Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request President Joe Biden recently unveiled his Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget. The $5.8 trillion request includes $769 billion for nondefense discretionary programs (5.3 percent above FY 2022) and $813 billion …
Fusion Day on Capitol Hill with UW–Madison
UW–Madison and SHINE Technologies participated in the annual Fusion Day on Capitol Hill last week. The advocacy day focuses on investment in the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Fusion Energy Science program. Wisconsin was …
UW–Madison Releases 2020-21 Research Fact Sheets
The Office of Federal Relations released new research agency fact sheets highlighting just a few of the hundreds of federally-funded research projects taking place at UW–Madison. The university’s annual expenditures exceed $1.3 billion, nearly half …
Government spending bill funds major research initiatives at UW–Madison
The House passed a 2022 spending plan on Wednesday evening, which will fund the federal government through September. The $1.5 trillion-dollar bipartisan appropriations package provides significant funding for University of Wisconsin–Madison initiatives and includes other …
Double the Pell
UW–Madison supports increasing the maximum Pell Grant each year, beginning in federal fiscal year (FY) 2021 and reaching a maximum award of $13,000 by FY 2024.
The Science Coalition honors Rep. Mark Pocan as 2021 ‘Champion of Science’
Post-Election Update: November 10, 2020
This post-election update from the UW–Madison Office of Federal Relations previews the Biden Administration, the lame duck session, and the 117th Congress, as of November 10, 2020.
Post-Election Update: November 4, 2020
Part one of a two-part election update from UW–Madison’s Office of Federal Relations.
UW–Madison graduate salary outcomes
A degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison provides real benefits to graduates and to the state of Wisconsin. In 2020, the UW System and UW–Madison set out to quantify those benefits.
Rapid COVID-19 testing: briefing and virtual tour
On September 22, the UW–Madison Office of Federal Relations presented a briefing with UW–Madison professors David O’Connor and Tom Friedrich, who are working to innovate rapid tests for COVID-19. A recording of the video is here.