Research

Research is fundamental to the mission of UNC Charlotte. New knowledge and creative works change the world and shape the future of the University. Charlotte values research in all its forms, including scholarly inquiry, discovery, exploration, innovation, entrepreneurship, creative activities, community engagement and/or interdisciplinary endeavors.

UNC Charlotte’s research endeavors are distinct:

  • Among the 229 public doctoral-granting research universities in the United States, 124 hold the Carnegie Community Engaged University classification. Carnegie’s community engagement classification signifies that UNC Charlotte collaborates with its larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in the context of partnership and reciprocity
  • UNC Charlotte is among the 80 public universities that have earned the APLU's Innovation and Economic Prosperity designation. The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities designation recognizes that UNC Charlotte has demonstrated a meaningful, ongoing and substantial commitment to economic and community development, growth and economic opportunity

Significant research activities are focused in UNC System recognized centers and institutes. And in 2023, Charlotte launched 12 new pilot centers to foster synergistic research initiatives. In 2022, Ventureprise became the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

UNC Charlotte receives NSF funding for community co-development of artificial intelligence systems designed to improve public safety


Childress Klein Center for Real Estate developing regional housing study


Apply for the upcoming National Science Foundation I-Corps cohort


Green light ahead for economy, caution for international trade?


Health informatics grad returns to Chile to pair medicine and data science


University employees, students attend energy summit


Cato College summer camp helps prevent learning loss


University’s 24th doctoral program is Ph.D. in civil engineering


Bioinformatics professor receives NSF funding to research reprogramming cells to cure genetic disorders


Researchers report unraveling the immune recognition of nucleic acid nanoparticles


I-PASS research collaborative receives NSF funding for underserved computer science students


Laser focus: Doctoral student integral to biomedical optics research