{"id":452,"date":"2021-06-16T08:41:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T12:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/?page_id=452"},"modified":"2025-11-04T10:40:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:40:20","slug":"partnerships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/partnerships\/","title":{"rendered":"Partnerships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Perfect Partner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When universities work alongside leaders in the private, public and nonprofit sectors, everyone benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At NC State, we know that world-changing research is built on innovative partnerships. And we\u2019ve shown time and again \u2014 in areas from quantum computing to advanced manufacturing to nonwoven textiles \u2014 that those partnerships <strong>create jobs and improve lives<\/strong> by driving cutting-edge discoveries to market.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-fancy-paragraph-fifty is-text wp-block-ncst-fancy-paragraph\">\n      \n<div class=\"text-only wp-block-ncst-fp-accompaniment\">\n    \n\n<p>The benefits of partnering with NC\u00a0State include talent recruitment and long-term project collaboration, as well as access to emerging concepts and research.\u00a0We make it simple \u2014 and effective \u2014 for business, industry and government partners to reap the fruits of university research, brainpower, equipment and facilities. In turn, our students get the chance to collaborate with leaders in their fields on work that matters.<\/p>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-fp-accompaniment\">\n    \n<aside class=\"floated-spotlight-aside-container\">\n  <div class=\"floated-spotlight-contents\">\n    <a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-fp-spotlight-card has-custombg-two-background-color with-cta\"\n    href=\"https:\/\/partnerships.ncsu.edu\/\"\n  >\n  \n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Partnership Portal<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">Find out about our partners, the resources we offer and how your organization can join us.<\/p>\n\t      \t    \n              <p class=\"content-card__cta\"><span class=\"text\">Learn more<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-yt-player in-view wp-block-ncst-video-image\">\n  <figure class=\"video-image__video\">\n    <div class=\"video-image__wrapper\">\n      <div class=\"video-image__video-container\">\n        <div class=\"ncst-yt-player-target\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q6rGPBc-jAs\" class=\"video-image__overlay ncst-yt-player-trigger\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" \n          class=\"video-image__img wp-image-5732\" \n          alt=\"Under Armour donated 12,000 yards of fabric \u2014 equivalent to the length of 119 football fields \u2014 for students to use as part of NC State's annual Art2Wear show.\" \n          src=\"https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/art2wear-under-armour.webp\" \n          style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover;object-position:center center\"\n srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/art2wear-under-armour.webp 1500w, https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/art2wear-under-armour-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/art2wear-under-armour-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/art2wear-under-armour-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\n        <span class=\"play-indicator\">\n          <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 314 384\">\n            <title>Play Video<\/title>\n            <path d=\"M0,0,314,192.51,0,384Z\" \/>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n          <figcaption class=\"video-image__caption\">Under Armour donated 12,000 yards of fabric for students to use as part of NC State&#8217;s annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/spirit-and-traditions\/art2wear\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"882\">Art2Wear<\/a> runway show. The project was just one piece of a longstanding partnership, which includes an <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ncsu.edu\/2022\/12\/nc-state-under-armour-strategic-partnership\/\">innovation center<\/a> on Centennial Campus and a shared research agreement to bring new discoveries to market.<\/figcaption>\n      <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-indigo-400-background-color wp-block-ncst-big-fact\">\n  <div class=\"big-fact__container\">\n    <h2 class=\"big-fact__heading\">#6 for Industry-Sponsored Research<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"big-fact__support\">The National Science Foundation ranks us among the top schools in the country for research funded by industry.<\/p>\n    \n\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collaborating Across Sectors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>NC State has&nbsp;a long, vibrant history of successful partnerships&nbsp;with individual companies and entire industry sectors. We design <strong>business-friendly research agreements<\/strong> that make it easy for partners to collaborate with NC State. And our Industry Expansion Solutions unit, the first of its kind in the United States, has helped North Carolina businesses grow and prosper for more than 50 years.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-fancy-paragraph-seventy is-text wp-block-ncst-fancy-paragraph\">\n      \n<div class=\"text-only wp-block-ncst-fp-accompaniment\">\n    \n\n<p>We are also a leader in public-private research collaborations, leading several federally funded efforts. These include rolling&nbsp;out a national smart grid, driving advances in quantum computing, pioneering wearable nanotech&nbsp;to monitor health outcomes, developing&nbsp;novel techniques for&nbsp;data analysis, halting&nbsp;the spread of&nbsp;nuclear weapons&nbsp;and helping&nbsp;farmers adapt to&nbsp;climate&nbsp;change.<\/p>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-fp-accompaniment\">\n    \n<div class=\"has-custombg-four-text-color wp-block-ncst-fp-fact\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-fact has-custombg-four-text-color\">\n    <div class=\"big-statistic\">\n      1500+\n    <\/div>\n          <p class=\"fact__support\">\n                  patents for NC State projects issued in the United States\n              <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\n\n<p>And we work alongside local and state agencies, who look to NC State for assistance in training their staffs, providing services and conducting&nbsp;research. Whether we&#8217;re modeling factors that contribute to food insecurity or engineering safer fabrics for first responders to wear, we&#8217;re helping make the world better.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"has-reynolds-400-text-color wp-block-ncst-testimonial\">\n        <div class=\"testimonial-container\">\n          <p class=\"testimonial__content\">&#8220;NC State has played an important role in our success. Having access to incredible talent was a game changer.&#8221;<\/p>\n          <div class=\"testimonial__attribution-container \">\n                        <div class=\"attribution-title-name-container\">\n               \n                <p class=\"attribution-name\">David Morken<\/p>\n                             \n                <p class=\"attribution-title\">Founder and CEO, Bandwidth Inc.<\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-labeled-section wp-block-ncst-featured-content ncst-featured-content is-card-style layout-two-column\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__background\">\n    <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__container\">\n               <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__header\">\n                      <h2 class=\"ncst-labeled-section__heading\">get to know nc state<\/h2>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__content\">\n        \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-featured-content\"><a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-content-card with-image with-cta\"\n    href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/research\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-1123\"\n            alt=\"Students use the iPearl Immersion Theater at the Hunt Library.\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MAH1828-1-scaled.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MAH1828-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MAH1828-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MAH1828-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MAH1828-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MAH1828-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MAH1828-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Research<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">NC State is a research powerhouse where each day our faculty, staff and students are solving big problems that affect us all.<\/p>\n\t      \t    \n              <p class=\"content-card__cta\"><span class=\"text\">Dig into our research<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n\n\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-content-card with-image with-cta\"\n    href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/rankings\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1350\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-1120\"\n            alt=\"Belltower\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4100136v1.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4100136v1.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4100136v1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4100136v1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4100136v1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4100136v1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4100136v1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Rankings and Facts<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">We&#8217;re a top public university with a lot to be proud of. Explore who we are \u2014 and how the world has taken notice.<\/p>\n\t      \t    \n              <p class=\"content-card__cta\"><span class=\"text\">Learn more<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-media-divider ncst-media-divider has-orange-400-box-color box-position-right\"><div class=\"ncst-media-divider__container\"><div class=\"ncst-media-divider__image-container\"><div class=\"ncst-media-divider__image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ncstate-centennial-dowtown-raleigh_MAH2784.jpg);background-position:54% 19%\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ncstate-centennial-dowtown-raleigh_MAH2784.jpg\" alt=\"A view of downtown Raleigh from Centennial Campus\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bringing the World Here<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our award-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/centennial.ncsu.edu\/\">Centennial Campus<\/a> means we don&#8217;t have to go far to work with innovative experts. Home to more than 70 industry, government and nonprofit partners, Centennial serves as a national model for public-private collaboration. The new ideas and new businesses that are born on Centennial Campus add tangible value to our state and the people who live here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And our location in the bustling innovation corridor of Research Triangle Park means that more thriving companies \u2014 both local and global \u2014 and university research partners are right down the street. The opportunities are endless.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-askew-media-text has-custombg-four-background-color wp-block-ncst-mini-story\">\n    <div class=\"ncst-askew-media-text__container\">\n      \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-text-column\">\n    <h2 class=\"ncst-text-column__heading\">Centennial Campus<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"ncst-text-column__teaser\">One of the premier research parks in North America unites NC State students and faculty, partners, and the wider Raleigh community.<\/p>\n          \n<div class=\"is-text wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n    \n<div class=\"is-style-secondary wp-block-ncst-button\">\n      <a\n        class=\"ncst-block__button-link btn\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/centennial.ncsu.edu\/\"\n        data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\"\n                      >\n                  <span class=\"text\">Explore Centennial<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n      <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-media\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/campus-070139-copy-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Fitts-Woolard Hall and Hunt Library.\" class=\"wp-image-1092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/campus-070139-copy-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/campus-070139-copy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/campus-070139-copy-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/campus-070139-copy-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/campus-070139-copy-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Perfect Partner When universities work alongside leaders in the private, public and nonprofit sectors, everyone benefits. 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