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May 9, 2012
Power to the professors
MCubed, a first-of-its-kind research funding initiative, gives $15 million to U-M professors to jumpstart projects they believe in. To qualify, three researchers from different disciplines need to come up with an idea and agree to work together. The grassroots program is designed to encourage bold research at the interfaces of academic fields, where big breakthroughs tend to happen.