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State Innovation Profile

North Carolina

Research Triangle Park — anchored by Duke, UNC, and NC State — is one of the US's premier research and technology clusters.

4
Universities
~0
Available Technologies
$4.2B
R&D Spending (NSF, FY2024)
224
US Patents Granted (Latest Year)

4 North Carolina Universities

25 startups in the latest year (2 reporting)

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

UNC Chapel Hill is a leading public research university with strong commercialization in biomedical sciences, pharmaceuticals, and public health.

BiomedicalPharmaceuticalsPublic HealthDiagnostics
65
US Patents
$1.6B
R&D

Durham, North Carolina

Duke is a leading research university with strong commercialization in biomedical sciences, genomics, and clean energy.

BiomedicalGenomicsClean EnergyDiagnostics
94
US Patents
$1.6B
R&D

Raleigh, North Carolina

NC State is a leading public research university with strong programs in engineering, agriculture, and textile technology commercialization.

AgricultureTextilesEngineeringBiotechnology
49
US Patents
$717.0M
R&D

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Wake Forest is a leading private research university with strong commercialization in biomedical sciences, regenerative medicine, and data science.

BiomedicalRegenerative MedicineData ScienceDiagnostics
16
US Patents
$344.5M
R&D

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