Dingell Announces $5.9 Million in NSF Grants for the University of Michigan

Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced that the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor will receive $5,976,313 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, generative modeling for molecular discovery, optimization and learning algorithms, data center efficiency, environmental chemistry, biomedical engineering sustainability, and more.

"The University of Michigan continues to lead in innovation that addresses complex scientific challenges and drives economic growth," said Dingell. "These investments will support groundbreaking research from cutting-edge computing and advanced manufacturing to environmental health and space science, strengthening Michigan's role as a national leader in science and technology while building a smarter, healthier, and more sustainable future."

Projects receiving funding include:

• $299,863.00 for Research in Integrable Nonlinear Waves and Related Topics
• $500,000.00 for ACED: Tail-aware Generative Modeling for Inverse Discovery of Molecules
• $200,000.00 for Wasserstein PDEs and Applications to Optimization and Learning
• $175,000.00 for Hunt-and-Test Procedures: Design and Derandomization
• $600,000.00 for FET: Small: Non-Boolean computer based on dynamical Ising Machines
• $1,000,000.00 for Collaborative Research: DESC: Type II: Enhancing Data Center Efficiency through Intelligent Tiered Memory Management
• $225,000.00 for Collaborative Research: CPS: Medium: Robust to Early Termination Optimization for Safe and Reliable Control of High Performance Cyber-Physical Systems
• $349,600.00 for Impact of overlooked halogenating agents on virus disinfection mechanisms
• $433,880.00 for Collaborative Research: Chemistry of Hot Protostellar Gas
• $420,000.00 for Quaternary Ammonium Compounds: lifetimes and chemical fates in indoor environments
• $71,794.00 for Collaborative Research: Research Initiation: Students' ways of experiencing prototyping in the context of engineering design projects
• $349,600.00 for Impact of overlooked halogenating agents on virus disinfection mechanisms
• $199,915.00 for Research Initiation: Student and Industry Perspectives on the Role of Environmental Sustainability in the Professional Formation of Biomedical Engineers
• $370,000.00 for Computational Tools for Active Suspensions
• $206,380.00 for Collaborative Research: EAGER: FDASS: Interrogating Conflicting Accountabilities
• $75,000.00 for Collaborative Research: Additive Manufacturing of Crack-free Tungsten Using Ultrashort Pulsed Lasers
• $59,379.00 for Conference: ECLIPSE: 2026 Biennial Meeting of Ecosystem for Collaborative Leadership and Inclusive Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering
• $440,902.00 for Wave Kinetic Theory for Estimating Turbulent Dissipation: From Theory to Realistic and Evolving Spectra