Working Groups
Join a group to co-develop ideas, find collaborators, and get proposal-ready. Strategic, cross-campus working groups aligned UW–Madison strengths, emerging funding priorities, and real-world impact.
Critical Minerals & Materials
Build UW’s leadership across the critical minerals and materials supply chain, from responsible sourcing to recycling, by-product recovery, and circularity.
PFAS
Housed in the Aquatic Sciences Center, this cross-campus group connects researchers addressing PFAS contamination, impacts, and solutions across Wisconsin and beyond.
Data Centers
Led by the Data Science Institute and the Sustainability Research Hub, this cross-campus group advances collaborative research on the technical, environmental, social, and policy dimensions of data centers.
Food is Medicine
A campus-wide working group connecting agriculture, health, and community expertise to advance prevention-focused, systems-based approaches to Food is Medicine—from food production and access to nutrition, health equity, and well-being.