The North Carolina Policy Collaboratory, based at UNC-Chapel Hill, has overseen the distribution of $29 million in grant money for COVID-research projects, which represents a portion of a $1.5 billion coronavirus relief package approved by state legislators and signed by Governor Roy Cooper.
When visiting Jordan Lake, one doesn’t expect to find a water meter cover from the City of Greensboro. Or children’s toys, hydraulic fluid containers, pesticide spray applicators and cigarette lighters.
The North Carolina Policy Collaboratory submitted an Interim Report to the North Carolina General Assembly’s Joint Oversight Committee on Health and Human Resources detailing the $29 million research initiative related to COVID-19.
How state government agencies, local governments, nonprofits and landowners are harnessing the power of land conservation to restore and protect drinking water for hundreds of thousands of Triangle residents.
The Coastal Review Online featured the research of Dr. Rachel Noble, UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, who received funding from the Collaboratory as part of the COVID-19 research initiative to evaluate wastewater as a possible indicator of coronavirus hotspots.
The collaboratory funded 85 projects across 14 UNC System schools, including $1 million allocated to each of the six historically minority-serving institutions.
In recent years North Carolina has seen powerful hurricanes cause significant damage, including loss of life and devastating economic impacts across the state. With trends pointing to an increased number of powerful storms, coastal communities and ecosystems will face more damage and longer-lasting flooding.
The UNC Board of Governors announced today that it will partner with the N.C. Policy Collaboratory at UNC-Chapel Hill to award $6 million in COVID-19 funding to the UNC System’s six historically minority-serving institutions.
Starting in 2019, UNC has implemented the preliminary stages of a new NC Policy Collaboratory project to discover the connections and relationships between wildfires and landslides in the western North Carolina mountains.
An advisory panel established by the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory at the mandate of the North Carolina General Assembly to develop strategies for assessing cancer incidence and mortality rates and patterns over time and geography, has released a report with its recommendations.
