WHAM was built and initial operations funded by ARPA-E award DE-AR0001258
WHAM is currently supported by a contract with Realta Fusion as part of a public/private venture between Realta and the University of Wisconsin–Madison
One of the initial parters on the ARPA-E grant, Commonwealth Fusion Systems designed, built, tested, and helped install the HTS magnets.
MIT was an initial parter on the ARPA-E grant
Support for this research was provided by the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education with funding from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
The following groups provided valuable equipment contributions (via loan, gift, or scrap) totaling ~$9M
