Chancellor&#8217;s Innovation Fund

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Sep 4, 2024

Catalyzing creative concepts to solve commercial challenges

NC State University research helps turn today’s ideas into tomorrow’s solutions. That’s core to our land-grant mission. The Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF), a competitive internal seed fund, has proven to be a powerful way we support that mission. Chancellor Randy Woodson established the CIF in 2010 to help more NC State research bridge the gap between public and private…

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Oct 9, 2023

NC State recognizes college faculty for innovation and entrepreneurship

Brian Floyd was honored with the Innovator of the Year award, and Franky So received the Entrepreneur of the Year award.

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Aug 30, 2023

From ideas to solutions

Six projects secured support from the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund this year, and for the first time in the fund’s history, awardees will receive supplemental resources through local entrepreneur and investor Bill Spruill’s 2ndF Research Commercialization Fund.

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Sep 26, 2022

Showcasing research excellence

The NC State community consistently comes up with new, creative ways to communicate their wide-ranging scholarship interests. Through the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund and the Envisioning Research contest, they put research excellence on full display.

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Sep 2, 2022

Chancellor’s Innovation Fund awards support to five promising engineering projects

This year’s awardees are researching a better way to make EKGs wireless, a novel coating to simultaneously prevent and remove ice, faster COVID-19 antibody tests, and a number of other discoveries with the potential to revolutionize human healthcare.

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Jul 14, 2022

BME’s Brown receives 2023 Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Award

The Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF) provides seed funding to a select few NC State research projects each year that have promise for market success.

Aug 16, 2018

Out of the lab and into the world

From nanomaterials that mimic our own platelets to a promising baby-formula prebiotic and a possible canine cancer vaccine, the recipients of this year’s Chancellor’s Innovation Fund are prepping groundbreaking research for the open market. Meet this year’s awardees and see how their discoveries could change your life.

Sep 9, 2015

Guiding ideas from the research lab to the business world

For the past five years, the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund has helped NC State innovators by providing the financial support necessary to develop research findings into viable business opportunities.

Oct 28, 2014

Incubating innovation

From new methods for creating biofuels and determining cardiovascular risk to fridge-free food processing and a more efficient fuel injector, NC State researchers are developing innovative approaches to global challenges.