The Daugherty Centennial Campus Entrepreneurship Initiative, named in honor of Mr. Richard L. Daugherty, Retired Vice President of IBM and current Kenan Institute trustee, supports…
Commercialization Initiatives
Special Research Education Commercialization Policy & Public Engagement Kenan Institutes Collaboratory Past Programs
NC State Social Entrepreneurship Initiative
The NC State Social Innovation Fellows program provides experiential and mentoring offerings to both undergraduate and graduate students working on social ventures. In 2020-21, the…
Wolfpack Investor Network (WIN) Initiative
The Wolfpack Investor Network (WIN) is an initiative which connects alumni investors with promising NC State-affiliated startup companies to facilitate angel investments. In its fourth…
NC Coastal Federation Aquaculture Project
An outgrowth of the NC Coastal Federation oyster restoration initiative, this project led by Todd Miller of the NC Coastal Federation, Susan White of the…
NC State Office of Research Commercialization SBIR/STTR Spark Plug Initiative
Federal SBIR/STTR funding is a critical mechanism for advancing research commercialization efforts through research-based startup companies to the next phase of technology and business development….