The Eshelman Institute Rankin Innovator Acceleration Award, supported by Lawson and Gisele Rankin, is given annually to provide graduate students and Post Docs with funding to pursue entrepreneurial training opportunities. Breanna Mann (left) and Ashlyn Elliott (right) Each recipient will … Continued
The Eshelman Institute for Innovation is proud to announce the recipients of our Novel Pain Therapeutics grant cycle! The Eshelman Institute partnered with the North Carolina Collaboratory to solicit projects from academic researchers across North Carolina for funding research and … Continued
Empowering Local Communities Through Design Thinking: A Recap of Eshelman Institute for Innovation’s Nutrition and Mental Health Pitch Competition hosted at NC A&T In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing world, design thinking has emerged as a powerful venture building tool to … Continued
A $750,000 grant will help UNC’s Eshelman Institute for Innovation create PowerUp — an initiative to address food insecurity and mental health challenges faced by Black North Carolinians. The Institute, alongside the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Founders Initiative (HBCUFI) — a … Continued
An eight-month collaboration to bring digital health solutions to market reaches a milestone with Pitch Day Rob Kimball, a Director with High Alpha Innovation, sums up what the company does in one sentence: “We co-create advantaged startups that solve compelling … Continued
The Eshelman Institute for Innovation, within the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, is partnering with the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Founders Initiative (HBCUFI) to create PowerUp, a program that will identify and support innovators as they try to solve … Continued
The Eshelman Institute for Innovation, within the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, launched the First in Venture Studio (FVS) to partner with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in exploring how digital health innovation can improve health care. … Continued
Three-time EII grant recipient, Katelyn Arnold was recently included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Science List for 2023! Katelyn Arnold is a research assistant professor in the Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry at the UNC Eshelman School … Continued
The First In Venture Studio is a partnership between UNC-Chapel Hill, the Eshelman Institute for Innovation, UNC Health and industry partner High Alpha Innovation, a leading venture builder headquartered in Indianapolis that partners with large corporations and universities. The studio – which aims to launch … Continued
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, through the Eshelman Institute for Innovation, announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build an environment for startup creation that uses cloud technology to translate UNC-Chapel Hill digital health research expertise … Continued
