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.
On September 1, 2024 the NC Collaboratory submitted a legislative report highlighting the dozens of university research projects it has supported as part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
In the 2023 State budget, the NCGA invested $15 million for next-generation energy research to assist industry efforts in the energy transition and take advantage of economic opportunities.
Since its authorization, the Collaboratory has stewarded approximately $225 million in appropriations from the legislature, investing in over 450 research projects that have the potential to develop innovative, evidence-based solutions that benefit our State.
Originally focused on natural resources and environmental issues, the Collaboratory has since expanded to numerous other research areas in response to some of North Carolina’s most pressing challenges.
As the Collaboratory marked its fifth anniversary in July 2021, this report provides an opportunity to summarize numerous examples of program success.
In 2019, as part of Senate bill 429, a disaster recovery legislative package, the N.C. General Assembly funded a $2 million flood resiliency study and charged the N.C. Policy Collaboratory to study flooding and resiliency against future storms in eastern North Carolina.
In the 2016 State Budget, the North Carolina General Assembly established the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory (the “Collaboratory”) to utilize and disseminate the environmental research expertise of the University of North Carolina for practical use by state and local government.
