Why Michigan Medicine?

As a premier, research-intensive academic medical center, the University of Michigan Medical School (UMMS) is world renowned with more than $600 million in external research funding. The Medical School Office of Research proudly supports our internationally recognized researchers pursuing innovative science to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, the citizens of Michigan, and beyond. To that end, the UMMS Office of Research strives to enhance biomedical research at U-M by maintaining an investigator-focused infrastructure, facilitating and diversifying investigators’ avenues for funding, providing unique mentoring activities, and streamlining research processes. There are more than a dozen units within the UMMS Office of Research that offer support for the research community, ranging from the Biomedical Research Core Facilities to proposal review by Grant Services & Analysis to clinical study development by the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR). Across each unit, the primary mission for the UMMS Office of Research is to foster an environment of innovation and efficiency that serves the U-M research community and contributes to positive patient impact.

Additional Resources

• U-M Medical School Research Metrics
• Living in Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 24 Hours in Ann Arbor (PDF Visitor's Guide)