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Department of Homeland Security tech adviser helps Wisconsin grant seekers navigate agency
May 21, 2008
MADISON –Michael B. Smith, the senior advisor to the undersecretary for the U.S. Depart...

INSIDE WSRC (April/May 2008): Our board
April 30, 2008
This article features:
- WSRC's Board of Directors
- Board president, Dr. Robert Carl...

Wisconsin Security Research Consortium adds three decades of military experience to board of directors
April 29, 2008
MADISON –Retired Marine Corps Brig. Gen. James Feigley has been unanimously elected to ...

IT'S A WRAP: Feds Funding Research: Working with the Department of Homeland Security (OSHKOSH)
April 16, 2008

IT'S A WRAP!

Feds Funding Research: Working with the Department of Ho...

Department of Energy grants Milwaukee $200-thousand as part of national solar energy program
April 4, 2008
MILWAUKEE - As part of the Department of Energy's Solar America Initiative Milwaukee, WI was...

Department of Homeland Security research opportunities topic of April 9 conference at UW-Oshkosh
April 2, 2008
OSHKOSH –Learn about research opportunities within the Department of Homeland Security ...

Johnson Controls venture wins piece of $10B contract
March 24, 2008
A joint venture between Versar Inc. and a unit of Johnson Controls Inc. of Glendale has won p...

INSIDE WSRC (February/March 2008): Debut Issue
March 10, 2008
Welcome to the debut issue of INSIDE WSRC! This periodical of news, events and resources gets...

DHS Announces Release of Application Guidance for Over $3 Billion in Grant Programs
February 1, 2008
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the release of application guidance...

Office of Naval Research director spelled out needs at recent “Resource Rendezvous” in Stevens Point
November 20, 2007
STEVENS POINT –Researchers and grant writers from 10 public and private campuses heard ...

IT'S A WRAP: 2007 Resource Rendezvous
November 7, 2007
The Resource Rendezvous was held November 6, 2007 at UW-Stevens Point from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Ov...

Office of Naval Research director to speak at Nov. 6 “Resource Rendezvous” in Stevens Point
October 22, 2007
STEVENS POINT – Dr. Patricia Gruber, director of research for the Office on Naval Resea...

Security Research Consortium shares efforts to reclaim state's competitive standing for grants
October 15, 2007
Wisconsin Security Research Consortium director, Jack Heinemann, shared the consortium's curr...

Medical College of Wisconsin receives $4.6 million NIH grant
August 14, 2007
The Medical College of Wisconsin has been granted $4.6 over five years to establish a Researc...

Colin Scanes recruited from Mississippi State to build entrepreneurial climate at UW-Milwaukee
July 23, 2007
WSRC board member, Colin Scanes, has taken a new position at UW-Milwaukee that will focus on ...

 

About WSRC

Mission

The goal of the Wisconsin Security Research Consortium (WSRC) is to enhance Wisconsin's ’position to attract and retain research and development grants from federal government agencies for the purpose of conducting sensitive or classified academic research and related development work.

This research will contribute to the health, safety and security of citizens of the United States, regardless of where they live. The WSRC will facilitate R&D projects involving academic research institutions and companies in Wisconsin in concert with federal agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense/DARPA, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Centers for Disease Control, the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Energy.

Formation

The Wisconsin Security Research Consortium, created in 2005-06  by the Wisconsin Technology Council and 11 public and private academic research partners, received initial funding through a grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration. Members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation supported that request.

The initial members of the Wisconsin Security Research Consortium are the UW System, UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Superior, UW-La Crosse, UW-Stout, UW-Extension, the Medical College of Wisconsin, the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, the Milwaukee School of Engineering and the Tech Council. The consortium will eventually include associate members from private industry.
 
The WSRC draws upon the expertise of the independent, non-profit Tech Council. The Tech Council was formed to act as Wisconsin's center for creative collaboration and technology innovation.  The Tech Council has focused on identifying the state's intellectual capital, including areas of research excellence arising from academic and industrial laboratories in Wisconsin and determining how the state can build on this development technology against the backdrop of global technological demand and evolution. 

What we do
Here’s how WSRC helps Wisconsin academic institutions, researchers and businesses secure sensitive or classified grants and solicitations:

  1. Market Wisconsin’s core competencies in technologies related to homeland security and other federal needs.
  2.  Advise companies applying for federal grants and seeking federal contracts.
  3.  Provide a pathway to federal opportunities for Wisconsin professors and researchers.
  4.  Establish a system to easily facilitate questions from businesses in search of UW System or private college expertise.
  5.  Organize teams of research, development and tech transfer experts to meet specific needs.
  6.  Create networking and collaborative opportunities for researchers, business members and federal contacts.
  7.  Where necessary, designate the independent, non-profit WSRC to serve as a “catch point” for federal R&D dollars in classified and sensitive research areas.

Areas of focus
The Wisconsin Security Research Consortium works to meet the following Homeland Security needs:

  1. Prevention:  Biometrics, vaccines, intelligent systems, composites, food and water safety, vector-borne diseases, explosion detection and cargo screening systems are examples.
  2. Detection:  Bio and radiation sensors and training.
  3. Reaction:  Emergency Medical Service equipment, mass data storage, communications and computer modeling.
  4. Recovery:  Biomediation and decontamination.
Wisconsin R&D assets include but are not limited to the following:

• Alternative Energy and Conservation
• Biometrics
• Biosensors
• Detection Technology
• Engineering Physics 
• Extreme Materials
• Food & Water Safety
• Geospatial Imaging
• Kinesiology
• Natural Resources
• Physiology
• Power Systems Solutions
• Rapid analysis of biological samples
• Regenerative Medicine
• Radio-frequency Identification (RFID)
• Risk assessment / analysis
• Robotics
• Social & Behavioral Science
• Space Technology
• Zoonotics

Support system

The WSRC draws upon the expertise of the independent, non-profit Tech Council. The Tech Council was formed to act as Wisconsin’s center for creative collaboration and technology innovation.  The Tech Council has focused on identifying the state’s intellectual capital, including areas of research excellence arising from academic and industrial laboratories in Wisconsin and determining how the state can build on this development technology against the backdrop of global technological demand and evolution. 


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