National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation partners with researchers across U-M to strengthen the United States economy, while also enhancing the nation’s security and advancing knowledge to sustain global leadership.
$142 Million
Research Supported by NSF in FY25
1081
Active Projects Supported by NSF
A research team including members from the University of Michigan have unveiled a new observational technique that’s sensitive to the dynamics of the intrinsic quantum jiggles of materials, or phonons.
Inspired by the lightweight skeletons of deep-sea sponges, engineers are developing advanced metamaterials that adapt to extreme environments.
Image credit: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, INDEX-SATAL 2010
A newly discovered silicone variant is a semiconductor, University of Michigan researchers have discovered—upending assumptions that the material class is exclusively insulating.
Test tubes containing the new silicone copolymers, separated by chain length, from long to short provide visual evidence of the varying band gap in the new semiconductor silicone.
Image credit: Zijing (Jackie) Zhang.
A new study from the University of Michigan shows that when people’s sleep cycles are misaligned with their internal clocks, or circadian rhythms, it can have drastic effects on their moods.
U-M research finds connections between mood and circadian rhythm disruptions in new study using Fitbit data from hundreds of medical interns
Image credit: Lukas Blazek, Unsplash