UW–Madison conducts more than $900 million of federally funded research annually, making it one of the largest public research universities in the nation.
- Find a research expert
The Wisconsin Discovery Portal database provides easy access to information about more than 2,600 researchers at UW-Madison.
- Start a research project
The Office of Industrial Partnerships helps investigators work with private industry to foster industry-sponsored research and further technology commercialization.
- Access facilities and equipment
If you already have research in progress and simply need assistance in locating facilities or equipment, check our comprehensive listing of what’s available to you on the UW–Madison campus. Download the OCR Rental Facilities Report.
- For specific drug discovery and development facilities, services and equipment, see our list of fee-for-service capabilities.
- Learn more about UW-Madison’s areas of expertise
There are more than 200 research centers, consortia and related groups on campus, representing a wide range of industry- or sector-specific expertise.
Agriculture, Life Sciences and Biotechnology
- Aquaculture Program
- Biotechnology Center
- Biotron
- Food Research Institute
- Genome Center of Wisconsin
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
- Microbial Sciences
- Plant Biology and Plant Sciences
- WiCell Research Institute
- Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative
- Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research
- Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
- Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Business
- Center for Retailing Excellence
- Family Business Center
- Small Business Development Center
- Wisconsin Public Utility Institute
Engineering
- Advanced Materials Industrial Consortium
- Applied Water Quality Research, Consortium for
- Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research
- Diesel Engine Research Consortium
- Ergonomics Analysis and Design Consortium
- Electric Machines & Power Electronics Consortium, Wisconsin
- Engine Research Center
- Human Performance and Risk Analysis, Center for
- Industrial Hand Tool and Ergonomics Research Consortium
- Industrial Refrigeration Consortium
- Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
- Mechatronics Laboratory
- Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center
- Nanotechnology, Center for
- Physical Sciences Lab
- Plasma Processing and Technology Research Consortium, Wisconsin
- Polymer Engineering Center
- Power Systems Engineering Research Center
- Quick Response Manufacturing, Consortium
- Reed Center for Photonics
- Rheology Research Center
- Structures & Materials Testing Laboratory, Wisconsin
- Synchrotron Radiation Center
- UW E-Business Consortium
Environmental
Global Programs
- Center for International Business Education and Research
- International Institute (with OISP)
- UW–Madison Language Institute
Health and Medicine
- Center for Eukaryotic Structural Genomics
- Center for Neuroscience
- Institute for Molecular Virology
- Institute on Aging
- Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Center
- Office of Clinical Trials
- UW Carbone Cancer Center
- Waisman Clinical BioManufacturing Facility
- Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior
- WiCell Research Institute
- Wisconsin National Primate Research Center
- Wisconsin Small Molecule Screening & Synthesis Facility
- Wisconsin Stem Cell Research Program
- W. M. Keck Laboratory for Biological Imaging
- Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute
- Zeeh Pharmaceutical Experiment Station