Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC)
The mission of the Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) is to accelerate the translation of important ideas into meaningful products and services for North Carolina, the world, and the University.
Unit Type: Support and Compliance Offices
Institutional Privacy Office
The mission of the Institutional Privacy Office is to monitor compliance with federal and state privacy regulations, as well as general industry privacy standards for restricted or sensitive information collected, used, retained by the University.
Ethics and Policy
The Office of Ethics and Policy promote a culture of transparency and accountability by sustaining the University policy infrastructure, by providing research and consultation, by addressing threats to institutional and individual integrity and by evaluating external threats to University policy and integrity.
Environment, Health and Safety
Environment, Health and Safety is committed to providing a safe and healthful environment for the Carolina campus and local community through education, training, consultation, recognizing and controlling health and safety hazards, ensuring regulatory compliance and minimizing potential liabilities.
Office for Undergraduate Research (OUR)
The Office for Undergraduate Research (OUR) helps undergraduates get connected to the larger Carolina research community, find research funding, and share their research with others.
Workplace Safety Section
The Workplace Safety section provides services to industrial maintenance and construction, support services and clinic environments. We offer expertise in ergonomics, respiratory protection, safety training, medical surveillance, workers’ compensation and Safety Management Information System.
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR)
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research oversees, develops and supports Carolina’s $1.36 billion research enterprise. It sets strategic priorities for research, manages proposals and awards, provides research infrastructure, identifies funding opportunities, develops research teams and partnerships, and oversees regulatory compliance, science and security, and ethics.
University Cancer Research Fund (UCRF)
The University Cancer Research Fund (UCRF) is a nation-leading investment to stimulate cancer research and reduce North Carolina’s leading cause of death. The Fund builds upon the exceptional research base at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, the state’s only public, NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center.
UNC Global Affairs
Since our establishment as the first public university in the United States in 1789, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has earned a reputation as a leading global public research university.
Research Compliance Services (RCS)
The University of North Carolina is committed to the highest standards of research integrity and compliance as defined in the Research Code of Conduct. To this end, Research Compliance Services serve as a resource for our entire research community.