Dr. Joanne Sobeck, assistant professor, School of Social Work, was awarded a one-year grant from the Michigan Nonprofit Research Program for approximately $50,000. This grant titled, "A Study of Nonprofit Capacity Building," seeks to build a knowledge base for understanding small, emerging non-profits in urban areas and how capacity building is used to strengthen organizations and their efforts in the community.

Wayne State University is one of the nation's pre-eminent public research universities in an urban setting. In the past 20 years, Wayne State's research has grown 15 percent annually, with research expenditures reaching nearly $200 million in 2002. Over 75 percent of research at WSU is focused on the life sciences, and this focus has led our School of Medicine to climb the National Science Foundation rankings to 22 in 2001.

Through its multidisciplinary approach to research and education, and its ongoing collaboration with government, industry and other institutions, the university seeks to enhance economic growth and improve the quality of life in the city of Detroit, state of Michigan and throughout the world.