Dairy Industry Impact and Innovation (DI3) Faculty Fellowships
Forecasted
Dairy Industry Impact and Innovation (DI3) Faculty Fellowships support UW–Platteville faculty research to deliver tangible benefits for Wisconsin’s dairy community and advance sustainable dairy production.
Funder: Dairy Innovation Hub
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $10,000–$50,000 over two years, with possible renewal
Summary: Supports UW–Platteville faculty research delivering tangible benefits for Wisconsin’s dairy community across four Dairy Innovation Hub priorities.
Key Information: Open to current UW–Platteville faculty; faculty should limit involvement to one proposal.
Description
The Dairy Industry Impact and Innovation (DI3) Faculty Fellowships build research capacity at UW–Platteville by providing current faculty with research time and project support. Funded by the Dairy Innovation Hub, the program supports discoveries that help Wisconsin’s dairy farmers, processors, and related agribusinesses produce nutritious dairy products in economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable ways.
Projects must address at least one Hub priority: stewarding land and water resources, enriching human health and nutrition, ensuring animal health and welfare, or growing farm businesses and communities. The fellowships emphasize tangible outputs for farmers, dairy food processors, and other end users, including financial impacts and strong relevance to Wisconsin’s dairy community. Undergraduate involvement and collaboration across campus are also selection priorities. Support can include teaching reassignment, summer salary, student research work, supplies, equipment, and use of Pioneer Farm.
