NCInnovation

2024 Year In Review: NC General Assembly overrode 10 vetoes in election year

December 26, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly saw moderate activity during the 2024 session during an election year where Republicans saw gains nationally but lost their supermajority in the state legislature. While Donald Trump won […]

NCInnovation questioned at legislative hearing

July 18, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing July 10 looking for more details on the activities of the nonprofit NCInnovation. In the most recently passed state budget, NCInnovation (NCI) […]

Former state Sen. Deanna Ballard appointed to NCInnovation board

July 11, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Before the end of the 2024 legislative short session, former state Sen. Deanna Ballard was appointed to the board of NCInnovation. Established in 2020, NCInnovation (NCI) is a nonprofit with a mission of “accelerating commercialized innovation” […]

University R&D accelerator group issues grants for 8 projects

June 6, 2024 A.P. Dillon

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 […]

NCInnovation board member Art Pope on audit request: No comment

May 28, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — NCInnovation board member Art Pope has no comment on whether or not his audit complaint about the organization’s financials is now a closed matter. “Not commenting on it,” Pope told North State Journal. […]

DARDEN: NCInnovation is good for North Carolina

May 14, 2024 Tom Darden

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 […]

NCInnovation fires back at right-leaning think tank

May 1, 2024 A.P. Dillon

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 […]

Emails show House Republicans back $500 million for NCInnovation

September 9, 2023 Matt Mercer

RALEIGH — Emails obtained by North State Journal from earlier this week show the House Republican caucus gave the green light to $500 million in funding to NCInnovation, a nonprofit to promote regional innovation networks […]

NCInnovation garners national attention

July 19, 2023 Matt Mercer

RALEIGH — NCInnovation, a nonprofit that says its mission is to connect the state’s research universities, industry partners and the private sector, is being watched by national observers. Scott Cohn, a CNBC special correspondent, talked […]

Nonprofit would see substantial funding from proposed Senate budget

May 18, 2023 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — NCInnovation, a nonprofit led by prominent executives to promote regional innovation networks connecting the state’s research universities, industry partners and the private sector, stands to receive a significant boost in the proposed Senate budget […]