Latest round of Research Forward supports cross-campus collaborations and diversity

Sixteen projects have been selected for funding in the second round of Research Forward, a program to stimulate innovative and groundbreaking research at UW–Madison that is collaborative, multidisciplinary and potentially transformative...

...Amy Wendt, associate vice chancellor for research in the physical sciences, notes that project teams in Round 2 were also asked to submit diversity, equity and inclusion plans as part of their research proposals...

• Measuring the Pulse of Wisconsin: A Feasibility Study to Develop an Online Research Panel of Wisconsinites, Jennifer Dykema, associate professor of sociology. This project addresses a need for accurate, affordable and current data about Wisconsin residents’ attitudes and behaviors.
  
  
• Reducing the Negative Effects of Poverty on Adolescent Academic Success, Seth Pollak, professor of psychology. This project seeks to understand the neurodevelopmental mechanisms through which stable housing can reduce some of the negative effects of poverty on children.

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