TROY - Alchemie, an education technology company, announced it has received a $700,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Science Foundation to expand its research and development efforts. This is Alchemie’s Phase II SBIR grant; it earned the initial Phase I award of $150,000 in January 2016 and a Phase IB of $30,000 in
HOWELL - The Michigan STEM Partnership, a statewide non-profit organization, has received a $24,500 grant from the Consumers Energy Foundation to support a STEM professional development program to provide resources for educators to better align STEM instruction to essential skills required in critical Michigan business sectors. STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP – Sigma Machine, a Tier 1 supplier, will invest $27.8 million to expand its current facility in Midlink Business Park, adding 58 new jobs. As a result, the Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant is awarding the company $350,000. Michigan was chosen over a competing site in Wisconsin for this project. In operation
DETROIT - A major grant from the Henry Luce Foundation’s Clare Boothe Luce Program will provide funding for a new female professor of mechanical engineering specializing in assistive technology at University of Detroit Mercy’s College of Engineering & Science. The Clare Boothe Luce Program is dedicated to increasing the participation of women in the sciences
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan has received a $1.65 million grant from the federal government to help import-impacted manufacturers in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana improve their global competitiveness and enhance business growth. The money will be used by the business assistance center at the University of Michigan's Institute for Research on Labor, Employment
HOUGHTON - Michigan Technological University has received $2.8 million from the US Department of Energy to develop next-generation control systems for light-duty hybrid electric vehicles. Tech is one of three Michigan recipients of a total of $8.5 million in new grants from DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. Nationwide, 10 projects received $32 million in funding
AUBURN HILLS - Oakland University is among seven institutions selected by the National Science Foundation to receive $5 million in grant funds over the next five years as part of a collaborative research project designed to encourage low-income students to pursue degrees and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics related fields. “The idea
ANN ARBOR - Converting human urine into a safe fertilizer for agricultural crops is the goal of a new $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation. University of Michigan engineering researchers lead the project, and they'll work with colleagues at the Vermont-based Rich Earth Institute, U-M School of Natural Resources and Environment, U-M School
EAST LANSING – Michigan State University will use a National Science Foundation grant of $1 million to develop a smart human-centered system, known as iSee, for enhancing college counseling services. It’s estimated that about 10 percent of college students turn to counseling services to help navigate the turbulent waters of college life and deal with
SOUTHFIELD - Four Lawrence Technological University professors have won a $25,000 grant from the National Fluid Power Association to bring problem-based and entrepreneurial-minded learning to fluid mechanics and thermodynamics education. The LTU team is led by principal investigator Liping Liu, assitant professor in LTU’s A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering. Other members are Robert
