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Serving North Carolina, Changing the World

UNC Research is the University’s research enterprise. It provides opportunities and advances solutions to solve the most critical problems of today and tomorrow.

Driving Research, Accelerating Discovery and Translation

UNC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research provides support throughout the research lifecycle. It facilitates strategic guidance so that the UNC Research enterprise thrives.

About Us

9th
top-ranked university

in the United States for federal research, totaling $907M annually

$1.55B

sponsored research from all sources annually, making it the 7th largest public US research university in research volume and annual expenditures

62%

UNC-Chapel Hill performs more than half of all UNC system research

See our impact

Tech-Infused Performances

Pianist Clara Yang creates musical experiences that explore humanity’s relationship with artificial intelligence.

Coding Compassionate AI

Snigdha Chaturvedi is developing AI systems with empathy and social awareness to understand the nuances of human language.

Rethinking AI Responsibility

Francesca Tripodi is putting people at the heart of AI — challenging bias, teaching ethics, and shaping a more responsible … Read more

Research for a Better Tomorrow

By leveraging our existing research strengths and prioritizing investments in four key areas, we will grow Carolina’s research activity to $2 billion by 2034

Applying AI to Benefit
and Save Lives


Preventing and Curing Diseases


Accelerating Environmental
and Renewable Solutions


Optimizing Brain Health
and Well-being


Building Healthy
and Resilient Communities

Research Roadmap
multiple images. One image shows a researcher pipetting, another shows students gathering around a research demonstration, and the last one is a researcher holding up a slide of samples.

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