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By providing strategic support, funding opportunities, and expert guidance, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research empowers researchers to pursue ambitious projects that address global challenges.
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Weaving recycling knowledge into practice
Former UNC-Chapel Hill professors Matthew Parrott and Chris Luft are ushering the polyester industry into a more sustainable era.
Introducing Carolina’s Research Roadmap
UNC Research is charting a course to grow Carolina’s research enterprise and continue enabling its success with a new strategic roadmap. A message from the Vice Chancellor for Research: Dear … Read more
Rooted: Joe Tucker
Joe Tucker is as a professor of medicine and the director of UNC Project-China. He has been contributing to research at Carolina for 23 years.
Two College of Arts and Sciences departments awarded Mellon grants
Through the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s new Affirming Multivocal Humanities initiative, the departments of African, African American, and diaspora studies and women’s and gender studies received awards.
2023-24 Creativity Hubs finalists selected
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research is pleased to announce five finalists for this year’s Creativity Hubs seed-funding competition.
UNC-Chapel Hill and partner institutions to create “Ag Tech Corridor”
Through a new NSF Engines award, Carolina and nine partners will develop a plan for a 42-county Agricultural Tech Innovation Corridor, boosting innovation and access for underserved agricultural communities across North Carolina.
New study quantifies health impacts from oil and gas flaring in U.S.
A new study co-led by researchers at the Institute for the Environment finds that pollution from oil and gas venting and flaring results in $7.4 billion in health damages, more than 700 premature deaths, and 73,000 asthma exacerbations among children annually.
UNC Research Celebrates Women’s History Month
UNC-Chapel Hill is a hub of groundbreaking research, and this Women’s History Month, we celebrate the exceptional women leading the charge.
Leadership transition at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute
This is a message from Vice Chancellor for Research Penny Gordon-Larsen. Dear Colleagues, Today I am sharing the news that Stephen Hursting will be stepping down as director of the … Read more