The following are links we hope will be of use for potential faculty candidates:

Materials-related Programs/Initiatives/Facilities at UW-Madison

• Department of Materials Science and Engineering
• Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
• Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Nanostructured Interfaces
• Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center on Templated Synthesis and Assembly at the Nanoscale
• Wisconsin Center for Applied Microelectronics
• Materials Science Program
• Materials Chemistry Program
• Synchrotron Radiation Center
• Materials Science Center
• Polymer Characterization Facility (UW-NSEC/MRSEC)
• Condor High Throughput Computing
• Grid Laboratory of Wisconsin (GLOW)
• The Graduate School, University of Wisconsin
• Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Funding at UW

UW-Madison is the 4th largest research university in the country as measured by the amount of money spent on research and development (http://www.news.wisc.edu/12760).

UW offers the following opportunities for internal funding:

• Graduate School Research Competition
• Travel to a Conference
• Graduate School Technology Transfer Grant Opportunities (IEDR and TIF)
• Seed grants through MRSEC and NSEC collaborations
• Wisconsin Institute for Discovery seed grants
• www.grad.wisc.edu/research/researchfunding/fundingopps/uwsystem.html
• Other Intramural Funding Resources

Materials Research at UW — by the Numbers

• Five faculty members in the Materials Science & Engineering Department are members of the National Academy of Engineering.
• The five junior faculty members in the Materials Science & Engineering Department have been recognized with two NSF CAREER awards, an AFOSR Young Investigator Award, and placement on the National Academy of Engineering's list of the Frontiers of Engineering between the age of 30 and 45.
• The Materials Science & Engineering graduate program is ranked #14 in the country.
• The College of Engineering at UW-Madison is ranked #13 in the country.
• In 2006, faculty associated with the Materials Science Program published over 250 journal articles.

Life at UW-Madison

• Living and Working in Madison
  This website provides links to programs and services that may be of interest to prospective or new faculty. It contains a link to the Life at UW-Madison CD/DVD. (See the left side-bar on the website.)

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