Academic Affairs

Grants

Academic Affairs Grants | Awards | Other System Grants | Grants Administrators

 The UW System Administration Office of Academic Affairs operates a number of grants and award programs, many of which have changed for FY2012-13.

This site is intended for applicants to the grant and award programs; the site provides information on how to apply for these programs and the criteria for applicants. Contacts for each program are listed below.

Grant Name Due Date Contact
Growth Agenda for Wisconsin Grants Program
  • February 20, 2013
Bob Jokisch

more informationThis grants program seeks to fund proposals that will result in substantive programmatic and/or institution-wide change (single or multiple institutions) in support of institutional and systemwide goals for the Growth Agenda for Wisconsin. The grants program will also support national, regional, statewide meetings or conferences that will focus on topics that are aligned with the Growth Agenda for Wisconsin. Further information on this grants program is listed below.

Applied Research, WiTAG, PDF

  • Pre-proposals for ARG and AR-WiTAG (optional): November 9, 2012
  • Full proposal for ARG: January 14, 2013
  • Full proposal for AR-WiTAG: January 14 and July 1, 2013
  • Full proposal for PDF: August 16, November 8, 2013 and February 14, 2014
Phil Makurat

RFP and submission formsEncouraging faculty & staff to utilize their expertise and apply their scholarship to support economic development in Wisconsin.

The UW System-sponsored Applied Research Grant program offers one-year awards for up to $50,000 or, for collaborative proposals, up to $50,000 per participating institution. Faculty and staff in all disciplines on all UW campuses are eligible to apply.

The WiSys Technology Advancement Grant (WiTAG) program offers a maximum of $150,000 in funding over a three-year period in science and technology fields only. The UWSA and WiSys collaboration in the joint Applied Research-WiTAG program allows eligible faculty to apply for funding from both programs with one application. UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee researchers are not eligible for Applied Research-WiTAG awards.

*Check with your campus research administration office for institutional deadlines that precede the posted UW System proposal due date.

 
Wisconsin ESEA Title II Improving
Teacher Quality Program (WITQ)
  • Pre-proposals: Aug 17, 2012
  • Full proposals: Sept 28, 2012
Phil Makurat

more informationThis is a competitive grants program for increasing student achievement in the arts, civics and government, economics, English, foreign languages, geography, history, mathematics, reading or language arts, and science, by improving the teaching and principal quality at the K-12 level in Wisconsin's public and private schools. The funds will provide grants to eligible partnerships.