WARF also announced $11.9 million in grants to the Morgridge Institute for Research. Combined, WARF’s investment in UW–Madison-based research and education is approximately $91.9 million for 2019-20.
The grant figures were released the same night as two research teams took home WARF Innovation Awards for their outstanding technological achievements. They are: Mark Saffman (physics) who has developed simplified optical hardware for quantum computing; and Ophelia Venturelli, Philip Romero and Ryan Hsu (biochemistry) for developing a microfluidic tool for mapping how bacteria interact in complex communities.
An independent panel of judges selected the Innovation Award winners from a field of six finalists drawn from approximately 350 invention disclosures submitted to WARF over the past 12 months. The winning teams each receive an award of $10,000 to support their continued research.
Learn more about Innovation Day and the six award finalists here. Read the full story here.
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