Gov. Jim Doyle will seek $187.5 million in state funds to build a research institute that could keep Wisconsin on the leading edge of biotechnology and biomedical research.
In December, Doyle proposed the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, which would bring together biochemists, nanotechnologists and computer engineers at UW-Madison. Doyle said today he would call on the state Building Commission to approve the first phase of funding for the institute at its meeting Friday. The project will also require legislative approval.