The Daugherty Centennial Campus Entrepreneurship Initiative, named in honor of Mr. Richard L. Daugherty, Retired Vice President of IBM and current Kenan Institute trustee, and…
Commercialization Initiatives
Special Research Education Commercialization Policy & Public Engagement Kenan Institutes Collaboratory Past Programs
NC State Social Entrepreneurship Initiative
The mission of NC State Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship is to empower social impact leaders to build the capacity to create systemic change. Social Innovation…
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. WIN investor-members are…
NC State Office of Research Commercialization SBIR/STTR Spark Plug Initiative
The NC State Office of Research Commercialization (ORC) led by Wade Fulghum in collaboration with KIETS has established a formalized support process called the Spark…
NC State NSF I CORPS HUB Program
Led by the Office of Research Commercialization (ORC) NC State University, in partnership with nine other leading research universities, was selected by the National Science…
2023 NC State University Creating Solutions for the Global Blue Economy Ideation Workshop
The risks posed by sea-level rise, increased intensity of tropical cyclones, overfishing, and rapid development of the coastline, have heightened awareness and concern about the…
Dolphin Tank Workshop
On Saturday, April 15, 2023, the NC State BioMade team hosted the “Dolphin Tank,” an interactive workshop focused on the intersection of emerging biotechnologies and…