Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery

The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery is a public-private research and outreach partnership that is located in the Discovery Building on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.

[1] The publicly funded institute is headed by Jo Handelsman,[2] and the privately funded institute is led by chief executive officer Brad Schwartz.

[3] Both institutes are housed in the same facility, the ground floor of which serves as a "town center", providing several small and large meeting and collaboration areas and variety of dining options.

This town center design is based on the philosophies presented in the Wisconsin Idea.

[4] Above the town center on the ground floor, the building has three floors of modular, non-traditional research and lab space, designed to promote collaboration amongst researchers.