Centers and Offices

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research provides an administrative home for a number of multidisciplinary research centers and institutes. These centers and offices involve faculty, staff, and students from the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the arts and humanities. Together they generate, on an annual basis, more than $220 million in extramural research awards. They also play an important role in education and outreach. Centers are reviewed every five years.

Data Science Institute Powered by American Family Insurance

The institute will bring faculty together from across campus to collaborate on research, spark new opportunities for students, and be a model for new ways to work with industry partners.

Arboretum

The Arboretum includes the oldest and most varied collection of restored ecological communities in the world.

Aquatic Sciences Center

ASC administers two institutes that support multidisciplinary research, education and outreach for the protection and sustainable use of Wisconsin’s water resources.

Biotechnology Center

The center facilitates high quality, comprehensive, multidisciplinary research and supports, coordinates, disseminates, and advances biotechnology.

Center for Genomic Science Innovation

The center develops innovative technological and computational genomic approaches to address modern problems in medicine, agriculture and basic scientific discovery.

Discovery to Product (D2P)

D2P is focused on entrepreneurship and collaboration to move UW-Madison technology and innovation to market.

Institute on Aging

Our goal is to understand the many factors (biological, psychological, social) that promote resilience as people age and to translate this knowledge to innovative educational and community programs.

Institute for Molecular Virology

The IMV's mission is to conduct research and training in the area of virology, primarily at the molecular level, and to serve as the coordinating focus on the UW-Madison campus for research and training in virology.

Center for Quantitative Cell Imaging

UW–Madison is recognized as one of the largest and most productive biology facilities in the world. The Center for Quantitative Cell Imaging fosters excellence in interdisciplinary research which crosses departmental boundaries.

Physical Sciences Laboratory

PSL is a research and development laboratory that provides a range of services including consulting, design, fabrication, and calibration servies in scientific instrumentation.

Primate Research Center

The WNPRC’s mission is to increase our understanding of basic primate biology and to improve human health and quality of life through research.

Research Animal Resources and Compliance

RARC is a key resource for investigators, helping them maintain compliance with applicable rules, regulations, and policies to ensure successful animal-use research projects.

Space Science and Engineering Center

SSEC's mission is to conduct research and develop technologies to enhance understanding of atmospheric processes through new remote sensing instruments and environmental observations using satellites, aircraft-, and ground-based platforms.

Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center

The mission of the Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center (SCRMC) is to advance the science of stem cell biology and foster breakthroughs in regenerative medicine through faculty interactions, research support, and education.

Waisman Center

The Waisman Center is dedicated to advancing knowledge about human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases through research, training, service, and outreach.

Wisconsin Energy Institute

WEI is working on one of the most critical challenges of our time–the transition toward new, clean energy systems and solutions. WEI is committed to crossing traditional research boundaries to make major breakthroughs in the way we source and use energy.