RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly’s Senate budget includes a provision reshaping the $500 million in endowment funds previously given to a nonprofit in 2023 for accelerating university research being brought to the marketplace. In […]
RALEIGH — A new audit report says a group given $500 million in endowments by the legislature for research grant acceleration is complying with state law. NCInnovation (NCI), a nonprofit organization set up to expedite […]
RALEIGH — A bill filed in the North Carolina House seeks to reclaim money allocated to a nonprofit for accelerating marketplace commercialization of state university research and development projects. In 2023, the General Assembly allocated […]
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Supreme Court delivered a unanimous opinion in a case involving the state’s certificate-of-need laws on Oct. 18. North Carolina certificate-of-need (CON) laws require a provider to obtain such a certificate before adding “new institutional health services” in […]
RALEIGH — NCInnovation, the nonprofit focused on speeding up commercialization of research and development of university projects in the state, recently announced $5.2 million in funding for eight research projects at seven North Carolina public universities […]
Public funding for a nonprofit called NCInnovation has been controversial since the state Senate proposed giving the organization a $1.4 billion endowment from public funds in a budget proposal in 2023. Since that time, the […]
I read with interest Donald Bryson’s critique of NCInnovation, published by the John Locke Foundation, a think tank that Bryson leads. NCInnovation was funded by the state legislature last year to provide grants to researchers […]
RALEIGH — Over the past year, a nonprofit organization funded by the General Assembly to focus on “accelerating commercialized innovation from North Carolina’s universities” has been receiving criticism from a fellow nonprofit. NCInnovation (NCI) was […]
Critical issues are being debated in North Carolina. The stakes are high as businesses like gyms and bars aren’t yet permitted to reopen fully, and parents continue to juggle jobs and their children’s schooling. However, […]
RALEIGH — As its 30th anniversary approaches, conservative think tank, the John Locke Foundation, has tapped Amy O. Cooke to be its new CEO as of Jan. 23. “Amy is a strong, creative leader committed […]
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