Corporate and Foundation Relations

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded Sloan Research Fellowships to two computer engineers from the College of Engineering: Thatchaphol Saranurak and Andrew Owens. They are among 126 early-career researchers selected from institutions in the United States and Canada because their creativity, innovation and research accomplishments distinguish them as the next generation of leaders. A headshot of Andrew Owens Andrew Owens A headshot of Thatchaphol Saranurak Thatchaphol Saranurak Sloan Research Fellowships are one of the most competitive and prestigious awards available to early-career scholars, and they are seen as evidence of an institution’s success in attracting the most promising early-career researchers to its ranks.

A grant was made to to the University of Michigan’s Water Center for $532,000 and will use to update data and improve models to inform improvements for the health and water quality of Lake Erie.

Marsal School Associate Professor Jon Wargo is the 2023 recipient of the Early Literacy Teacher Educator of the Year Award. The award is given annually by the Early Childhood Education Assembly (ECEA) of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) to a teacher educator in the area of early childhood focusing on language and literacy development.

Tom Lyon, Dow Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology, and Commerce, was recently awarded the World Sustainability Award from the MDPI Sustainability Foundation. The award, totaling $100,000 between him and his co-awardees, recognizes Lyon’s contribution to corporate sustainability.

Memories of disease could impact human lives down to the cellular level. That’s U-M researcher Claudia Loebel’s idea at least, and it landed her a fellowship from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

The University of Michigan is establishing a new Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) that will serve as a hub to support postdoctoral fellows across the university. U-M has more than 1,400 postdocs who work across all the schools and colleges and play a key part in the university’s research enterprise. The OPA will not only support these postdoctoral fellows as they prepare for their future careers, but will also guide and advise departments and programs about best-practice policies, processes, and services related to the employment and well-being of postdoctoral fellows.