The Entrepreneurs Living and Learning Village, a program of the NC State Entrepreneurship Initiative (EI) led by Dr. Tom Miller,…
Past Programs Initiatives
Research Education Commercialization Policy Kenan Institutes Collaboratory Past Programs
Apex Friendship High School Entrepreneurship DECA International
Apex Friendship High School teacher Dan Jackson has been collaborating with KIETS Associate Director Raj Narayan to develop the Applied…
Workshop on Self-Assembly of Soft Matter at Interfaces
NC State hosted an international workshop on Soft Matter Interfaces on October 6-9, 2017. This workshop is part of a…
NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management Systems (FREEDM)
The FREEDM Systems Center has been pioneering developments in power and energy through its FREEDM concept, which provides an architecture…
NC State Outreach and Engagement Incentive Grant Program
The Outreach and Engagement Incentive Grants Program serves to address significant community challenges by aligning interdisciplinary faculty, their expertise, their…
Maria Mitchell Association Women in Science and Engineering Symposium
In October 2018, the Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association (MMA) will offer a two-day symposium honoring the life, legacy, and work…
NC State Game Changing Research Initiative Program (GRIP)
GRIP is an interdisciplinary research initiative launched in March 2017 by the Office of the NC State Vice Chancellor for…
NASA Use of Satellite Measurements to Validate and Improve Air Quality Predictions of Ammonia and Fine Particulate Matter
Led by NC State Professor Dr. Viney Aneja, this initiative is a three-year integrated atmospheric composition and air quality project…
Recovery of Biological Products XVIII Conference
The Recovery of Biological Products Conference Series, a not-for-profit 501(c) (3) organization, is the premier international forum for the presentation…
NC State Center for Genetic Engineering and Society
Led by NC State Professors Fred Gould and Jennifer Kuzma, the Center for Genetic Engineering and Society provides mechanisms for…
NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Stewards of the Future Conference
The Stewards of the Future conference series event Microbiome: Unseen Opportunities for Agriculture and Health was held at the McKimmon…
NC Biotechnology Center (NCBC) Collaborative Funding Grant (CFG) Program
The NC Biotechnology Center (NCBC) Collaborative Funding Grant Program (CFG) is designed to encourage collaboration between academia and industry, helping…
NC Coastal Federation Developing Environmental Restoration as a Viable Economic Strategy for Success in Rural Coastal Communities Initiative
After years of declines in coastal environmental quality, projects aimed at repairing environmental damage are becoming much more commonplace. These…
FokusLabs SBIR Matching Initiative
With an introduction from KIETS BOT member David Gardner, FokusLabs Inc. has invited the support of the Kenan Institute to…
Research Triangle MRSEC on Soft Matter
The Research Triangle Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (RT MRSEC) is a national resource for materials science and engineering…
Hybrid Solar Redox Process
Led by NC State Chemical Engineering professor Fanxing Li, research on a hybrid solar-redox process, which converts solar energy and…
Multi-Scale Modeling of Fluids and Solids
Led by PIs Dr. Keith Gubbins and Dr. Erik Santiso of NC State’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, this…
Coastal Ocean Dynamics GRC
NC State Professor Roy He is the Chair of the 2017 Coastal Ocean Dynamics Gordon Research Conference, which took place…
Kenan Visiting Scholar – Moti Herskowitz
Professor Moti Herskowitz, Director of the Blechner Center for Industrial Catalysis and Process Development and Israel Cohen Chair in Chemical…
NCBC Agricultural Biotechnology Summit
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center’s AgBiotech Initiative stimulates opportunities that generate jobs, strengthen the economy, and produce products that heal,…
RTP / KIETS Catalysts for Innovation Initiative
The Research Triangle Park is committed to working in partnership with the Triangle Universities to identify, develop and implement meaningful…
Research Triangle Environmental Health Collaborative 2016 Summit
A primary objective of the Research Triangle Environmental Health Collaborative is to orchestrate yearly Environmental Health Summits to be held…
NC Museum of Natural Sciences Educators of Excellence Institutes Program
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Educators of Excellence Institutes provides first-hand experience in the natural world for outstanding…
NC Public School Forum Education Policy Fellows Program for Kenan Fellows
The Public School Forum has led the North Carolina Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP) since 1992, and it has continued…
NC State Science, Technology, and Society Program NSF Intelligence, Secrecy and Ethics Workshop
Led by NC State College of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor Dr. Kathleen Vogel, this workshop held April 18-19, 2016…
Marine Bio-Technologies Center for Innovation Aqua-Food Revolution for North Carolina Portfolio Assessment
With support from the Kenan Institute, the Marine Bio-Technologies Center for Innovation (MBCOI) completed a comprehensive review of the freshwater…
COE/CHASS Engineering, Policy and Society Seminar Series
The EPSS is a joint effort between the College of Engineering and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and…
Microfluidic Device for Dyes from Small Fiber Samples for Forensics
Forensic science employs scientific instruments and techniques that can assist in answering the key questions of when and how a…
Ligand-Mediated Vascular Repair and Therapeutic Targeting
Dr. Anka Dobreva-Veleva is leading this effort, in collaboration with faculty from the UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine, and…
NC Forensic Sciences Institute
North Carolina State University is working to become an international leader in forensic sciences. Over the last 18 months, faculty…
Nonwovens Institute Coating and Surface Modification Pilot Facility
The Nonwovens Institute led by Professor Benham Pourdeyhimi is establishing a coating and surface modification pilot line facility at North…
NC Sustainable Coastal Economy Initiative
Led by East Carolina University Professor Stan Riggs, a multi-disciplinary research team is developing a scientific baseline for NC’s coastal…
NC Agricultural Biotechnology Education Initiative
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center in collaboration with the Kenan Institute held a symposium titled “Accelerating North Carolina’s Leadership in…
State of NC Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium (SNCURCS)
The State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium (SNCURCS) highlights the scholarship of students from both private and…
Kenan Institute Visiting Faculty Scholars Program – Faculty Public Policy Engagement Initiative
The Kenan Institute has developed a visiting faculty scholars program that enables faculty from other universities in the United States…
NC Science Summit
The State of North Carolina and the health of its economy increasingly depend on innovation that starts new enterprises, grows…
Research Triangle Environmental Health Collaborative Summit
The October 2012 Research Triangle Environmental Health Collaborative Summit () on Environmentally Responsible Shale Gas Extraction explored the most important…
Comparative Innovation Research Initiative
Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) Director Anita Brown-Graham is investigating the roles institutions of higher education across the globe are…
NSF PFI Commercialization of the Solid State Transformer through Strategic Partnership
The NSF FREEDM Systems Center at NC State University led by Professor Alex Huang is focusing on the development of…
NC Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
The Kenan Institute is collaborating with the NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and the NC Biotechnology…
Characterization of the Molecular Basis of Human Health and Disease
This research initiative focuses on the development and application of high performance mass spectrometry to unravel molecular components in complex…
NC State Centennial Campus 30th Anniversary Initiative
NC State University will be commemorating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Centennial Campus, a unique community where government…
2014 NCBC Agricultural Biotechnology Summit
The NC Ag Biotech Summit 2014 is the inaugural collaborative conference between North Carolina State University and the North Carolina…
SPIA/TISS Energy and Security Initiative (ESI)
The Energy and Security Initiative (ESI) promotes interdisciplinary, inter-university, and international research in the field of energy and security; facilitates…
GRC on Science and Technology Policy Systems
The 2014 Gordon Research Conference, on Science and Technology Policy held from August 10th-15th and led by NC State Professor…
Eastern NC Land of Water (LOW) KIETS / KIPE Collaboration
The Eastern NC Land of Water (LOW) initiative is an outgrowth of the Sustainable Coastal Economy project led by ECU…
College of Science Industry Partner Access Day Initiative
The College of Sciences hosted its second Access Day on February 6, 2014, with the purpose of providing a structure…
TEC Program Accelerating Commercialization and Transfer (ACT) Initiative
Through the Accelerating the Commercialization of Technology (ACT) program, graduate student interns supervised by an experienced manager develop reports and…
Project SEED – NC American Chemical Society Chapter Initiative
The North Carolina Project Science Educational Experience for the Disadvantaged (SEED) Program is an initiative of the North Carolina chapter…
NC State Engineers Without Borders Student Chapter Initiative
NC State University’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is implementing a participatory development project for a renewable energy…
Center for the Atomic Structure of Matter
Led by Professor Jacob Jones in NC State’s Department of Materials Science Engineering, a proposed Center for the Atomic Structure…
Natural Variation and Systems Level Properties of Gene Regulation in Drosophila
Regulation of gene expression is of paramount importance in multicellular organisms, with improper regulation resulting in congenital defects and disease…
International Conference on Self–Healing Materials
The 2015 International Conference on Self-Healing Materials (ICSHM2015), which will be co-hosted by Duke University, NC State University and UNC-Chapel…
NC State / UNC Strategic Alliance for Translational and Regenerative Medicine
Led by College of Veterinary Medicine Professor Jorge Piedrahita, NC State has an opportunity to coalesce efforts across the university…
Expanding Genome Editing with the CRISPR Immune System
NC State Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor Chase Beisel is investigating the advancement of treating genetic and infectious diseases through…
NC State Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Speaker Series
The NC State Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Speaker Series is an initiative of the Institute for Nonprofits within the College…
IEEE International Future Energy Competition NC State Student Team
The International Future Energy Competition (IFEC) is an international student competition for innovation, conservation, and effective use of electrical energy,…
Bioengineering and Society: The Case for Genetically Engineering Pests
Led by NC State Professor Fred Gould, the goal of this Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT) project…
Development of a Filtration System for Removing Volatile Organic Compounds, Heavy Metals and Toxins from Contaminated Waters
NC State Chemical Engineering Professor Jan Genzer is developing a functional fiber filter system that is capable of performing specific…
Annual Meeting of the International Graduate Research Training Group in Self-Assembly of Soft Matter Near Interfaces
The Annual Meeting of the International Graduate Research Training Group in Self Assembly of Soft Matter Near Interfaces (IRTG) hosted…
Continuous Downstream Process for Influenza Vaccines Enabled by Disposable Technologies
Pandemic and seasonal influenza viruses represent an important threat to public health. Vaccination is the primary and most effective strategy…
Ingenuitas Innovation Hub Addressing Critical Health in the Developing World Through STEM
Ingenuitas, a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization led by Kenan Institute Trustee Dr. Juan Luis Torres, seeks to develop pragmatic solutions…
NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Emerging Plant Disease and Global Food Security Symposium
The 2012 report of the President’s Council of Advisor’s on Science and Technology stated that “The U.S. is the undisputed…
NC Land of Water Symposium
The Kenan Institute helped the NC Land of Water (NC LOW) organize a symposium on the Future of North Carolina’s…
Mapping the Environmental Genome of Industrial Products (EGIP): A Workshop on Vision, Value and Impact
Led by retired NC State faculty member Dr. Michael Overcash, the goal of this workshop is to describe, model, and…
STEAM Initiative for Parents and Children at the NCSU Libraries
NC State College of Management Professor Fay Payton is working with Marian Fragola, Director of Outreach of the NC State…