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PHILANTHROPY THAT POWERS STATEWIDE IMPACT

You can help NCInnovation reach more researchers and strengthen commercialization services in every region. Your contribution supports our operations, regional hubs, staff, and ecosystem-building activities. This ensures that all state endowment earnings remain fully dedicated to research funding and commercialization grants, as intended.

Your support protects the endowment’s purpose and expands its impact across all 100 counties.

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HOW YOUR SUPPORT HELPS

Your contribution allows NCI to:

  • Serve under-resourced campuses and regions

  • Provide readiness and coaching programs for faculty

  • Support prototype development and early validation

  • Host innovation workshops and investor engagement events

  • Strengthen commercialization services across all four regions

WHY YOU MAY CHOOSE TO INVEST

When you support NCI, you help:

  • Create new companies and high-quality jobs

  • Expand economic mobility in communities across North Carolina

  • Bring practical, market-ready research to life

  • Strengthen a transparent, responsibly managed public-private partnership built on accountability and oversight

Your generosity fuels the infrastructure behind the breakthroughs.