A $500,000 federal grant is aimed at helping Wisconsin gain more funding for classified and sensitive research. The grant is to the non-profit Wisconsin Security Research Consortium, which was launched this fall by the Wisconsin Technology Council and 11 public and private academic research partners.
The grant is earmarked for the consortium’s start-up, administrative and research work, not for individual companies.
The initial members of the Wisconsin Security Research Consortium are the UW System, UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Superior, UW-La Crosse, UW-Stout, UW-Extension, the Medical College of Wisconsin, the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, the Milwaukee School of Engineering and the Tech Council. The consortium will eventually include associate members from private industry.