Research Centers & Institutes
Solving the most challenging problems of the day requires innovation and collaboration. Research centers and institutes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provide the infrastructure and support services necessary to help scholars and scientists produce their best work.
When they join a center or institute, faculty members typically retain their appointments in discipline-based departments, continuing to teach students and mentor graduate students. By carrying new knowledge back to their home departments, these faculty members help keep their disciplines on the cutting edge.
Research centers and institutes also help the state’s economy. Their ability to address real-world problems in a comprehensive manner attracts external funding and helps North Carolina compete for economic-development opportunities. A thriving research center or institute is a powerful force for new ideas and beneficial change.
News
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Celebrating the women behind the Galapagos Science Center
The Galapagos Initiative is home to incredible female leaders and scientists at UNC, USFQ, the Galapagos Science Center, and collaborators through the International Galapagos Science Consortium.
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Leadership transition at the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center
This is a message from Vice Chancellor for Research Penny Gordon-Larsen. Today I am sharing the news that Steve Marshall will be stepping down as director of the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC), effective March 1, 2024. After more … Read more
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Three new projects to launch this summer with funding from Center for Galapagos Studies
Researchers from Gillings, the College, and the Carolina Population Center received Seed Grants to support studies on community health and climate change impact.
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Inside UNC Research: Tracking the Evolution of Data Science
Ashok Krishnamurthy is the director of the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) and co-director for informatics and data science at NC TraCS.
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SAS seeks crowd-driven AI to protect endangered sea turtles in Galapagos
The UNC Center for Galapagos Studies joins forces with the analytics and AI leader to boost conservation and sustainability efforts.
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Growing research in the Galápagos
Five Carolina research projects have received Galapagos Seed Grants for development at the Galapagos Science Center this summer.
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Collaboration with federal agencies brings new data opportunities for Carolina researchers
The new Triangle Research Data Center housed in the Carolina Population Center presents a wealth of otherwise unavailable microdata from various federal statistical agencies.
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Opening Doors through Data
The UNC School of Data Science and Society is slated to open in Fall 2020. Jay Aikat, RENCI’s chief operating officer, discusses its origins and why data science is so vital in today’s world.
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Making Impact With A Coffee Farm
Discourage invasive plants, cultivate a native species and help human neighbors. A project funded by UNC Center for Galapagos Studies is doing all three, practicing sustainable farming on the island.
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UNC Researchers Receive NSF Grant to Study Extreme Weather Events with Interdisciplinary Approach
A new project led by Carolina Population Center Director Elizabeth Frankenberg has received a $3.5 million Growing Convergent Research Award from the National Science Foundation to develop adaptation and mitigation strategies for North Carolinians as they face future storms and flooding.