Dingell Announces $20.3 Million in NSF Grants for the University of Michigan
Washington,
August 27, 2025
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced that the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor will receive $20,316,622 in grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support a wide range of research initiatives. The funding will advance work in critical areas including nonlinear wave theory, PFAS, Artificial Intelligence, harmful algal blooms, and more.
“The University of Michigan continues to lead in innovation that addresses complex scientific challenges while driving economic growth,” said Dingell. “These investments will support groundbreaking research that promotes a healthier environment and population, while also strengthening Michigan’s role as a national leader in science and research. By building a smarter, healthier future, we reaffirm the critical importance of funding and protecting scientific research for the benefit of the next generation.”
Projects receiving funding include:
$400,000 for Studying Mechanics of Tissue Boundary Formation with Experiments and Theory
$700,000 for Quantum Optics with Atomic Ensembles and Arrays
$751,823 for Mammalian Tail Innovations & Variety Revealed By the Intersection of Genetics, Biomechanics, and Macroevolution
$279,965 for Non-Archimedean methods in complex analysis and geometry
$599,922 for Advancing Bilevel Optimization for Multi-user Cyber-Physical Systems under Uncertainty and Trust Ambiguity
$300,000 for An Open Source Ecosystem for Rapid Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Scale
$506,693 for Single molecule detection of volatile chemical compounds using integrated miniature avalanche gas ionization detector
$440,888 for Optimization, Risk Management and Adaptation for Integrated Infrastructure Systems under Technological and Policy Uncertainties
$387,380 for Giant Planet Formation in Circumstellar Disks
$155,000 for Practical Generative AI to Enhance Security Classifiers by Overcoming Data Challenges
$215,000 for Accounting for Focus Ambiguity in Visual Questions
$329,768 for Enduring Effects of a Secondary Summer Math Program on Mathematics Identity and Economics-Related Life Outcomes of Adults
$15,338 for Societal Impacts of Biotechnology Innovations in Agriculture
$403,579 for ECLIPSE-PFAS: Interfacial Plasma-Liquid Transport and Reactivity with Surfactant Molecules for Efficient PFAS Removal
$102,399 for Planning: AI-Ready: Testbed for Optimization of Municipal Governments.
$200,000 for AI-Ready SmartSenseAI Lab: Holistic Evaluation of ML Research for AV-enabled Transportation Services
$287,288 for Reconstructing the environmental context of early hominins
$552,880 for Shedding light on dark matter: Probing the cusp/core problem with the Milky Way's tidal streams
$549,245 for Determination of Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms Through Coupled Laboratory and Field Experiments
$199,625 for Long-term Dynamics and Learning in Large Population Games
$150,000 for Robust Data-Driven Decision-Making: Human-AI Alignment, Adaptivity, and Optimality
$199,999 for Dynamical Data: from Algebra to Topology
$508,560 for Self-propelling robots for the monitoring and data-driven modeling of bulk granular processes
$650,000 for Stability and Transport Properties of Ultrahigh Charge Density Hydrocarbon Membranes for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries
$280,336 for Predictive processing in naturalistic language comprehension through EEG and computational modeling
$239,185 for Electrical Discharge Plasma-Driven Multidisciplinary Approach for Complete Mineralization of PFAS & PFAS Precursors in Complex Aqueous Systems
$1,249,999 for Liquid Helium Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Sample Holder for Atomic Imaging of Next-Generation Materials
$300,000 for Next-generation phylodynamics: theory, algorithms, applications
$300,000 for Inflatable Shape-morphing Robots for Multi-environment Deployment
$397,071 for Tracing the circumgalactic gas flows around quasars in emission and absorption at intermediate redshift
$700,000 for Data-Driven Analytics for Scaling Up Community Carshare: Bringing Affordable, Reliable, and Clean Carshare to More People
$299,840 for Time Aware Research Community Identification of Critical & Emerging Technologies: Global Multi-sector Quantum Information Science (QIS)
$783,729 for Controlling Elastoplastic Deformation in Amorphous Solids: Leveraging Many-Body Particle Interactions for Energy Landscape and Dissipation Modulation
$488,463 for Harnessing Topological Wave Dynamics and Physical Computing for the Embodiment of Intelligence in Mechanical Metamaterials
$113,008 for Principles for Innovative Design and Educational Theory in Generative Artificial Intelligence Tool Creation
$600,592 for Dynamics of Vortex Ultrasound Enhanced Acoustic Cavitation
$500,000 for Advancing the Use of LLMs in Civic Contexts
$5,179,047 for Data Products, Instrumentation, and Methodological Innovations
The National Science Foundation (NSF) supports research, innovation, and discovery that provide 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.
