Explore Funds

Help Carolina meet today’s needs and build tomorrow’s possibilities. Find a fund that aligns with your passion and make a difference.

Funds

Edward G. Holley Student Research Fund

Provides support for student research awards, especially for expenses incurred for research on the master's thesis.

Innovate Carolina General Fund

Support Innovation for all Carolina faculty and students. Provides funding for priority entrepreneurial and early-stage initiatives at the discretion of UNC’s Chief Innovation Officer.

Innovate Carolina Social Innovation Collaborative

Supports students and faculty pursuing ventures to benefit the public good and address social issues.

Innovate Carolina Student Engagement

Supports students pursuing entrepreneurial endeavors including internships at startups, the 1789 club, micro-grants, pitch competitions and more.

Institute for Innovation

Provides support for experiential legal education through UNC School of Law’s Institute for Innovation, where students work alongside faculty to serve startups, nonprofits, and entrepreneurs and strengthen North Carolina’s innovation economy.

School of Data Science and Society "Founders Fund"

Your contribution supports events, programs and activities that bring together perspectives from across campus and beyond to advance data science research, education and practice at Carolina.

The Institute for Convergent Science Program Fund

Supports faculty committed to groundbreaking basic research and the translational work needed to move discoveries into the world through translational excellence.

UNC Kenan-Flagler Energy Center

Provides discretionary support for the Energy Center at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. The UNC Kenan-Flagler Energy Center promotes achieving an effective, consensus national energy policy that addresses the dual energy challenge — providing plentiful, affordable and secure energy while materially reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions and educating students in all sectors of the energy industry.