SEED Research Program
Funds UW Madison spin-out research teams to advance commercialization through faculty-led projects.
The State Economic Engagement and Development (SEED) Research Program, now administered by the Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub at UW–Madison, funds commercialization research conducted on the Madison campus by faculty or academic staff who hold equity ownership in a Wisconsin-registered company. The program supports the spinoff commercialization pathway by providing non-dilutive grant funding for r…
Commercialization research conducted on the UW–Madison campus that directly facilitates the spinoff commercialization path of a faculty-owned Wisconsin company.
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