Department of Energy

The Department of Energy partners with researchers across U-M to ensure America’s security and prosperity by addressing energy, environmental and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions.

$60 Million

Research Supported by DoE in FY25

362

Active Projects Supported by DoE

U-M, Los Alamos National Laboratory to jointly develop Michigan-based AI research center

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The University of Michigan and Los Alamos National Laboratory plan to develop a state-of-the-art facility for high-performance computing and AI research that will enhance and strengthen the university’s research capabilities in science, energy and national security and create new jobs in southeast Michigan.

U-M engineers to partner in new DOE-backed research hub for clean energy storage

Maximizing the benefits of clean energy requires new ways to store it, and University of Michigan engineers will partner in a new research hub created by the U.S Department of Energy, designed to develop and further battery innovations.

LZ experiment sets new record in search for dark matter

LUX-ZEPLIN, abbreviated LZ, is a collaboration of 38 institutions, including the University of Michigan. Led by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LZ hunts for dark matter from a cavern nearly one mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota.