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UNC Charlotte is a distinguished university participating in high research activity. Among the 196 public doctoral-granting research universities in the United States, only 39 hold both the Carnegie Community Engaged University classification and the APLU's Innovation and Economic Prosperity classification.

The APLU (Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities) designation recognizes that UNC Charlotte has demonstrated a meaningful, ongoing and substantial commitment to economic and community development, growth, and economic opportunity.

Carnegie’s community engagement classification signifies that UNC Charlotte collaborates with our larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in the context of partnership and reciprocity.

UNC Charlotte focuses a majority of its research endeavors through these centers and initiatives:

North Carolina BATT CAVE Research Center to accelerate innovations in batteries

June 1, 2023
UNC Charlotte is leading the state in transformational energy research.

Finding a cure for cancer, one DNA damage pathway at a time

May 22, 2023
Shan Yan and his research group at UNC Charlotte conduct basic research to scout next targets in the battle against cancer.

Alternatives to Violence implemented in Charlotte’s Beatties Ford neighborhood offers promise and lessons for preventing gun violence

May 17, 2023
Year-one evaluation by the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute outlines strengths and opportunities.

UNC Charlotte wins inaugural NSF Engines Development Award to fund ‘Clean Carolinas’

May 11, 2023
UNC Charlotte is an inaugural recipient of up to $1 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines, or NSF Engines, program.

Solving UNC Charlotte bird collisions one building at a time

May 9, 2023
Last spring, students at UNC Charlotte began raising awareness about the second leading cause of bird deaths in North America - collisions with buildings and their squeaky clean glass.

NSF grant enables professors, students to research climate-resilient architecture in Tanzania

May 5, 2023
Assistant Professor of Architecture Liz McCormick and co-investigator Brett Tempest, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to eng

CCI’s Richard White receives NASA grant to explore how life formed on Earth

April 26, 2023
For the first time in the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s nearly 80-year history, a faculty member has won a NASA Exobiology grant.

NSF grants awarded CCI researchers to explore ways AI can aid aging population, patient diagnoses

April 17, 2023
Srijan Das and Xiang Zhang, two first-year faculty researchers in the College of Computing and Informatics, have received funding from the National Science Foundation to investigate how artificial intelligence can benefit older adults and others in health care settings.

Charlotte research expenditures among top third in U.S., led by computer and information sciences

April 3, 2023
UNC Charlotte’s upward trajectory toward top-tier research university status is supported by a recent national report of research expenditures for U.S. colleges and universities.

Researchers highlight new strategies in fight against cancer

March 16, 2023
Cancer, which affects millions every year, requires proteins to spread through the body. In a new strategy to beat the wide-ranging disease, scientists are sabotaging its protein factories.

Charlotte researcher Liyue Fan is exploring solutions to protect data privacy

March 13, 2023
The most important digital currency in ecommerce is data. As personal information is collected and shared, risks to individual privacy climb, and UNC Charlotte computer scientist Liyue Fan is researching novel ways to better protect individuals’ personal data.

Kirill Afonin, Margaret Quinlan honored for research and mentoring excellence

March 8, 2023
Charlotte faculty members Kirill Afonin and Margaret Quinlan are the 2023 recipients of the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal and the Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award, respectively.