IRP coordinates a Wisconsin-focused network of researchers known as the Wisconsin Poverty Research Network (WPRN). This effort targets researchers at academic institutions in the state with a goal of expanding research on programs and policies impacting Wisconsinites. The network works to connect researchers statewide, share funding and training opportunities, and provide a platform for sharing research. Any faculty or researcher at a Wisconsin-based institution or organization can join WPRN.
WPRN Opportunities:
- Networking through an email list, IRP seminars and events and those of partner organizations
- Potential to develop team proposals for funding, data access or respond to RFPs
- Timely information and policy updates from IRP and IRP affiliates
- Invitation to submit a paper to present at the IRP Summer Research Workshop
- Invitations to attend weekly IRP research seminars, as well as potential opportunities to present at seminars, podcasts and webinars
- Connections to state partner agencies on poverty programs
- Opportunities to work on collaborative projects using the Wisconsin Administrative Data Core (WADC)