The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education has launched a new funding effort to facilitate university research partnerships and graduate student internships in collaboration with the private sector. The strategic initiative, …
Campus Innovation Stories
Submissions invited for WARF Accelerator Microbiome Challenge Grant
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has launched a spring challenge to inspire and advance technologies that unlock the dynamic potential of microbiomes. Principal Investigators (PIs) and their teams are invited to submit a brief disclosure …
DBIA to Award $1M in Next Round of Grants
The Dairy Business Innovation Alliance (DBIA), a partnership between the Center for Dairy Research (CDR) and Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA), will be distributing $1 million this spring in its next grant cycle. Dairy enterprises …
Bringing fluorescence imaging out of the dark
It’s not often that a new surgical imaging technology is inspired by pure darkness. That is one way of looking at the origins of OnLume, a Morgridge Institute spinoff company that is working to bring …
Forward BIOLABS leverages coworking to support biotech startups
As coworking becomes more popular among freelancers and small business professionals, the biotechnology industry is also seeing new opportunities to leverage the model. Madison-based Forward BIOLABS is a biotech coworking space that allows biotech startups …
Positive and negative
Introducing Geladen, a young startup launched by former UW–Madison professor (and WARF Accelerator alum) Mark Etzel. The company is advancing a pair of ultra-charged technologies that could transform dairy processing and potentially create a new …
From Biking Around Town to a National Brand: an Interview with Jack Pawlik, Former Transcend Competitor
My name is Jack Pawlik, and I am originally from Minneapolis, but moved onto campus in Madison right after my high-school graduation. I was a business major at UW, although school has always been the …
Business and Entrepreneurship Clinic Offers a Lifeline to Early Stage Entrepreneurs
That the Wisconsin School of Business has a storied history of producing accomplished alumni is no secret. What may be less understood though is the role the school plays in offering direct support to early …
Nick Shepherd of GLW Technologies helps inventors shoot for the moon
Nick Shepherd started inventing early. By fourth grade, the Milwaukee native was was posing for a newspaper photo with a cardboard mockup he’d created of a self-driving lawn mower. His 3D printing company, GLW Technologies, …
Fintech startup founded by UW-Madison grads raises $525K to grow stock data platform
Quiver Quantitative, a Spring Green-based data analytics company that developed an investment research platform for investors, recently raised more capital to grow its product called Quiver. Launched in February of 2020 by twin brothers and …