Corporate & Foundation Relations
Your gateway to Carolina
The Corporate and Foundation Relations office is dedicated to fostering successful collaborations between the University and corporations and foundations. Located in the University’s Central Development office, we provide your company or foundation with a one-stop portal for developing meaningful partnerships with the research, teaching and public outreach at one of the country’s great public research universities. As your gateway to the university, our staff is focused on facilitating your connections across campus.
The University has a rich tradition of successful partnerships with corporations and foundations, many of which have led to breakthrough discoveries and the establishment of innovative enterprises that tackle the world’s most complex challenges. With all five major health care schools (Medicine, Public Health, Pharmacy, Dental and Nursing) on the same campus and with a full compliment of schools and departments dedicated to the basic sciences, humanities and arts, Carolina has established an international reputation in providing companies and foundations with true interdisciplinary research, teaching and public service.
Connecting with Carolina
If your company or foundation is interested in exploring possible collaborations with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill please call our office and we will be happy to start making the connections today. Not only will we put you in touch with the right people on campus, we will be there with you throughout the relationship.
There are many ways to start making your Carolina connections, including:
Comprehensive partnerships: supporting faculty and students
Many of the nation’s best corporations and foundations have chosen to support the University with outright monetary gifts. These include endowed and expendable scholarships, fellowships, and professorships and support for critical physical infrastructure needs. Companies and foundations find that such unrestricted core support provide them with an ongoing exposure to the University’s intellectual talent, key programs and future leaders of our state and the nation. Contact our office for more information.
Sponsoring research and special programs
Carolina consistently ranks in the top twenty or better nationwide in external funding from federal academic science and engineering obligations; in federal obligations for fellowships, traineeships and training grants; in National Institute of Sciences obligations; and in federally financed R&D expenditures in the social sciences. In 2007, federal, state, corporate, and foundation support for Carolina research and programs topped $600 million. With 78 PhD and professional degree programs, corporations and foundations, both large and small, have supported Carolina faculty and research centers in the social sciences and humanities to the physical and health sciences. The Corporate and Foundation Relations office will work closely with the University’s Office of Sponsored Research to ensure your grant relationship with Carolina is seamless, efficient and effective.
Licensing technology
Carolina encourages innovation and the continuous transfer from the University of new knowledge to real world applications. Since 1998, University faculty have filed over 500 US patents and spun off over 30 new companies. The Corporate and Foundation office works closely with the Office of Technology Development to facilitate your intellectual property relationship with the University.
Clinical trials
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recognizes the importance of clinical research for the University, its sponsors, and the general public. Advances in clinical research are critical for the future of medical science and discovery. In support of these advances, Carolina has established an Office of Clinical Trials (OCT). Since its opening in 2002 the OCT has provided professional clinical trials for many pharmaceutical, medical and device companies. The Corporate and Foundation office will be glad to set up a meeting for your company with the professionals in the OCT.
Recruiting talent
For many of our best corporate partners Carolina has become a fertile recruiting ground for finding tomorrow’s business leaders, researchers, and administrators. In 2006-2007 academic year 215 organizations held 3690 individual student interviews on campus and more than 19,745 individual job postings where placed on UNC Carolinalink website by companies from around the world. The Corporate and Foundation Relations office will help you establish an ongoing relationship with the career services offices across the university schools and departments, including our award winning central University Career Services office.
Continuing education
Carolina takes pride in its commitment to life long learning. Through it myriad of certificate programs, executive training programs, distance learning, non credit public courses, forums and conferences, Carolina has earned a national reputation for providing general and customized continuing education services to both for profit and non profit organizations. Not only will you and your employees find Chapel Hill a fun and convenient place to visit, you will find it an excellent place to learn. Through our famed William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education Center to the Kenan Flagler Business School’s top ten executive development programs at the Paul J. Rizzo Center at Meadowmont, Carolina brings its education programs to the world. Ask your Corporate and Foundation Relations representative for more information.
Contact us today.
