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Research Core Revitalization Program funds upgrades to shared resources on campus
These resources allow the university to support many investigators at once by maintaining and upgrading high-end instrumentation that would be cost-prohibitive for any single lab.
Lonnie Berger to be associate vice chancellor in the social sciences
Berger will provide leadership for divisional area faculty recruitment and retention, grant matches, research center reviews, faculty awards and professorships, and fall competition awards.
Nine projects selected for UW/WARF COVID-19 Accelerator Challenge
From improved respirators to accelerated virus testing, each project is designed to be rapidly advanced over the coming months to help combat the pandemic.
Promising research projects win funding
Twelve projects have been chosen for the UW2020: WARF Discovery Initiative. The goal is to stimulate groundbreaking research and acquire equipment that will foster significant scientific advances.
Ackerman to lead UW–Madison’s research and graduate education
Ackerman will oversee a portfolio comprising $1.2 billion in annual research expenditures, manage research policy and compliance, and lead graduate education through the Graduate School.
Professor will make ‘workhorse’ microscope more powerful
Kevin Eliceiri says he has always believed that science is best done by building on the work of others and openly sharing what you have done.
Search moves forward for vice chancellor for research and graduate education
A 15-member search-and-screen committee, chaired by Professor of Biomedical Engineering Bill Murphy, will conduct a nationwide search to replace Marsha Mailick, who retired in 2018. Steve Ackerman is currently interim vice chancellor.
New competition helps address library collections needs
The Library Collections Enhancement Initiative is a pilot program to strengthen campus research capacities by providing UW–Madison libraries with greater flexibility to address critical and emerging collections needs.
UW2020 competition marks four years with Round 6 call for proposals
The competition, UW2020: WARF Discovery Initiative, offers funds for investigative and infrastructure projects with the goal of supporting collaborative, multidisciplinary and transformative research.
Student support and insurance are backbones to the Fall Research Competition
Funding for this research competition, provided by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education, is available because of impressive efforts of UW–Madison faculty and staff in filing successful patents through the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).
Retirements lead to changes in research leadership posts
Nora Cate Schaeffer, professor of sociology, and Amy Wendt, professor of electrical and computer engineering, will join the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education on Aug. 19 as divisional interim associate vice chancellors for research.
Ackerman to lead as interim vice chancellor for research and graduate education
Steve Ackerman, who has served as associate vice chancellor for research in the physical sciences since 2012, will succeed Norman Drinkwater, who plans to retire.
Faculty receive WARF, Kellett, Romnes awards
Thirty-two members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty have been awarded 2019-20 faculty fellowships. The awardees span the four divisions — arts and humanities, physical sciences, social sciences and biological sciences — on campus.
Search for new vice chancellor for research hits pause
The search would be renewed in the fall semester for a new vice chancellor for research and graduate education. Norman Drinkwater has agreed to continue serving in the post for the foreseeable future.
New campus collaboration aims to improve support for aspiring Badger entrepreneurs
Identifying and supporting the growing population of problem solvers with an entrepreneurial mindset on campus is one of the key goals of UW–Madison’s new Innovate Network.
Millar was math professor, noted UW–Madison research administrator
Terry Millar, who died March 9, was one of the world’s foremost researchers in computable model theory, and is remembered by UW colleagues as a mathematician with a mind that never hit pause.
Quantum science at UW–Madison joins exchange, invests in faculty and students
“By the investments we are making in quantum science and technology," says Steve Ackerman, "we are ... leading the way in concepts and technology that may revolutionize computing, communication, security and more.”
Save the dates: Public forums for VCRGE finalists
Three candidates for the position vice chancellor for research and graduate education will visit campus over the next several weeks to interview, present their visions of the UW–Madison research enterprise, and meet with faculty, staff and students.
UW–Madison retains research ranking
The National Science Foundation 2017 Higher Education Research and Development Survey ranks UW–Madison 6th. The university remains a research powerhouse, with more than $1.19 billion in annual expenditures for research across all fields.
Changes to federal IP disclosure requirement prompt campuswide response
This month, many employees at UW–Madison will receive an email asking them to acknowledge that they agree to comply with UW–Madison research policies establishing rights to intellectual property that arise from their extramurally funded research activities.