{"id":19362,"date":"2020-06-29T09:27:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T13:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=19362"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:55","slug":"university-alliance-receives-51-5-million-in-funding-from-defense-threat-reduction-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/29\/university-alliance-receives-51-5-million-in-funding-from-defense-threat-reduction-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"University alliance receives $51.5 million in funding from Defense Threat Reduction Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/warning-577062_1280-700x456.jpg\" alt=\"&quot; &quot;\" class=\"wp-image-19407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/warning-577062_1280-700x456.jpg 700w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/warning-577062_1280-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/warning-577062_1280-200x130.jpg 200w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/warning-577062_1280-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/warning-577062_1280-665x433.jpg 665w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/warning-577062_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>(<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/ChadoNihi-634818\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=577062\">ChadoNihi<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=577062\">Pixabay<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.engin.umich.edu\/2020\/06\/ners-alliance-receives-51-5m-in-funding-from-defense-threat-reduction-agency\/\">The Defense Threat Reduction Agency\u2019s (DTRA) has announced it is rewarding $51.5 million of funding to the newly formed Interaction of Ionizing Radiation with Matter University Research Alliance (IIRM-URA) program.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IIRM-URA is comprised of 12 universities and 8 partner institutions, national laboratories, and industrial companies. The University of Michigan is one of IIRM-URA\u2019s four permanent university members.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IIRM-URA will foster collaborations among leading scientists and engineers to advance in three research areas: materials and radiation interactions, devices and integration, and nuclear survivability response. It will also provide high school students with hands-on mentoring opportunities, establish Young Investigator Awards, create student pipeline programs, and provide seed grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This multidisciplinary alliance is intended to advance the future of national security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Defense Threat Reduction Agency\u2019s (DTRA) has announced it is rewarding $51.5 million of funding to the newly formed Interaction of Ionizing Radiation with Matter University Research Alliance (IIRM-URA) program.&nbsp; IIRM-URA is comprised of 12 universities and 8 partner institutions, national laboratories, and industrial companies. The University of Michigan is one of IIRM-URA\u2019s four permanent university members.&nbsp; IIRM-URA\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/29\/university-alliance-receives-51-5-million-in-funding-from-defense-threat-reduction-agency\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-19362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-research"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/warning-577062_1280.jpg",1280,834,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/warning-577062_1280-200x130.jpg",200,130,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/warning-577062_1280-300x195.jpg",300,195,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/warning-577062_1280-768x500.jpg",665,433,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/warning-577062_1280-700x456.jpg",600,391,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/warning-577062_1280.jpg",1280,834,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/warning-577062_1280.jpg",1280,834,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/warning-577062_1280-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/warning-577062_1280-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/warning-577062_1280-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/warning-577062_1280-665x433.jpg",665,433,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/warning-577062_1280.jpg",384,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Defense Threat Reduction Agency\u2019s (DTRA) has announced it is rewarding $51.5 million of funding to the newly formed Interaction of Ionizing Radiation with Matter University Research Alliance (IIRM-URA) program.&nbsp; IIRM-URA is comprised of 12 universities and 8 partner institutions, national laboratories, and industrial companies. 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