Communities Can Strengthen Innovation


The North Carolina Board of Science, Technology and Innovation is a key partner in a new initiative to build and sustain local innovation in communities outside of the Triangle and Charlotte.

InnovateNC: A Cross-City Learning Collaborative will be an intensive, two-year collaborative allowing up to five North Carolina communities to build and sustain their local innovation ecosystems based on a new economic development model. By actively sharing best practices and then widely disseminating results, InnovateNC intends to help scale innovation gains to other North Carolina communities.

Communities interested in applying to participate in the program have until August 17 to complete and submit their proposal.

In addition to the Institute for Emerging Issues at N.C. State University and the Board of Science, Technology & Innovation, other partners include Forward Impact; the University of North Carolina system; Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy; UNC-Chapel Hill’s Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise; RTI International; UNC-TV; the Council for Entrepreneurial Development; and the Research Triangle Foundation.

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