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300 Bynum Hall
Campus Box 7006
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7006
Tel: (919) 843-0050

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The Office of Federal Affairs is the lead representative of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill charged with coordinating and expanding the university's relationships with federal funding agencies, with strengthening the university's contributions to national advisory panels and Congress and representatives of policy boards, and with supporting the university's federal initiatives.

The Office of Federal Affairs assists faculty and campus leaders to identify opportunities and to secure federal research support; acts as liaison between the leadership of the university and the North Carolina Congressional delegation; and strengthens the university's visibility and contributions to national policy by representing the institution in interaction with federal agency personnel, colleagues from peer institutions, and coalitions of university advocates.

detail, nanofluidic system

The federal affairs team worked with faculty of the Institute for Advanced Materials to secure funding for research on defense applications of nanofluidic electronic sensor technologies. This novel research program will advance fluidic-based electronic sensor technologies and detection devices that detect hazardous agents associated with chemical and biological weapons.

Nanofluidic electronic sensor devices hold the promise of providing "laboratories on a chip," enabling reliable chemical assays in postage stamp size packages.