As mentioned in the previous article in this series, University of Michigan Vice President for Research Stephen Forrest gave his annual report to the university's Board of Regents on the state of research at the institution. In addition to announcing that U of M's research budget had surpassed $1 billion, he also described how the university had accepted $218,373,445 in stimulus funds from the federal government by the end of 2009. These awards sponsored 390 projects in health, basic science, and energy research.
(UPDATE: In a blog post from November, Forrest claimed that the dollar value of the stimulus funds U of M received for research was "perhaps the largest share among all universities in the country.")
The current total updates the previously reported total of 342 awards totaling $206.4 million by November 2009. Nearly all of the 48 projects awarded between late November and December were from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
While the NIH provided the bulk of the grants, including four of the five largest, it did not fund the largest single project. That honor belonged to the Department of Energy, which provided $19,500,000 for 5 years to establish the Center for Solar and Thermal Energy Conversion in Complex Materials, which will be administered by Peter Green from the College of Engineering.
In his report, Forrest wrote the following about the effects of the stimulus money on research.
"Starting in the latter part of FY2009, U-M faculty began receiving research awards which came from so-called “stimulus” funding, grants made by federal funding agencies with funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). U-M faculty have done very well in competing for these funds, the bulk of which will appear in the research expenditure reports for FY2010 and FY2011. Through November 2009, the U-M has been awarded funding for 390 projects totaling $218.4 million. This support will jump-start a broad variety of research projects of benefit to society in the form of valuable knowledge and new technologies."
Following is a list of a list by school, college and other units of the total ARRA-based award amounts as of December 31, 2009. The units are ranked from those receiving the most funds to those receiving the fewest.
- Medical School ($68,065,708)
- College of Engineering ($45,437,641)
- School of Public Health ($33,778,574)
- Institute for Social Research ($33,196,443)
- College of Literature, Science & the Arts ($19,335,734)
- Life Sciences Institute ($4,508,615)
- School of Dentistry ($4,079,171)
- Rackham Graduate School ($3,748,253
- College of Pharmacy ($2,021,010)
- School of Information ($1,286,781)
- Center for Human Growth & Development ($1,263,158)
- School of Nursing ($373,890)
- VP for Student Affairs ($296,863)
- Department of Public Safety ($288,528)
- School of Kinesiology ($198,189)
- Ross School of Business ($192,587)
- School of Nat Resource and Environment ($168,915)
- U-M Dearborn College of Arts, Science & Letters ($128,385)
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University Hospitals & Health Centers ($5,000)
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