarship on their campuses.
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October 27, 2023
Grants to spur innovations in generative AI, computational science
Research teams at U-M will share $575,000 to facilitate high-impact research across a broad range of domains, including sustainable energy and generative artificial intelligence.
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October 19, 2023
Proposals sought for new arts research funding program
U-M has launched Arts Research: Incubation & Acceleration, a new partnership between the Office for the Vice President for Research and the U-M Arts Initiative to fuel arts-based research.
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October 12, 2023
Rackham, OVPR create office to support postdoctoral fellows
U-M is establishing a new Office of Postdoctoral Affairs that will serve as a hub to support more than 1,400 postdoctoral fellows who work across the university.
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October 11, 2023
University reports record $1.86B in FY ’23 research volume
U-M reported a record $1.86 billion in research volume during fiscal year 2023, an 8.1% increase over the previous year. The expenditures have led to critical advancements in a variety of diverse research areas.
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October 2, 2023
Bhramar Mukherjee to lead research data services strategy
Bhramar Mukherjee will lead a universitywide strategy designed to support and enhance research data services as the inaugural assistant vice president for research – research data services.
