NC State Partner Institutes Bolster U.S. Manufacturing Industry

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The Office of Research and Innovation supports the research, scholarship and creative activities of the NC State community by promoting collaborative research and an innovative environment.

We’re a dynamic organization for a dynamic institution. As part of a preeminent research university, we encourage the curious and creative to think and do the extraordinary.

From securing funding to commercializing research and from cultivating collaboration to educating on best practices, we provide support every step of the way.

University Research Symposium: Emerging Role of AI in Research

See assets from the 2023 University Research Symposium, which was hosted by the Office of Research and Innovation in collaboration with the Research Leadership Academy and Data Science Academy. This symposium was focused on the topic of Putting Data Science into Practice: Emerging Role of AI in Research and featured a special guest speaker, panel focused on the AI Bill of Rights, faculty lightning round presentations, facilitated discussions and networking opportunities.

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NIH Awards $70M to NC TraCS

The National Institutes of Health has awarded $70 million to the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute — a partnership among UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State University and NC A&T State University. 

Office of Research Innovation Announces Winners of Annual Award for Excellence

The Office of Research and Innovation honored two longtime NC State University employees — Kim Dick and Ginny Moser — by presenting them with this year’s Award for Excellence. 

NC State partners on new Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Led by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, this institute aims to advance foundational AI by incorporating knowledge from agriculture and forestry sciences and leveraging these unique, new AI methods to curb climate effects while lifting rural economies. By creating a new scientific discipline and innovation ecosystem intersecting AI and climate-smart agriculture and forestry, AI-CLIMATE researchers and practitioners will discover and invent compelling AI-powered knowledge and solutions. 

Studying Fundamentals of Water as a Solvent Could Lead to Greener Cellulose-Based Products

Water can change its solubility characteristics depending upon what it interacts with. 

NC State Partner Institutes Bolster U.S. Manufacturing Industry

NC State University is a top Manufacturing USA partner. Our vast knowledge base shown by the breadth of sectors we’re involved with: power distribution, textiles, biomanufacturing and manufacturing technology. 

Industry Partnership to Assess Climate Change Risks

Consulting and engineering firm Tetra Tech, Inc. has selected NC State University’s Center for Geospatial Analytics to support a five-year, $100 million EPA contract to assess human health and ecological risks associated with global climate change. 

NC State Brings Research Expertise to Galapagos

In joining an international consortium, NC State will share its strengths with the islands’ communities while producing innovative, interdisciplinary research.

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Our Strategic Research Areas

Designing Healthy and Resilient Societies

NC State researchers find innovative ways to improve our well-being — whether they’re nourishing healthier animals and more nutritious crops or using textile technology to 3D-print fibers that better mimic those in the human body.

Harnessing Data for Decision Making

In an increasingly data-centric world, our researchers are improving the information we collect — and making sure it’s used for good. We use analytics to predict natural disasters and to advance promising fields like quantum computing.

Enriching the Human Experience

Our faculty collaborate across disciplines to study our past, our present and what it means to be human. The scientific discoveries we’re making today will become tomorrow’s fundamentals in fields like chemistry and physics.

Creating Safe, Secure and Intelligent Systems

We use innovative technology to make smarter machines, more efficient processes and safer communities.

Driving Food, Water and Energy Solutions

NC State research benefits the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe.

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