The Madison Forward Fund, a guaranteed income research program to support low-income families in Madison, Wisconsin, launched on June 21, 2022. The effort brings together the City of Madison, the Institute for Research on Poverty at …
IRP Announces Three Recipients of Funding for Poverty and Economic Mobility Research
2022 IRP Summer Research Workshop
(Please note that participation is by invitation only. For more information please contact Dana Connelly at (dana.connelly@wisc.edu) Current Research on the Low-Income Population June 13-16, 2022 Grainger Hall, Room 1295 University of Wisconsin–Madison Agenda MONDAY, …
IRP announces 2022–2023 cohort of National Poverty Fellows
IRP is pleased to announce the incoming cohort of 2022–2023 National Poverty Fellows postdoctoral scholars who will be in residence in three different federal offices starting later this year. The fellows are: Sarah Charnes (PhD 2021, …
2020–2021 Scholars-in-Residence
IRP Financial and Travel Resources
Purchasing Goods and Services ($5,000 or less) Purchasing with an IRP Purchasing Credit Card The UW Purchasing Card is intended for purchases within the University’s $5,000 best-judgment purchase limit. Only the individual whose name is …
2022 Spring IRP Seminar Calendar
IRP Seminars will be in person meetings this semester, unless otherwise noted. Connection information for virtual seminars will be sent out, in advance, to the IRP Seminar email list. Sign up for IRP seminar email …
IRP Honors the Life and Legacy of Research Affiliate Sara McLanahan
All of us at IRP are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Affiliate Sara McLanahan. She will be missed as a scholar, mentor and friend. We extend our condolences to her husband Irv …
Graduate Student Project Assistant Position: Madison Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Research Fellow
The UW–Madison Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) seeks a 50% graduate student project assistant (PA) to assist in the evaluation of the Madison Guaranteed Income Pilot Project, also known as the Madison Forward Fund. …
Message from the Director
Dear Friends and Colleagues, 2021 has been a year like no other in many ways. We have continued to learn how to navigate the COVID-dominated landscape, and while vaccines are now available for more and …