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| 10th | in the US for federal research among universities. |
| $1.2 billion |
in research activity annually. |
| 13th | largest US research university in research volume & annual expenditures. |
Our Mission
Cures and treatments for disease. New technologies. New industries for North Carolina and the world. At Carolina, we tackle tough challenges with multidisciplinary teams of top scientists and students whose diverse perspectives deliver creative, unprecedented solutions. As one of America’s top research universities, we conduct roughly $1 billion in research annually. We provide dedicated service to our sponsors and unprecedented opportunities for graduate students, postdocs and undergraduates.
Strategic Research Priorities
By fostering and supporting collaborative, interdisciplinary teams, UNC Research is accelerating new discoveries and solutions to emerging challenges in these areas:
Brain
Cancer
Data Science
Environment
Infectious Disease
Opportunity, Well-Being, and Culture
Precision Health and Society
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CGS seed grant funds biology professor’s Galapagos research
Thanks to funding from the Center for Galapagos Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill biologist Senay Yitbarek traveled to the Galápagos this summer to conduct research on host-pathogen dynamics on San Cristobal Island.
Graduate student traces the lives of people displaced by gentrification
Ari Green’s doctoral dissertation is an innovative look at the processes of migration, gentrification, and displacement in Sacramento, Raleigh, and New Orleans.
UNC Computer Science contributes to AI development project in partnership with Meta
Carolina is transforming AI’s future with a human-centric approach in the Ego-Exo4D project led by an international consortium of 14 universities in partnership with Meta AI.
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UNC-Duke Viral Oncology and AIDS Malignancy Symposium
Thursday 8:30 am
2nd Computational Medicine Symposium
Wednesday 9:30 am
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