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Aug 5, 2021

2021 University Global Partnership Network (UGPN) Research Collaboration Fund Announced

The UGPN exists to create a foundation for international collaboration enabling academics and students from world-leading universities to work together on issues of global importance. Its members are North Carolina State University (NC State), the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), the University of Surrey (UoS) and the University of Wollongong (UoW). The Research Collaboration Fund…

Apr 16, 2021

2021-2022 Internationalization Seed Grants Announced

Every year, the Office of Global Engagement awards Internationalization Seed Grants to eligible NC State faculty. These grants  — up to $5,000 per grant — help promote international partnerships and foster global scholarship and engagement. Seed grant recipients further strategic and deliberate collaborations that lead to the development of joint research proposals, student mobility programs,…

Nov 11, 2020

NC State Nets Research Grant with Brazilian Partners

NC State faculty will work in close collaboration with researchers in Brazil as part of a 5-year grant that totals $2.4 million and is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Dimensions of Biodiversity program as well as Brazil’s São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Faculty from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the…

Jun 10, 2020

Faculty Leverage UGPN Funding And Networks To Expand Collaboration

The University Global Partnership Network (UGPN) is seeking proposals for this year’s round of funding from its Research Collaboration Fund (RCF). The network recently adopted the UN Sustainable Development Goals as part of its new strategic framework. This cycle, the RCF places an emphasis on proposals that address the UN SDGs or address issues related…

Jul 18, 2019

2019 UGPN Research Collaboration Fund Awarded

The University Global Partnership Network recently awarded the eighth round of the annual Research Collaboration Fund to nine projects between the consortium’s universities. NC State faculty are represented on six of the funded projects this year. The University Global Partnership Network (UGPN) is comprised of four universities – NC State, the University of São Paulo,…