Explore Funds

Provides flexible, unrestricted financial support for the Department of Applied Physical Sciences, helping the department address immediate needs, support student and faculty research, and fund educational priorities.

Provides support for a network of campus makerspaces where UNC faculty, students and staff utilize state-of-the-art equipment and emerging technologies to design and make physical objects for education, research, entrepreneurship and recreation.

Provides support for the greatest operational needs.

Provides support to expand global learning opportunities for Carolina Nursing students and faculty through study abroad, international virtual collaboration and visiting scholars — preparing nurses to improve health across cultures and communities.

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.

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.

The Weiss Urban Livability Program supports talented graduate students who seek to improve urban livability.

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

Provides support for the highest priorities of the Environment, Ecology and Energy Program (E3P).

Provides support to the greatest need of the department to study how environmental factors such as air, water and pollution affect human health and develop solutions to protect our communities.