state funding

  1. October 6, 2025

    State budget includes one-time funding boost for universities

    The Michigan Legislature late last week approved an $80.97 billion state budget for fiscal year 2025-26, concluding months of negotiations and averting a state government shutdown.

  2. May 1, 2025

    Ono highlights impact of state support on student success, affordability, economic growth

    President Ono reinforced to legislators the role state funding plays in furthering the success of students, driving economic development, and maintaining affordable access to higher education.

  3. January 22, 2025

    State to give U-M $10M to help develop new startups

    The university is poised to receive about $10 million in new state funding for research commercialization, as part of a package of bills recently signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

  4. June 28, 2024

    State budget supports U-M’s education, economic development efforts

    The Michigan Legislature passed a 2024-25 general fund and education omnibus budget June 27, allocating a modest increase for the Ann Arbor campus’ operations.

  5. February 14, 2024

    Whitmer recommends 2.5% increase for higher ed in FY ’25

    Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is recommending a 2.5% increase in funding for each of the state’s 15 public universities — including the three U-M campuses — for the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  6. June 29, 2023

    State budget has more U-M funding, scholarship support

    The Legislature has passed a 2023-24 budget that provides the state’s public universities with significant increases in operational funding and additional support for facilities, infrastructure, technology and campus security.

  7. February 8, 2023

    Whitmer’s FY ’24 budget includes 4% more for universities

    The state’s public universities — including the three U-M campuses — would receive an across-the-board 4% increase in state dollars for the next fiscal year under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s budget proposal.

  8. July 1, 2022

    State budget has more U-M funding, supports EV center

    Michigan lawmakers have approved a 2022-23 budget that will substantially increase state funding for U-M’s three campuses, and also supports a wide range of university-related research areas and interests.

  9. February 10, 2022

    Whitmer budget includes big increase in higher ed funding

    The state’s 15 public universities would each receive a 5 percent increase in additional ongoing funding plus another 5 percent one-time increase under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s budget proposal.

  10. September 22, 2021

    U-M campuses to receive one-time 5 percent state funding increase

    Each of Michigan’s 15 public universities will receive a double dose of one-time funding increases that will add up to 5 percent more than last year’s state appropriation.