Community & Economic Partnerships

Innovate UNCG is an umbrella initiative housing the NC Entrepreneurship Center, the Innovation Partnership Services Office, UNCG Esports, and the Impact Through Innovation Community of Practice with hubs across campus. It offers:

Our Institute for Community and Economic Engagement (ICEE) focuses on community engagement as a distinctive approach to teaching, research, and service. Through active scholarship and support for strategic initiatives, ICEE works to positively and sustainably transform communities, including academic ones, with a commitment to meaningful impact.

Corporations and foundations are important partners in supporting UNCG’s ability to meet its teaching, research, and service mission. When these organizations choose to financially support our activities, they are making an investment in us, and these partnerships call for keen attention to detail. 

Working collaboratively with UNCG’s Office of Advancement, our office helps scholars identify relevant funding opportunities available through foundations and corporations, and we serve as the point of contact for applications and awards.

For foundation engagement information, start with our Office of Sponsored Programs’ Applying to a Foundation page. 

For more information on corporate engagement, contact Vice Chancellor of Research and Engagement Sherine Obare at soobare@uncg.edu.

Our 19 campus-wide centers and institutes translate ideas into impact. These interdisciplinary organizations drive innovation, create new knowledge, and provide an engine for university scholars to partner with the community on address critical challenges.

Centers provide research opportunities, facilities, and support for work in high-impact areas, and broaden the University’s public service and educational activities.

Our technical facilities and partnerships include:

• the Gateway University Research Park
  • Gateway UNCG MRI Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging
  • Joint School for Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
  • the SERVE Center
• the Center for Translational Biomedical Research at the North Carolina Research Campus
• the Technology and Data Institute
• Several core labs

The External Affairs team serves as the primary point of contact for the University’s interests in local, state, and federal government processes. 

Visit the UNCG Community and Partners Gateway, for general information on how community members interface with the University.