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.

New study: vaccine protection against COVID-19 short-lived, booster shots important


UNC Charlotte-led team invents new anticoagulant platform, offering hope for advances for heart surgery, dialysis, other procedures


Education professor receives NSF grant for pioneering research on gifted Black girls


UNC Charlotte inventions, patents, licenses and startups are driving the innovation economy


New technology creates energy from waves to desalinate ocean water


New insight into coral-algae symbiosis aims to help reefs recover from mass bleaching


UNC Charlotte history professor named Andrew Carnegie Fellow


University research showcased for inaugural Congressional Staff Symposium


NSF grant funding to support health monitoring system for elderly


Thill receives First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal


Refugees fleeing war-torn Ukraine are creating global migration crisis


Update: Return of Facilities and Administrative funds to investigators