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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced that the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor will receive $3,420,965 in grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for projects including communication and information foundations, convergence accelerator research, evolutionary processes, condensed matter physics, electronic, photonic materials, and fluid dynamics.

More than $750,000 of this funding will be dedicated to condensed matter physics through the manipulation of quantum materials through strain.

“The development of new materials to advance technology is critical to keeping America competitive," said Dingell. "This funding for the University of Michigan will allow researchers to further our knowledge and discovery of quantum materials, helping us to better understand these potentially life-changing materials and how they can be used to support a number of industries that matter to Michigan."

Projects receiving funding include:

• $232,948 for Collaborative Research: LTREB: The importance of resource availability, acquisition, and mobilization to the evolution of life history trade-offs in a variable environment
• $549,000 for CAREER: Drop impact dynamics and fingering on thin liquid films
• $600,000 for CAREER: Controlling the Deformability of Quantum Dots Solids for Wearable NIR Optoelectronics
• $635,476 for CAREER: Blessing of Nonconvexity in Machine Learning - Landscape Analysis and Efficient Algorithms
• $650,000 for NSF Convergence Accelerator Track K: Advancing equitable and circular water solutions through source separation

The National Science Foundation (NSF) supports research, innovation, and discovery that provides the foundation for economic growth in this country. By advancing the frontiers of science and engineering, our nation can develop the knowledge and cutting-edge technologies needed to address the challenges we face today and will face in the future.