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U-M’s ambitious journey is built on bold research endeavors, rendering us a catalyst for transformation in areas from drug discovery and driverless vehicle technologies to artificial intelligence advancements and climate change remedies. We champion a research outlook that is anchored in support of our workforce and community, coupled with a patient-centered approach, and relentlessly aimed at addressing global issues in close collaboration with our valued partners.
We place enormous value on ensuring robust support structures for our faculty, staff, and students. This includes promoting safety and compliance while also fostering a deep understanding of the intricacies of research methodologies and challenges. We envision a landscape where teams from diverse backgrounds converge, fostering a collaborative environment of mutual growth and exploration. We will devote resources to bolstering the research community’s needs and facilitating accessibility to research opportunities.
U-M aspires to elevate its reputation as an international destination renowned for its exceptional facilities that are designed to encourage vibrant research collaborations.
In the next decade, we will:
- Advance university-wide research goals by increasing U-M’s capacity for large-scale, cross-unit interdisciplinary research and managing a dynamic portfolio of frontier-defining research institutes that will lead the world in defined areas of inquiry.
- Implement strategic approaches to recruiting, retaining, and mentoring talent across the research community to expand institutional research capacity and develop strong external relationships to expand U-M’s leadership in emerging areas of study.
- Expand the development and deployment of artificial intelligence and data science by investing in supercomputing infrastructure, state-of-the-art high-speed storage, and specialized generative AI tools that will expand university-wide capabilities.
- Foster a vibrant culture of creative expression and discovery that serves to advance research, scholarship, and creative practice by blending traditional academic rigor with innovative approaches to unlock potential within the areas of human experience and understanding.