Go ahead. Blink and when you open your eyes know that in that single instant another
breakthrough idea just raced through the mind of an innovator in the Research Triangle region.
Now think exponentially. This is where thousands upon thousands of
researchers inventors and entrepreneurs converge
to turn research and valuable ideas into the technologies and companies that spark economic
growth and transform how we live. And how do we work and live? By our innovative roots. We're
home to the nation's first non-profit dedicated to helping entrepreneurs build businesses...
... businesses that have grown into today's top scientific and tech enterprises and startups that
stand for tomorrow. At our epicenter is one of the world's leading research institutes located
within the largest R&D park in the United States. The Research Triangle is anchored by three of the
world's top research universities separated by only a few miles and joined by a shared passion
and curiosity for discovering and creating the new and next. Duke University, North Carolina State
University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: a trio that attracts more than
3.5 billion dollars in research funding each year, the most concentrated research region in
the country. We draw top faculty and students who translate that research investment into impact.
What kind of impact? The kind that answers the world's most pressing challenges with ingenuity
and turns what we imagine for the future into real world possibilities for the present. Innovation
begins on our campuses where ideas emerge from classrooms, labs, and the minds of those who see
what is and what will be. At Duke University we believe that this is a significant moment for our
region-- one that offers us an opportunity for a quantum leap forward for our vibrant research
community in the Triangle. The foundation of our success is a culture of collaboration between
internationally renowned research universities and leading industry partners who have come
to our region from around the world; a unique concentration of diverse talent, true vision,
and the resources that position us to address the world's most pressing challenges. Our faculty and
clinicians are working with colleagues at North Carolina Central, NC State and UNC Chapel Hill
to advance deeply collaborative projects. Together we pursue path-breaking research in biomedicine,
materials science and quantum computing, health data sciences, and the emerging field of biologic
resilience-- discoveries that will save and improve countless lives. At the leadership
level we're engaged in regular conversations and strategic planning about how we can foster
broader partnership in the years ahead. We are so very excited about what the future holds.
As a comprehensive land grant research university,
NC State is dedicated to excellence in teaching excellence and the creation and application of
knowledge. We're proud of our engagement with public and private partners. Embodying our
think and do mantra our researchers apply their broad expertise to solve the world's greatest
challenges. The expertise includes engineering, agriculture, life sciences, advanced materials,
power electronics, energy, climate science, and decision sciences and we're proud to be one of the
premiere universities that comprise the Research Triangle along with our sister institutions.
With this vibrant innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem
we are a major economic engine driving progress in an increasingly interconnected and complex world.
At UNC Chapel Hill, talented students, faculty, researchers, and those with entrepreneurial
aspirations are moving more ideas forward faster into the world and commercial market where they
can make the greatest impact. The expertise of our health affairs and life sciences researchers
allows us to bring new treatments and cures to the people who need them. In particular the successes
of UNC researchers working with industry partners to pioneer gene and cell therapies for devastating
diseases has translated into the greatest impact we can imagine: people in our communities living
longer healthier lives. From licensing cutting edge technologies to building new
startup companies to creating pandemic response programs, so much of our innovation work happens
through the tremendous partnerships that we have here with colleagues at North Carolina Central,
North Carolina State and Duke. Our culture of collaboration at Carolina extends to
partners here in the Triangle and beyond. Together we're finding innovation solutions
that wouldn't be possible by ourselves. Between our universities and across the
Research Triangle region we found this to be true: We innovate better by innovating together,
by building an entrepreneurial ecosystem that gives entrepreneurs the tools and resources
they need to thrive. It's our way of teaming up to de-risk investments into our disruptive startups.
Take, for example, the Triangle Venture Alliance, a unique partnership between the angel investor
networks created by our universities working in concert to co-invest in top startups founded
by our faculty, students, alumni, and friends. We've seen strength in numbers.
Our university and regional support programs are in the business of moving discoveries from the lab
to the market, growing ventures that grow our capacity for economic, social, and human good,
life-saving devices, environmental solutions, promising treatments, new cures.
Don't blink. Now is the time to accelerate with our eyes set on
the future from exciting discoveries to new technologies to companies that solve problems
that matter. When the world sees possible limitations we see limitless possibilities