New endowment funds outreach

A new endowment is intended to advance The Wisconsin Idea by developing new and innovative initiatives, and adding dimensions to existing outreach.

The Provost’s Office is soliciting proposals from faculty, staff and students for the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment. Proposals are due to deans or directors Friday, Oct. 4.

Efforts funded by the endowment will help to create partnerships, and to extend the knowledge, resources, research expertise and services of UW–Madison to communities, business, schools and the general public, says Peyton Smith, assistant vice chancellor for extended programs

About $500,000 will be available for projects that begin next year. Proposals for initiatives up to $100,000 total funding are encouraged, and projects may last for up to three years, Smith says. The fund is not intended to support or to duplicate existing projects, or replace activities that are a part of a unit’s normal operation.

Proposals from individual students or student organizations must have a sponsoring university department or unit. Students interested in applying and who do not have a sponsoring department or unit should contact Mary Rouse, director of the Morgridge Center for Public Service, (608) 262-0787, 263-2432, mkrouse@wisc.edu.

For a complete call for preproposal guidelines, cover page, budget submission form and directions, visit:

For more information, contact Smith, 262-8214, plsmith@bascom.wisc.edu.