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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

Research for a Better Tomorrow

By leveraging our existing research strengths and prioritizing investments in five 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.

UNC Research in the News

Marketplace

Are young people feeling better about the economy? It’s complicated

Camelia Kuhnen, professor at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School and research director of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, explains the tools she uses to gauge public opinion on the economy.
The News & Observer

NC could see a measles outbreak soon. We talked to infectious disease experts

David Weber and David Wohl, professors in the UNC School of Medicine’s infectious diseases division, discuss factors likely to contribute to an expected measles outbreak in North Carolina.
U.S. News & World Report

Doing nothing appears best approach to common heart defect among preemies

Matthew Laughon, a professor in the UNC School of Medicine’s pediatrics department, explains findings from research he led on a wait-and-see approach for preemies with patent ductus arteriosus.