Gov. Roy Cooper signed a $1.5 billion coronavirus relief package this week that will allocate $29 million to the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory at UNC for research into COVID-19 treatment and testing.
The N.C. Policy Collaboratory based at UNC-Chapel Hill will receive $29 million to study treatment, community testing and prevention of COVID-19 under a $1.5 billion coronavirus relief package approved by state legislators last week and signed by Governor Roy Cooper today.
A UNC Chemistry professor is using funding from the NC Policy Collaboratory to develop a ground-breaking resin that soaks up toxic PFAS chemicals.
Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) contaminate groundwater, surface water, and finished drinking water internationally. Research funded by the NC Policy Collaboratory resulted in a new platform approach for the development of ionic fluorogel resins that effectively remove a chemically diverse mixture of PFAS from water.
Following a three-year study of Jordan Lake commissioned by the North Carolina legislature, a team of university researchers has submitted a final report, which includes management recommendations. The report examines the current state of the lake, evaluates water quality strategies and identifies new funding and policy opportunities.
Researchers from Western Carolina University and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services are partnering with organizations in western North Carolina to protect hemlock trees, the “Redwoods of the East.” The Collaboratory is supporting this project.
During the 2019 legislative session the N.C. General Assembly passed a law intended to support and enhance the state’s growing shellfish industry. The legislation was based on the report “North Carolina Strategic Plan for Shellfish Mariculture,” which contained numerous policy and funding recommendations to strengthen and promote the shellfish industry.
The NC Policy Collaboratory will receive $2 million in funding from the North Carolina General Assembly as part of a disaster recovery package approved by the legislature.
The North Carolina Policy Collaboratory has been charged by the General Assembly with creating an advisory panel to study and develop recommendations for determining the presence of cancer clusters in the state.
A bill designed to grow the shellfish aquaculture industry in North Carolina received approval from a legislative committee on June 4, 2019. The bill is based on recommendations developed by an NC Policy Collaboratory and UNC Institute of Marine Sciences report.
