Research | UW–Madison

Research | UW–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Pedestrians walk across a Willow Creek bridge as rising water from Lake Mendota floods the University Bay shoreline at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Aug. 24, 2018. Area lake levels continue to rise after a record-breaking storm on Aug. 20 dumped more than 10-inches of rain on parts of Madison and Dane County. (Photo by Jeff Miller / UW-Madison)

Building Bridges to support research funding

National Security Research and Initiatives

UW fostering closer research ties with federal defense, cybersecurity agencies by Will Cushman

Andrea Putnam awarded 2025 Packard Fellowship

2026 Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Public Science Engagement Award

Reimagining Next Phase Research Initiative

RISE AI Collaboration HQ to build connections and advance research, teaching and engagement

Steenbock professorships awarded in biological sciences, and behavioral and neural sciences

Tracking 2025 Federal Administration Transition Impacts to Research

Building bridges to funding

Discover Research

UW Research at a Glance

6th
in nation for volume of research
$1.73B
spent on research
17
VCR research and service centers

IceCube at South Pole

Research Innovation at UW–Madison Overview

SSEC rooftop

Learn about VCR research centers

Biotech Bucky

Industry Partnerships

Apply for research funding and grants

n the late 1950s, Kay Emerson became the first person in Wisconsin to be successfully treated for phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare metabolic condition that can cause severe intellectual and developmental disability if left untreated. She was treated by Harry Waisman, MD, PhD, who was a renowned PKU researcher and physician and who the Waisman Center is named after. He advocated to add PKU to the Newborn Screening Panel in Wisconsin.

Centers in the news

Amber Wichowsky

New Faculty