Office of the Vice President for Research

  1. February 23, 2022

    U-M research contributed nearly $100M to state’s economy in ’21

    The U-M research enterprise contributed $97 million to Michigan’s economy over the past fiscal year, supporting employment across large and small businesses statewide.

  2. February 16, 2022

    New pandemic relief programs offer funding to support faculty

    The Provost’s Office and the Office of the Vice President for Research have each launched programs to financially support faculty whose research and scholarship were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  3. February 9, 2022

    MIDAS Challenge Grant funds study of single cells

    Research led by a team of scientists from across U-M makes the analysis of individual cells possible, unlocking potential advancements in biology research and a variety of other disciplines.

  4. January 17, 2022

    Campus briefs

    Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

  5. January 13, 2022

    OVPR seeks nominations for revamped research staff, faculty awards

    Celebrating the work of research faculty and research staff across all three U-M campuses, the Office of the Vice President for Research is seeking nominations for its revamped series of annual awards.

  6. December 8, 2021

    $1.58B in FY ’21 research volume spurs U-M research, scholarship

    During a year in which the COVID-19 pandemic caused declines in academic research productivity nationwide, U-M maintained its reputation as a leading public research university with $1.58 billion in annual research volume. 

  7. November 23, 2021

    Mcity moving to College of Engineering, names new director

    Henry Liu will become director of Mcity when the public-private research partnership joins the College of Engineering from its current home in the Office of the Vice President for Research.

  8. October 20, 2021

    Research initiative to spur collaboration on societal challenges

    A new research initiative from the Office of the Vice President for Research will integrate social and technical sciences from across U-M to address societal challenges that intersect equity, health, infrastructure and sustainability.

  9. October 6, 2021

    Reorganized unit to lead commercialization of U-M research

    The newly launched Innovation Partnerships will serve as a central hub for U-M’s research commercialization efforts, startup company support, and creating and fostering corporate research alliances.

  10. September 23, 2021

    Prosser, Thün join OVPR leadership team as research AVPs

    Lisa Prosser and Geoffrey Thün have joined the Office of the Vice President for Research and will play lead roles in advancing research and scholarship around the health sciences, social sciences, humanities and the arts.