Strategic, cross-campus working groups aligned UW–Madison strengths, emerging funding priorities, and real-world impact.
Join a group to co-develop ideas, find collaborators, and get proposal-ready.
Critical Minerals & Materials Working Group
Build UW’s leadership across the critical minerals and materials supply chain, from responsible sourcing to recycling, by-product recovery, and circularity.
PFAS Working Group
Housed in the Aquatic Sciences Center, this cross-campus group connects researchers addressing PFAS contamination, impacts, and solutions across Wisconsin and beyond.
Data Center Working Group
Led by the Data Science Institute and the Sustainability Research Hub, this cross-campus group advances collaborative research on the technical, environmental, social, and policy dimensions of data centers.
Food is Medicine Working Group
A campus-wide working group connecting agriculture, health, and community expertise to advance prevention-focused, systems-based approaches to Food is Medicine—from food production and access to nutrition, health equity, and well-being.