The EPSS is a joint effort between the College of Engineering and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and…
Past Programs Initiatives
Research Education Commercialization Policy Kenan Institutes Collaboratory Past Programs
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…