{"id":13384,"date":"2026-02-09T06:48:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T12:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/?page_id=13384"},"modified":"2026-02-10T11:31:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:31:31","slug":"research-innovation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/research-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Research &amp; Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uwsa-background-color-block angle-top alignfull has-dark-blue-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The Universities of Wisconsin are finding solutions for real-world problems through research and innovation, fostering partnerships with industry leaders and a broad array of organizations, and accelerating technology transfer and commercialization. Our undergraduates get actively involved in hands-on research activities that make them powerful additions to Wisconsin\u2019s workforce. Our research improves lives, now and into the future.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-constrained wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Research in Action<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>$1.6 billion in annual sponsored research plus $553 million in public service expenditures in fiscal year 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/accountability\/economic-development\/\">Accountability Dashboard<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Freshwater Collaborative: See how the UWs are advancing freshwater science, protecting Wisconsin\u2019s water resources, and driving innovation through the state\u2019s Freshwater Collaborative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/freshwater.wisconsin.edu\/\">Freshwater Collaborative<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Research in the Rotunda: Explore how undergraduate researchers from across the Universities of Wisconsin showcase their projects to state leaders at the annual Research in the Rotunda event, highlighting the next generation of talent whose work strengthens Wisconsin\u2019s communities, industries, and future workforce<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/research-in-the-rotunda\/\">Research in the Rotunda<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-13561 campus_story type-campus_story status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry institution-uw-milwaukee story_category-research-innovation\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/story\/a-massive-brain-study-is-helping-children-and-uw-milwaukee-student-researchers\/\" target=\"_self\" >A massive brain study is helping children and UW-Milwaukee student researchers<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">t\u2019s the largest long-term study of brain development and child&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-06T09:27:03-05:00\">May 6, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/04\/MIL_research_brain-study_psych750x500-20250425_EH_OUR_MG_3051.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo: Undergraduate researcher Tierel Hood-Nellum earned the Panther Edge Award for his outstanding work in undergraduate research in 2025. He contributed to the massive Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study, based in part at UWM. (UWM Photo\/Elora Hennessey)\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/04\/MIL_research_brain-study_psych750x500-20250425_EH_OUR_MG_3051.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/04\/MIL_research_brain-study_psych750x500-20250425_EH_OUR_MG_3051-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-13567 campus_story type-campus_story status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry institution-uw-la-crosse story_category-research-innovation\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/story\/the-roots-of-undergraduate-research-how-a-campus-idea-grew-and-became-a-25-year-universities-of-wisconsin-tradition\/\" target=\"_self\" >The roots of undergraduate research: How a campus idea grew and became a 25-year Universities of Wisconsin tradition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">It started, as many good ideas do, with a fresh&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-05T09:52:13-05:00\">May 5, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/04\/LAX_undergraduate-research_ChemistryProfessorAaronMonte.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo: Chemistry Professor Aaron Monte with students in the research lab in the late 1990s. Monte was part of the wave of new faculty on campus in the 1990s that believed in the value of undergraduate research.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/04\/LAX_undergraduate-research_ChemistryProfessorAaronMonte.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/04\/LAX_undergraduate-research_ChemistryProfessorAaronMonte-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/04\/LAX_undergraduate-research_ChemistryProfessorAaronMonte-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-13571 campus_story type-campus_story status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry institution-uw-oshkosh story_category-community story_category-economy story_category-research-innovation\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/story\/first-graduate-of-31-pathway-celebrates-milestone-in-uw-oshkosh-accelerated-nursing-program\/\" target=\"_self\" >First graduate of 3+1 pathway celebrates milestone in UW-Oshkosh accelerated nursing program<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">When Sienna Isaacson walked across the stage at the University&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-01T09:10:22-05:00\">May 1, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/04\/OSH_nursing-accelerated_01-31-Sarah-Sienna-sim-lab.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo: Sienna Isaacson, the first graduate of the 3+1 nursing pathway linking the University of Wisconsin\u2013Platteville and UW-Oshkosh, practices assessing lung sounds on a simulation mannequin in the School of Nursing and Health Professions lab at UWO. Sarah O\u2019Connell, co-director of the Accelerated Nursing program at UW-Oshkosh, observes during the clinical skills exercise.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/04\/OSH_nursing-accelerated_01-31-Sarah-Sienna-sim-lab.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/04\/OSH_nursing-accelerated_01-31-Sarah-Sienna-sim-lab-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2026\/04\/OSH_nursing-accelerated_01-31-Sarah-Sienna-sim-lab-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/story\/category\/research-innovation\/\">Read more <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research in Action $1.6 billion in annual sponsored research plus $553 million in public service expenditures in fiscal year 2024. 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