NextHouse receives an NSF Engines Development Award

NextHouse, an initiative on next-generation factory-built housing, received a $1 million NSF Engines Development Award from the National Science Foundation. The program is run by the Purdue Applied Research Institute (PARI), with the University of Michigan among its partners.

Geoffrey Thün is co-principal investigator of the $115,000 University of Michigan component. In 2023 the NextHouse proposal was named one of 34 semifinalists in the NSF Regional Innovation Engines program.