Congrats UM
The University of Michigan is now a billion dollar a year research entity. The article says that we are third behind UW-Madison and UC-San Francisco but I am sure I have seen before that John Hopkins has a $15 billion dollar a year research expenditure (maybe they mean for public schools).
http://research.umich.edu/quick-facts/annual-reports-on-u-m-research-sc…
Go Blue!
December 29th, 2009 at 11:31 AM ^
Leaders and the best.
December 29th, 2009 at 11:33 AM ^
"About $130,000 of the $1.02 billion came from federal stimulus-package awards. U-M researchers have been awarded more than $90 million in stimulus grants so far, but the bulk of those funds will be spent in the current and next fiscal years."
December 29th, 2009 at 11:56 AM ^
"Spending of research funds provided by the state of Michigan and local Michigan authorities declined 10.6 percent to $4.6 million."
not good
December 29th, 2009 at 12:03 PM ^
It's sad to see the state having such issues, but it's great to see UM can continue to expand research efforts despite the negative environment in Michigan right now. Strong research and development is a great source of wealth; hopefully the U can turn the state around soon. I very much want to come home.
December 29th, 2009 at 12:12 PM ^
1. Not OT.
2. If you post a link, please provide context to what you are linking to. For example, in this case, you would write about how much Michigan spends on research. Then, you would provide a link.
December 29th, 2009 at 12:12 PM ^
Over 1 Billion, not thats some cash. Nice job UM
December 29th, 2009 at 12:18 PM ^
From the Center for Measuring University Performance, MSU has a fairly hefty research expenditure as well. This latest report is using data from 2006 so its not the most up to date.
http://mup.asu.edu/research2008.pdf
December 29th, 2009 at 7:04 PM ^
That survey doesn't get a lot of attention (except from schools whose position it improves). Most research rankings are based off the NSF survey.
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/showsrvy.cfm?srvy_CatID=4&srvy_Seri=12#av…
The 2008 numbers are late, but the 2007 data is available, sliced and diced, here:
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf09303/content.cfm?pub_id=3871&id=2
Probably table 33 is the most useful. John Hopkins crushes everyone, but all Big10 members are in the top 44. MSU is last.
For the purposes of expansion, Pitt looks the best. Rutgers is #57.
December 29th, 2009 at 10:13 PM ^
I like that smooth move segue from research funding rankings to expansion.
Well played.
December 29th, 2009 at 12:20 PM ^
I thought this was a Michigan blog?
December 29th, 2009 at 12:39 PM ^
...about this news as they yet again see their tuition go up as student loan programs get more scarce and difficult to obtain.
December 29th, 2009 at 1:36 PM ^
That has alot to do with the state as a whole hurting with government funding. This past year the state proposed the idea of cutting UofM off completely and making them go private. That is the case at all schools across the country. I went to another school for a semester a while back and they gave me $0 in financial aid. I had to borrow everything to cover expenses.
December 29th, 2009 at 7:19 PM ^
It's good to see the University growing, even with the state's ragged economic outlook.
December 29th, 2009 at 9:39 PM ^
A firm hired by the state mentioned the privation of UM as a option. Granholm quickly dismissed the idea as it would require a constitutional amendment and would be immensely unpopular among the residents of the state.
December 29th, 2009 at 10:10 PM ^
Would this mean tutition would be the same for both out of state and instate because if it took a vote to change this I don't see how this would ever pass