A $523,282 seed grant from Michigan’s University Research Corridor, which includes Michigan State University (MSU), has encouraged a recommendation for $12.5 million from the U.S. Energy Department to support energy projects.
According to excerpts from the article:
The URC, an alliance of Michigan State University, University of Michigan and Wayne State University, was founded to leverage the power of Michigan’s research universities to transform the state’s economy. Last May, the URC announced its first seed fund grants to provide startup support for two “revolutionary but feasible” energy projects and the largest has helped bring new federal grants to Michigan.
The URC grant went to a team that recently won the support of U.S. Department of Energy officials recommending a $12.5 million grant for a new Energy Frontier Research Center at MSU, one of 46 to be established nationwide. The project aims to advance the scientific understanding of the thermoelectric energy conversion process, potentially leading to more efficient utilization of energy resources.
URC scientists from MSU, U-M and WSU, along with Northwestern University, Ohio State University, UCLA and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, are all collaborating on the project. More than $8 million of the recommended $12.5 million would be spent within the state of Michigan, according to initial estimates.
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