About the Taubman Institute
Building Breakthroughs in Biomedicine
The Taubman Institute was founded at the University of Michigan in 2007 with a gift from the late A. Alfred Taubman, one of America’s leading entrepreneurs and philanthropists.
Mr. Taubman’s vision was to advance the “high-risk, high-reward” ideas of U-M’s most brilliant medical minds, allowing them to pursue biomedical advances via novel ideas not supported by traditional government and foundation funding.
He believed that physician-researchers are in the unique position to translate observations from the clinic to the laboratory and back to clinic, accelerating discovery and hope.
Initial institute grants were made to eminent individual investigators at Michigan Medicine. Taubman Scholars are established physician-researchers and eminent faculty of the U-M medical school. Taubman Emerging Scholar grants support early-career clinician-scientists as they establish their laboratories and research programs.
In 2017, the Taubman Institute initiated new programs that support the team science model, including clinically focused Taubman Institute Innovation Projects and new-technology development.
A crucial component of the Taubman Institute's contribution is our ability to identify individuals and teams who also possess key attributes of leadership, vision, managerial abilities, commitment to collaboration, track records of meeting milestones, and ability to leverage resources to accelerate results. We call that the "Taubman phenotype."
What We Believe
Mission: The institute is dedicated to fundamental discovery, and to advancing our knowledge of the causes, treatment, and prevention of diseases and conditions that affect mankind.
Vision: To create and enable a research community using scientific discovery to unlock the core processes of disease, and aid in their diagnosis, treatment, and cure.
Values: The institute exists to support physician-scientists by removing barriers that prevent them from succeeding in their fields, while creating an inclusive environment that allows a diverse community of physician scientists to thrive.
