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

Center for Climate, Energy, Environment & Economics

Provides support for immersive student learning in environmental, energy, and climate law through research collaboration, policy analysis, and experiential opportunities that connect legal study to real‑world challenges at UNC School of Law.

Center for Media Law and Public Policy in the School of Law

Provides support for advancing research, education, and public dialogue on media law, free expression, and emerging communication technologies at UNC School of Law.

Center for Public Engagement with Science

Supports a network of field sites through semester-long, immersive experiences in North Carolina and abroad where students live and learn in diverse ecosystems — from mountains to coasts to urban environments while advancing education, research, and community engagement.

Clinical Programs Discretionary Fund

Provides support for Carolina Law’s clinical programs, where students gain hands‑on legal experience while expanding access to justice for individuals and communities in need.

CPILO Current Use Fund

Provides support for Carolina Law students pursuing unpaid or underfunded summer professional work opportunities serving the public interest.

Director Development Initiative

Provides support for UNC School of Law to prepare and connect aspiring leaders with nonprofit and corporate board service opportunities.

Family Defense Clinic Fund

Provides support for hands‑on student advocacy at UNC School of Law, advancing due process and family stability in the child welfare system.

Fund for the School of Civic Life and Leadership

The Fund for the School of Civic Life and Leadership is created to provide expendable resources for the general support of the School of Civic Life and Leadership.

Health Policy and Management

Provides support to the department to prepare the next generation of leaders to improve health care systems, shape health policy and manage organizations that deliver health services.

Impact Awards

Impact Awards recognize current graduate students and recent graduate alumni whose research contributes to the educational, economic, physical, social or cultural well-being of North Carolina communities and citizens.