The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) is proud to be a partner in the development of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery are two institutes—the public Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, and the private Morgridge Institute for Research—associated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Wisconsin Governor James Doyle proposed the formation of the Institutes in 2004, envisioning the project as a research enterprise that would strengthen the state's position in science and technology, and stimulate the economy.
In 2006, John and Tashia Morgridge, alumni and friends of the UW-Madison, made a gift of $50 million—the largest personal gift ever to the university—to make the institutes a reality. Together with a matching gift from WARF and state funding, the institutes are taking shape on the 1300 block of University Avenue, at the crossroads of science on the UW-Madison campus.
