Office of the Vice President for Research
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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.
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January 17, 2022
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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September 23, 2021
Grants from OVPR, NCID advance anti-racism research, scholarship
The Office of the Vice President for Research, in partnership with the National Center for Institutional Diversity, has awarded nearly $500,000 in grants to eight research teams from across U-M.
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September 16, 2021
Professor behind weather data tools wins U-M innovation award
Perry Samson has been named this year’s Distinguished University Innovator for developing a series of pioneering learning and weather-related tools and technologies and launching companies around them that serve millions.
