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Michigan Tech highlights R1 status, defense research portfolio and reports roughly $120 million in federal awards affected
Summary
Michigan Technological University told the House Appropriations Subcommittee that it recently attained R1 Carnegie Classification and that about 3 percent of its federal award portfolio—about $120 million worth—has been frozen or canceled, with defense-related research making up a large share of activity.
Michigan Technological University officials told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education and Community Colleges that the university's recent R1 Carnegie Classification recognizes expanded research activity and positions it to compete for federal funding.
"This recognition places MTU in the top 187 research universities," the university president told the committee, noting Michigan Tech is one of two rural research universities with fewer than…
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