Research Activities
General Information
- Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)
- Division of Research Development and Administration (DRDA)
- Technology Transfer
The University of Michigan is one of the largest public research institutions in the United States, with thousands of projects underway at any given time. You can find information about particular research efforts through the organizations listed by category on this page, or you may:
- Check individual Academic Units.
- Search the Community of Science database for U-M researcher information.
- Search the University of Michigan Press for research publications.
List of Activities
Note: The activities listed below do not include basic research performed by academic units, and the list below is not exhaustive. If you would like to be added to the list, please e-mail: um-gateway@umich.edu
- Arts & Humanities
- Biological Sciences
- Business
- Cultural Studies
- Dentistry
- Education
- Engineering
- Medical
- Natural Resources
- Nursing
- Physical Sciences
- Social Sciences
- Transportation
Arts & Humanities
- Academy of Science, Arts, & Letters
- American Classical League
- Eighteenth-Century England
- Eisenberg Institute for Historical Research
- Imagining America : Artists and Scholars in Public Life
- Institute for the Humanities
- Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG)
- MUSA: Music of the United States of America
Biological Sciences
- Biological Station at Douglas Lake
- Great Lakes Diatoms
- Herbarium
- Life Sciences Institute
- Michigan Sea Grant
- Museum of Anthropology
- Museum of Paleontology
- Museum of Zoology
Business
- Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise
- Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (ILIR)
- Nonprofit and Public Management Center (NPM)
- William Davidson Institute
Cultural Studies
- Center for Armenian Research and Publication
- Center for Chinese Studies
- Center for Japanese Studies
- Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies
- Center for Russian & East European Studies
- Center for South Asian Studies
- Center for Southeast Asian Studies
- Cultural Heritage Initiative for Community Outreach (CHICO)
- Frankel Center for Judaic Studies
- Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG)
- International Institute
- Museum of Anthropology
Dentistry Research
Education
- Center for the Education of Women (CEW)
- Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Education
- Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA)
- Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT)
- Institute of Continuing Legal Education
- Math-Science Learning Coalition, Southeastern Michigan
- Millennium Project
- Patterns of Adaptive Learning Study (PALS)
- Preparing College Students for a Diverse Democracy
- Study of Instructional Improvement
Engineering
- III-V Integrated Devices and Circuits Group
- Applied Physics Research
- Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, The
- Automated Modeling Laboratory
- Automotive Research Center
- Biomechanics Research Laboratory
- Center for Advanced Computing
- Center for Advanced Electronic Materials
- Center for Aluminum Metallurgy and Processing
- Center for Information Technology Integration (CITI)
- Collaboratory for Research on Electronic Work
- Combustion and Synthesis Kinetics & Diagnostics Laboratory
- Compliant Systems Design Laboratory
- Electron Microbeam Analysis Laboratory
- Engineering Research Relations
- Environmental and Sustainable Technology Laboratory
- Center for Ergonomics
- Frontiers in Optical Coherent and Ultrafast Science (FOCUS)
An interdisciplinary research initiative–Physics Department (LSA) and EECS in Engineering. - GM Collaborative Research Laboratory in Advanced Vehicle Manufacturing
- GM Collaborative Research Laboratory in Engine Systems Research
- Haptics and Mechantronics in Mechanical Engr. Research
- Heterogeneous Multiscale Materials Laboratory
- Japan Technology Management Program
- Center for Laser Aided Intelligent Manufacturing
- Center for Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing
- Macromolecular Science and Engineering Center
- Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project (MMPP)
- Microsystems Technology and Science Laboratory
- Mobile Robotics Laboratory
- Multiscale Computational Nanoscience Laboratory
- Center for Nanomaterials Science
- Nanomechanics Laboratory
- Nanostructured Energy Conversion Devices, Laboratory for
- Center for Neural Communication Technology
- Optimal Design Laboratory
- S.M. Wu Manufacturing Research Center
- Soft Tissue Mechanics Laboratory
- Space Physics Research Laboratory
- Tauber Manufacturing Institute
- Office of Technology Transfer
- Center for Ultrafast Optical Science
- Vibrations and Acoustics Laboratory
- Virtual Reality Laboratory
- Walter E. Lay Automotive Laboratory
- Wireless Integrated MicroSystems Engineering Research Center (WIMS ERC)
- Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)
Medical
- Addiction Research Center (UMARC)
- Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
- Biomedical Research Core Facilities
- Biomedical Research Council (BMRC)
- Bioinformatics
- Biophysics
- Brain, Cognition, and Action Laboratory
- Center for the Advancement of Clinical Research (CACR)
- Center for Computational Medicine and Biology (CCMB)
- Center for Human Growth and Development (CHGD)
- Center for Motor Behavior in Down Syndrome (Division of Kinesiology)
- Center for Organogenesis (CFO)
- Center for Ultrafast Optical Science
- Cochlear Implant Program
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases
- Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Diabetes Research and Training Center
- DNA Sequencing Core
- Engage: U-M Clinical Research
Gateway for those who wish to volunteer for studies or find out about the clinical research occuring at U-M, and for staff that utilize Engage to recruit volunteers to their study. - General Clinical Research Center
- Head and Neck Cancer Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE)
- Health Management Research Center
- Institute of Gerontology (IOG)
- Kresge Hearing Research Institute
- Long Laboratory
- Markovitz Laboratory
- Michigan Center for Biological Information (MCBI)
- Michigan Center for Translational Pathology
- Michigan Initiative for Women's Health
- Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute
Formerly known as the Mental Health Research Institute. - Motor Control Laboratory
- National Center for Integrative Biomedical Informatics (NCIBI)
- Radiation and Health Physics
- Reproductive Sciences Program (RSP)
- Substance Abuse Research Center (UMSARC)
- Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM)
- UMCCC DNA MicroArray Core Facility
Natural Resources
- Center for Sustainable Systems (CSS)
- Controversy Over Collaboration
A systemic assessment of community-based resource management partnerships. - Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER)
- Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise
- Ecosystem Management Initiative
- Environmental Justice Program
- Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute
- Ecosystem Management Initiative
- Institute for Fisheries Research
- International Forestry Resources and Institutions Research Network
- Michigan Sea Grant
- Minority Environmental Leadership Development Initiative (MELDI)
Nursing
- Center for Enhancement and Restoration of Cognitive Function
- Center for Health Promotion
- Center on Frail and Vulnerable Elders
- HANDS Project
- Health Asian Americans Project
- International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing
- PERL Project (Promoting Effective Recovery from Labor)
Physical Sciences
- Biophysics Research Division
- Center for the Study of Complex Systems (CSCS)
- Center for Ultrafast Optical Science
- Detroit Observatory (DO)
- Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
- Frontiers in Optical Coherent and Ultrafast Science (FOCUS)
An interdisciplinary research initiative–Physics Department (LSA) and EECS in Engineering. - Kerppola Lab
- Kopelman Laboratory
- Macromolecular Science & Engineering Center
- Michigan-Dartmouth-MIT Observatory
- Organometallic and Surface Chemistry
- Protein Folding and Stability Research Laboratory
- Space Physics & Aeronomy Research Collaboratory (SPARC)
- Spatial Analysis & GIS
Social Sciences
- Center for the Education of Women (CEW)
- Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP)
- Center for Statistical Consultation and Research (CSCAR)
- Columbia County Longitudinal Study
- Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured (ERIU)
- Global Program on Youth
- Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG)
- Institute for Social Research
- Survey Research Center
- Research Center for Group Dynamics
- Center for Political Studies
- Population Studies Center
- National Election Studies (NES)
- Surveys of Consumers
- Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
- Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD)
- Panel Study for Income Dynamics
- Monitoring the Future
- Program for Research on Black Americans
- Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (ILIR)
- Michigan Exploratory Center on the Demography of Aging (MECA)
- Michigan Retirement Research Center (MRRC)
- National Poverty Center
- National Study of Americans' Beliefs
- Nonprofit and Public Management Center (NPM)
Transportation
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