The UNC-wide initiative for innovation and entrepreneurship

We work with you to move a greater number of valuable ideas into the world faster, where they can make the greatest social and economic impact possible.

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From Ingenuity to Impact: FY2019-20 Innovation Report

Explore how innovators at UNC-Chapel Hill moved an increasing number of inventions to the commercial market in order to create social, scientific and economic impact.

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Carolina launches economic development strategy

New partnership will revitalize downtown and further economic development in Chapel Hill.

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A full-scale innovation hub. To focus and fast-track your impact-driven ideas.

Innovate Carolina’s innovation hub is a suite of services that our team provides to help you make your ideas work. Our services are designed for today’s problem solvers: innovation-minded faculty, students and others in the Carolina community who use their ingenuity to nudge the world forward. Connect with us – and get started wherever you are.

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Innovation is
Creativity + Value + Execution

We help faculty, students and staff at UNC-Chapel Hill move more ideas into the world faster to solve the world’s problems and strengthen the economy. We believe that only through rigorously applying the tools of innovation can we solve society’s most complex challenges.

UNC’s Innovation Strategy
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Resources

Innovate Carolina works with a network of campus and community partners to connect innovators and entrepreneurs to a set of tools and resources to support their ideas, initiatives and ventures.

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UNC’s Innovation Impact

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Carolina innovators do more than make new things. We make an impact. On campus. Through the economy. And in the lives of many.
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Invention Disclosures
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Patent Applications
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Licensing Revenue
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New U.S. Patents Issued