innovation

Feb 5, 2025

Join Us at the NC State Catalyze Conference – Where Innovation Meets Opportunity

CATALYZE is a full-day commercialization conference sponsored by the Comparative Medicine Institute (CMI) in partnership with ASSIST and iCONs. Its goal is to allow for the commingling of ideas and the formation of teams for commercialization at the earliest stage.

Feb 3, 2025

Two NC State Faculty Named National Academy of Inventor Fellows

NC State faculty members Dr. Martin Thuo and Dr. Victor Veliadis have been named National Academy of Inventors Fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded solely to academic inventors. Collectively, NAI…

Jan 20, 2023

NC State Innovation Showcased at CES 2023

The NC State Office of Research Commercialization (ORC) attended the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January to promote NC State innovations and startup companies in the…

Oct 13, 2017

Top Innovator, Entrepreneurs Honored at NC State Celebration of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

On a campus crowded with world-leading faculty spinning off startup companies and writing patent applications at a record-breaking pace, the annual awards for innovator of the year and entrepreneur of…

Aug 23, 2017

NC State Commercialization Breaks Records, Gears Up for More

NC State’s Office of Technology Commercialization and New Ventures has just completed its most successful year ever, launching a record 15 startup companies, executing a record 169 licenses and options…

Aug 23, 2017

Inventor Shares Tech Transfer Tips at Springboard Innovation Forum

Take it from an expert, Fran Ligler told a rapt audience of inventors and investors on Centennial Campus last Tuesday, great ideas aren’t that uncommon. “If you only have one…

Mar 1, 2017

NC State Breaking Down Barriers to Business Innovation

 Launching and running a startup company requires expertise in a dizzying range of areas: marketing, business law, accounting, computer networking, human resources, operations and sales, to name a few. No…

Jan 6, 2016

Strategically Investing in Innovation – Results Covers 2016 Chancellor’s Innovation Fund

Seven projects were awarded this year for the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF), representing the College of Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Natural Resources and College of Engineering.…