NIH & DARPA Research Priorities Debrief Meeting

May 13, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

3520 Green Court,
3rd Floor,
Suite 3200,
MIDAS Open Meeting Space

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Join MIDAS for a faculty discussion session sharing key takeaways from recent meetings with NIH and DARPA, followed by a strategic conversation about how U-M faculty can position their work around upcoming funding opportunities.

NIH highlights include a shift toward digital twins and organs-on-a-chip, growing investment in AI ethics, rural healthcare, and data from under-resourced communities, and active interest from ODSS in multi-modal AI, medical image analysis, and AI-enabled research infrastructure. For more details regarding the NIH ODSS visit, you can access the session materials HERE

The DARPA Mission Connect themes span advanced manufacturing and supply chain processes, robotics and autonomy, AI-enabled design, microelectronics, and human-machine collaboration. MIDAS affiliated faculty from across schools and colleges are welcome.