Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** the rural partnerships institute at…

Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** the rural partnerships institute at the university of wisconsin-madison will advance theland-grant mission of the university while leveraging our capacity as wisconsin's flagshipuniversity, to better meet the needs of wisconsin's rural communities. At the university ofwisconsin-madison, the institute will:1. Support community-based projects that include local partners and experts from multipledisciplines that support research, extension, and education. Consider new partnerships andexplore novel solutions to the challenges rural communities face today.2. Develop a comprehensive statewide network of environmental (weather and soil)monitoring stations across wisconsin called the wisconsin environmental mesonet.supporting equipment will enable the infrastructure development that can supportsolutions to a variety of challenges currently facing rural wisconsin.3. Use information collected from the mesonet to assist farmers with everyday decisionmaking; to help in protection of crops, forestry resources, property, and people's lives; andto result in economic benefits to rural communities.4. Collaborate with the wisconsin state climatology office to support climate datarecordkeeping and to conduct additional climatology research and analysis for farmers inwisconsin and the region.