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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 awarded one of three UNC System Research Opportunities Initiative grants for ‘potentially game-changing’ research

June 29, 2021
UNC Charlotte will develop a Center for Additive Manufacture of Advanced Ceramics to address the expanding needs of advanced manufacturing in North Carolina with the support of a 2022-24 University of North Carolina Research Opportunity Initiative (ROI) grant.

Study to illuminate experience of community college transfer students

June 23, 2021
Transferring from community colleges to universities has become an increasingly important path for students nationwide, with more than 12,000 making the jump each year in North Carolina alone. While providing financial and academic benefits for many, nuances can accompany the transfer process.

New Niner Research IRB module to launch

June 17, 2021
Research and Economic Development will launch the IRB Human Subjects Niner Research module on July 1.

N.C. forecast: Economy is at a critical point

May 26, 2021
Belk College of Business economist John Connaughton says economic growth should continue through 2022 

Africana Studies scholar earns internationally competitive fellowship

May 7, 2021
Through one of the most competitive fellowship programs in the world, UNC Charlotte Africana Studies scholar Oscar de la Torre has been named the Anthony E. Kaye Fellow at the National Humanities Center.

Enhancing the reliability and resilience of the power grid — and training a new generation of energy experts

April 29, 2021
The Duke Energy Smart Grid Laboratory located within the Albert & Freeman Energy Production and Infrastructure Center that provides faculty and students hands-on access to state-of-the-art mechanisms for advanced testing and evaluation of smart grid-enabling technologies and energy systems.

COVID-19 variants and vaccine effectiveness — and our best path back to ‘normal’

April 21, 2021
As UNC Charlotte anticipates a full return to campus instruction and operations this fall, the University continues to monitor COVID-19’s presence on campus.

UNC Charlotte partners with NuSpot Technologies to develop COVID-19 rapid testing device

April 19, 2021
UNC Charlotte has partnered with Charlotte-based NuSpot Technologies to develop and advance a revolutionary technology of transforming the detection of viruses such as COVID-19 as well as cancers, toxins, strokes and a variety of diseases.

Professor’s new book explores African-Brazilian dance

March 23, 2021
A new book by Assistant Professor of Dance Tamara Williams explores Silvestre Technique, the contemporary dance technique founded by Rosangela Silvestre as an extension of the spiritual dance traditions of enslaved Africans in Brazil.

Ogundiran receives First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal

March 22, 2021
Akin Ogundiran, a Chancellor’s Professor and professor of Africana Studies, Anthropology and History, is the 2021 recipient of the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal, UNC Charlotte’s most prestigious faculty award, in recognition of excellence in research.

Building a Nucleus: Early-career researchers help drive UNC Charlotte’s reputation

March 19, 2021
NSF CAREER Awards enable the University’s researchers to pursue work that points to a ‘lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research.’

UNC Charlotte researchers: family businesses are ‘essential to economic and social prosperity’

March 10, 2021
Two UNC Charlotte Belk College of Business faculty researchers have used their expertise to update a groundbreaking study that aims to help policymakers better understand family-owned businesses and their impact on the U.S. economy.