Research Foundation Partnerships Office

University of Michigan receives $6.7M grant to study flu immunity in children

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OVPR’s Research Foundations Partnerships Office played a critical role in helping to secure a $6.7 million five-year grant from Flu Lab, an organization that supports efforts to advance innovative solutions to persistent problems in the prevention and treatment of influenza. School of Public Health professor Aubree Gordon will use the funding to advance innovative research into influenza immunity development among children.
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The Research Foundation Partnerships Office supports collaborations between U-M faculty and leadership and non-profit funders who align with the university’s research mission. As part of the OVPR Amplify initiative, we position faculty members and research-centric centers and initiatives to identify, engage with and ultimately gain support from non-profit funding partners to advance the mission.

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Services

  • Identify potential non-profit funders with interests aligned with your research
  • Provide insight into these organizations, including past funding decisions, existing relationships with U-M, and information about new directions
  • Support exploratory conversations and dialogues about potential partnerships
  • Provide editing for foundation-specific positioning in writing and presentations and support proposal development and internal approvals
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Campus Partners

The office provides guidance on how to approach foundations, exchange ideas and write research proposals that target specific organizations, as well as facilitate proposal development and align university strengths. The team coordinates very closely with campus partners and services, including:

  • OVPR Research Development for proposal writing, design and management
  • OVPR Honorifics office for nominations to prestige awards from nonprofit funders
  • ORSP on proposal approvals and budgeting
  • The Office of University Development’s Foundation Relations team for philanthropic funding

Contact the Research Foundation Partnerships team

Laura Williams, Senior Director of Research Foundation Partnerships

Email: [email protected]

Abby Frontera, Program Manager for Foundation Partnerships

Email: [email protected]