UW-Madison received $75.5 million out of $83.1 million awarded to the UW System by grants funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Thursday.
The grants come from agencies ranging from the National Science Foundation to the National Endowment for the Arts and will fund 263 university projects.
""It means we've got qualified faculty members who can compete very effectively on a national stage for these kinds of competitive federal grants,"" David Giroux, UW System spokesperson, said of the stimulus money.
Giroux said the grants will be beneficial for Wisconsin's economy as a whole and the university should be proud of receiving them.
""We are continuing to leverage our research capabilities in ways we think will be important for our society and will help improve our quality of life and have a real economic impact,"" Giroux said.
He said the stimulus money will create over 137 jobs across the UW System but the bulk of the grants' benefits will need time to take effect.
""The real economic impact of research comes after it's done,"" Giroux said. ""When that research gets commercialized, when it gets out in the private sector ... it has a tremendous multiplying effect.""
