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A new report offering North Carolina-based technology coalitions a playbook of best practices for success was published today by the N.C. Board of Science, Technology, and Innovation. The N.C. Coalitions Strategic Support and Resource Guide, drawing from the experiences of successful coalitions in the state, provides guidance for optimizing organizational structures, funding strategies, and approaches for attracting both federal and private investment to drive economic growth. N.C.
Applications are now being accepted for a new round of grants from the One North Carolina Small Business Program, a key source of funding for small businesses engaged in research and development that lead to commercial products.
Governor Roy Cooper welcomed the Japanese Ambassador to the United States, Shigeo Yamada, to Charlotte and served as the host-state Governor for the annual Southeastern United States/Japan (SEUS/Japan) Economic Development Conference. The conference convened on Sunday, October 27 in Charlotte to recruit Japanese industry and meet with business leaders.
The North Carolina Board of Science, Technology & Innovation has awarded 80 North Carolina innovation-based small businesses a total of $2.339 million in funding to develop groundbreaking new technologies with the potential for commercialization.
North Carolina continues to make progress in its overall innovation capacity, a key driver of economic vitality, and keeps pace with the U.S. overall. However, to increase the level of prosperity throughout the state, a larger share of the state’s economy must transition to embrace and drive innovation, according to the latest edition of a closely watched report on innovation in North Carolina.
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Secretary Machelle Baker Sanders of the North Carolina Department of Commerce sent a letter to the North Carolina Congressional delegation on Monday calling for deferment of the Internal Revenue Code Section 174's amortization requirement concerning research and experimentation expenditures.
Applications are now being accepted for a new round of grantmaking from the One North Carolina Small Business Program, a key source of capital for North Carolina’s emerging technology companies.“The One North Carolina Small Business Program provides critical support to some of our state’s most promising new companies,” said North Carolina Secretary of Commerce Machelle Baker Sanders. “Recent enhancements to the program open the door for even more tech entrepreneurs to grow their companies in North Carolina.”
The North Carolina Board of Science, Technology & Innovation announced today that 65 innovative small businesses in North Carolina have received 73 grants to develop and commercialize groundbreaking new technologies with the potential for commercialization. In North Carolina fiscal year 2023, which ended June 30, the One North Carolina Small Business Program awarded nearly $2.05 million to pioneering small businesses in 19 counties across the state.
Today, the North Carolina Department of Commerce launched two new initiatives and web pages aimed at strategically positioning North Carolina consortia and companies for potential federal designation as Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs (Tech Hub), and for other federal investments enacted as part of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022.