Mission

Formation

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.

Support system