Centers of Innovation
The Centers of Innovation Program is bringing together North Carolina's best scientific and technical minds in the life sciences. This program is designed to focus the state's efforts in biotechnology research, development and commercialization in targeted industrial sectors important to economic development and job creation.
Between 2008 and 2012, the North Carolina Biotechnology Center will work with university researchers, technology transfer offices, industrial partners, non-profit stake holders as well as regional and state-wide community leaders to establish nine Centers of Innovation (COI). Initial Centers of Innovation will complement efforts already under way in the state to align academic and industrial resources. Currently, we have four funded Centers of Innovation in Phase I planning stage.
You can learn more about these efforts at http://www.ncbiotech.org/.
