The North Carolina Research Campus is a key element in reshaping the Kannapolis region’s economy. The centerpiece of the plan is a “biopolis” that will be a collaboration of the University’s leading research campuses including UNC Charlotte, NC State and Chapel Hill.

The North Carolina Research Campus will include:
The Institute for Advanced Fruit and Vegetable Science – led by N.C. State and created in conjunction with Dole Food Company – to develop enabling technologies for research and education to help bolster the economic and horticultural potential for fruit and vegetable production in the southeastern United States; A Nutrition Institute led by UNC Chapel Hill to focus on examining the relationship between nutrition and the brain, obesity, and cancer; and A residential science and mathematics high school to attract and prepare young women for careers in science-related professions.