Madison, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Madison has claimed the number two spot in university research and now conducts $905 million worth of research annually, according to new statistics released by the National Science Foundation.
With science and engineering research expenditures totaling $832 million included in the overall total for fiscal 2006, UW-Madison has climbed one spot, surpassing the combined campuses of the University of Michigan, which held the number two spot in fiscal 2005. The overall figure of $905 million amounts to an average of $440,000 per UW-Madison faculty member.