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May 22, 2025

Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Backs Six Budding Inventions

At NC State, we know today’s research drives tomorrow’s breakthroughs — and much of that early innovation begins right here. Recognizing this, Chancellor Randy Woodson launched the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF) in 2010 to help faculty turn bold ideas into real-world impact. The fund has fueled dozens of startups, attracted millions in follow-on support, and delivered solutions that make a difference — and now, meet the 2025 award winners driving the next wave of innovation.

May 6, 2025

Student Entrepreneurs Leverage I-Corps to Turn Software Project into Successful Exit

QuikCal, a startup founded by undergraduate engineering students at Duke University, was recently acquired by MOCA Systems, Inc., a leading provider of construction planning software, for its artificial intelligence-driven tool…

May 1, 2025

NC State to Partner With ChromaGenix on Transformative Toolkit for Manufacturing Biological Therapies

NC State University will partner with ChromaGenix, a life science company that wants to transform the field of affinity purification technologies, on research to expand the company’s ligand discovery platform.…

Oct 25, 2024

NC State Startups Secure $480K in One NC Funding

Eight North Carolina-based startup companies working to commercialize NC State research innovations recently received funding from the One North Carolina Small Business Program. Administered by the North Carolina Department of…

Oct 9, 2024

NC State Highlights Innovation and Entrepreneurship

NC State University is a national leader in generating impactful research innovations. Our talented faculty and student researchers have made discoveries we’ve helped transform into real-world solutions ranging from new…

Sep 12, 2024

NC State Startup Success Formula: ‘Jump In and Do It’

Transforming from scientist to entrepreneur was a family affair for 2024 CALS Distinguished Alumni Award winner Giles Shih. For the founder and strategic advisor of Big Ripple Innovations and co-founder…

Jun 17, 2024

Catalyzing Creative Concepts to Solve Commercial Challenges

NC State University research helps turn today’s ideas into tomorrow’s solutions. That’s core to our land-grant mission. The Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF), a competitive internal seed fund, has proven to be…

Apr 1, 2024

Meet Five Wolfpack Women Who Are Innovative Entrepreneurs

March is Women’s History Month and Friday, March 8, is International Women’s Day. In celebration, we’d like to introduce five women in the Wolfpack who’ve launched and led startup companies…

Jan 17, 2024

NC State Startups and Innovations Highlighted at CES 2024

The NC State Office of Research Commercialization (ORC) attended CES 2024 in Las Vegas in January to showcase NC State University innovations and startup companies with applications in the tech…

Jan 8, 2024

Ship Repair Startup Forging Its Way to Market

What if an app could get more U.S. Navy ships back to sea sooner? The co-founder of startup company Washington’s Hammer knows just how hard it can be to get…