With a portfolio comprising more than 230 active projects, the Collaboratory is a key component of the State’s R&D landscape. The Collaboratory invests in research that advances knowledge, informs policy and practice, and accelerates innovation for North Carolinians.
Jeff Warren talks about his policy work for Senator Phil Berger, his career at the NC Department of Environmental Quality before working in the Senate, the creation of the NC Collaboratory in 2016, and teaching science policy at UNC-Chapel Hill.
The Collaboratory is requesting applications from institutions of higher education within North Carolina that can work with counties to examine a problem of practice related to foster and kinship parent recruitment and retention.
The Collaboratory's AFFF Takeback Program, which began in mid-July, aims to help local fire departments by collecting, storing, and eventually destroying toxic PFAS-containing firefighting foam.
