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Announcing bold new investments in centers across all colleges at UNC Charlotte (Ignite Centers), July 7, 2023
The Division of Research is excited to announce bold new investments in 14 centers and pilot centers from proposals to the Ignite Centers call. Through this initiative, we are building from the Areas of Excellence Report and positioning ourselves to achieve the “Shaping What’s Next” Strategic Plan’s aspirations for very high research activity through connectivity and partnerships between faculty, staff colleges, and department/programs!
Watch for more information, including each center’s vision, impact and opportunities for broader engagement in a joint communication from the Division of Research and the Colleges in upcoming weeks. The lead college is listed below with the center name, although all of these involve cross-college collaborations.
Fully Supported:
Track 1:
- Center for Leadership Science (Lead: Belk College of Business)
- Center for the Environment and Health (Lead: College of Computing and Informatics)
- Center for Innovation, Translational Research and Applications of Nanostructured Systems (CITRANS) (Lead: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences)
- Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (CSTEM) (Lead: Cato College of Education)
- Charlotte Aviation Innovation and Research Institute (Lead: The William States Lee College of Engineering)
Track 2:
- CIPHER (Lead: College of Computing and Informatics)
Partially Supported:
Track 1:
- AI Institute for Human Digital Twin and Computational Health (Lead: College of Computing and Informatics)
- UNC Charlotte Violence Prevention Center (Lead: College of Health & Human Services)
- Center for Migration and Diaspora Studies (Lead: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences)
- Center for Community-engaged Arts and Design Research (CADRe) (Lead: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences)
- Charlotte Center for Trustworthy AI for Model Risk Management (TAIM2) (Lead: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences)
- Center for Community, Heritage, and the Arts (CHArt) (Lead: College of Arts + Architecture)
- Center for Education Measurement and Evaluation (CEME) (Lead: Cato College of Education)
Track 2:
- Center for Geospatial Sensing and Analytics (GeoSAN) (Lead: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences)