2025 THE YEAR OF THE LIGHTHOUSE While the first cohort of Kenan Fellows officially convened in February of 2001, planning for this first group of…
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Kenan Institute Initiatives
Daugherty Centennial Campus Entrepreneurial Initiative
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…
Gordon-Kenan Graduate Research Seminars (GKRS)
A Gordon-Kenan Graduate Research Seminar (GKGRS) is a two-day meeting designed specifically for graduate students, post-doctoral students, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience….
Bioseparations / Bioprocessing Development Center (BBDC)
State funds allocated to BTEC support its educational and training programs, which are based on hands-on instruction in state-of-the-art facilities. The BBDC funding provided by…
NC State Research and Innovation Seed Funding (RISF) Program
NC State’s Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation (ORI), in collaboration with the Kenan Institute, developed and launched the NC State Research…
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…
NC State Office of Research Commercialization SBIR/STTR Spark Plug Initiative
The NC State Office of Research Commercialization (ORC) in collaboration with KIETS has established a formalized support process called the Spark Plug Initiative that will…
KIETS Climate Leaders Program
The KIETS Climate Leaders Program (CLP) focuses on solutions to mitigating or reversing the negative effects of climate change via technical, managerial, political or economic…
Triangle Computational and Applied Mathematics Symposium (TriCAMS)
Led by Professor Greg Forest, UNC Professor of Mathematics, in collaboration with NC State Professor Alina Chertock, Chair of the Department of Mathematics in 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. WIN investor-members are…
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…
NC Coastal Federation Newport River Estuary Protection and Restoration Strategic Plan
The NC Coastal Federation (NCCF) is working with key partners to develop a watershed action plan for the Newport River. The Plan provides an overview…
2023 NC State University Creating Solutions for the Global Blue Economy Ideation Workshop
NC State Provost Arden created the Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (CRSI) as a university-wide effort for students and faculty to tackle challenges related to…
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…
Office of Research Commercialization Boost Fund Program
The NC State Office of Research Commercialization (ORC), led by Tim Martin, Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor of New Ventures and Investments, is developing the Boost…
AIM-Bio Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Symposium and Student Exchange
Websites: AIM-Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Symposium and AIM-Bio International Student Exchange Funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the AIM-Bio Program brings together two academic universities, the Technical…
Maria Mitchell Association Women of Science Symposium
In 2018, with the support of many sponsors and several grants, including from KIETS, the Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association (MMA) successfully hosted its first Maria…
The Long View, Conversations on the Future
Professor Rob Dunn, NC State Senior Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Programs, in collaboration with Greg Raschke, Director of NC State Libraries, leads The Long View,…
Special Initiative in Support of the NC State NWI/BTEC COVID Response
With a special allocation of $100,000 from the Board of Directors of the Kenan Fund for Engineering, Technology and Science, KIETS was able to assist…
NC Museum of Natural Sciences Hand Sanitizer Initiative
In March 2020, the NC Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS) was closed to the public due to the COVID pandemic. Following up on the initiative…