The University of Detroit Mercy received a $2-million grant to create a University Transportation Center that will collaborate with several other regional academic institutions to study advanced technologies in the alternative energy arena. The program will focus on developing research in bio-fuels, fuel cells and hybrid technology, as well as supply chain management and studies of inter-modal transportation. The U.S. Department of Transportation will award the money over a four-year period to a consortium including UDM (the lead partner), Grand Valley State and Wayne State in Michigan and the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University in Ohio .