Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP)

Partnering for Better Health

Explore our community partnerships

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Strengthening the Health Workforce

About our education initiatives

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Propelling Innovation and Discovery

About our research grant programs

Community Education Research

Improving Health in Wisconsin

Since 2004, we have awarded more than 600 grants and $290 million to faculty and community partners working on innovative treatments, training health professionals for the future and advancing health equity. Our funded projects range from breast cancer research to investigations of aging and obesity, from efforts to improve maternal and child health, to projects focused on teen well-being, addiction recovery, food equity and more.

Our Impact

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Explore Our Grant Programs

The Wisconsin Partnership Program administers competitive grant programs for both UW faculty and community organizations.

Community Grants Faculty Grants

Our Three-Pillar Approach

Community Partnerships

We work with community organizations to understand Wisconsin’s health problems and support community-led solutions to improve health and advance health equity.

Education

We fund initiatives that are transforming medical education and preparing the next generation of physicians and public health leaders.

Research

We support innovative research dedicated to fundamental discovery, health promotion and prevention, as well as the diagnosis, treatment and cure of disease.

Latest News

Leadership & Staff

November 11, 2024

The Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) is pleased to welcome Justin Hajny, MBA to its team as WPP’s operations associate director. In this role, Justin provides programmatic and operational management of the WPP grant programs to advance the mission and goals of the Wisconsin Partnership Program.

October 9, 2024

The Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is pleased to announce the 25 projects selected for funding through WPP’s 20th anniversary grant programs.

Wisconsin Partnership Program: Moving Health Forward Since 2004

Community

September 5, 2024

Being the sole doctor in a physician-shortage, resource-limited area of central Wisconsin would not be everyone’s cup of tea, but for Jenna Sebranek, MD ’13, it’s a dream come true.

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Education

August 6, 2024

For the past 20 years, the Wisconsin Population Health Service Fellowship Program and its fellows have worked to improve the health of the people in the state, from Vilas County in the Northwoods to Rock County on the southern border, and from Milwaukee on Lake Michigan to La Crosse on the Mississippi River.

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The Wisconsin Idea in Action

Our work embodies the Wisconsin Idea of enhancing lives and exchanging knowledge beyond the boundaries of the university.

Our Mission

Grants by the Numbers

363

Community grants to support projects that improve health and advance health equity in diverse populations across the state

Education grants to prepare future health professionals to meet the health needs of the people of Wisconsin

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Research grants to improve health and health care for patients and populations and reduce health disparities

Reports

Our Annual and Outcome Reports describe our strong portfolio of funded projects and initiatives.

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Improving Health in Wisconsin

Explore Our Grant Programs

Our Three-Pillar Approach

Community Partnerships

Education

Research

Latest News

WPP welcomes new operations associate director

WPP announces recipients of 20th anniversary grants

WPP celebrates 20 years of moving health forward

Wisconsin Population Health Service Fellowship Program turns 20

The Wisconsin Idea in Action

Grants by the Numbers

Reports