The American Family Insurance Data Science Institute (DSI) at UW-Madison announced nine campus research projects selected for funding through the fourth round of the American Family Funding Initiative. The Funding Initiative is a partnership between …
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$900,000 in state matching grants advance 11 innovative small businesses
Eleven small businesses in Wisconsin will receive up to $900,000 to commercialize their innovations, thanks to the SBIR Advance program’s latest round of funding. The state matching grant program provides assistance to companies in the …
Latest round of Research Forward supports cross-campus collaborations and diversity
Sixteen projects have been selected for funding in the second round of Research Forward, a program to stimulate innovative and groundbreaking research at UW–Madison that is collaborative, multidisciplinary and potentially transformative. The winning projects were …
New technique is a big nano-step forward in fabricating the next generation of transistors
Using hydrocarbon seeds, materials engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a new method for making graphene nanoribbons. In the future, the technique may allow the industrial-scale fabrication of the ribbons, enabling them to …
Company with tech to rapidly clean water in sewer backups wins 2022 Biz Plan Contest
A Milwaukee-based firm with a system to help stop untreated sewage from being dumped into waterways during floods is the grand prize winner of the 19th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. Rapid Radicals Technology, …
Four projects selected for WARF Accelerator Electrification Challenge Grant
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation announced that four projects have been selected to receive development funding through the WARF Accelerator Electrification Challenge Grant. The grant invited submissions for new technologies to help leverage electricity from …
Non-invasive liquid biopsy tracks cancer treatment success in real time
A non-invasive, blood-based biopsy for kidney cancer can tell doctors how a patient’s disease is responding to treatment. Known as liquid biopsies, these blood tests could help physicians better treat their patients by allowing them …
A Social Spring in StartUp
In many ways, spring semester 2022 showed a return to normalcy on the StartUp Learning Community floor in Sellery Hall. Despite ongoing renovations (the building is going to look spectacular come fall of 2023), the …
WAVE: Developing a Resilient Class of Future Entrepreneurs
This semester, 27 students blending a range of MBA specializations and other graduate disciplines formed teams within the Weinert Center to explore and develop business ideas. Each team brought a unique combination of experience and …
Transcend 2022 Innovation Competition
On April 22, 2022 in the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID), the first in-person Transcend Innovation Competition in two years finally began! After many months of diligent planning from the Transcend Team, UW-Madison students arrived …