Office of Research Commercialization
and Partnerships (ORCP)
ACCELERATING IMPACT-DRIVEN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Office of Research Commercialization and Partnerships (ORCP)
Office of Research Commercialization
EXPLORE HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER
The Office of Research Commercialization & Partnerships (ORCP) serves as the primary gateway for intellectual capital assets and putting them to work, as well as forging industry-government-investor business relationships with university researchers.
We have five teams to help you on every phase of your research and development journey.
“We are a multifaceted office dedicated to .”
~ Greg Needham, ORCP Senior Executive Director
ATTENTION INDUSTRY, ENTREPRENEURS & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES…
We fuel innovation through collaboration between UNC Charlotte’s exceptional academic talent, with industry, entrepreneurs, investors and government agencies. Industry partners benefit from co-location with our academic researchers to take advantage of synergies, state of the art offices and lab facilities. Chosen industry partners exclusively benefit from:
- Access to roughly 120,000 sf. of leasable on-campus Class A office and lab space for business, engineering, and research & development partners
- Collaboration with top-tier UNC Charlotte interdisciplinary research centers and knowledge clusters
- Exceptional faculty researchers and connections
- Economic development advocates at the regional, state, and national levels
- Support for new business ventures and entrepreneurship
We fuel innovation through collaboration between UNC Charlotte’s exceptional academic talent, with industry, entrepreneurs, investors and government agencies. Industry partners benefit from co-location with our academic researchers to take advantage of synergies, state of the art offices and lab facilities. Chosen industry partners exclusively benefit from:
- Access to roughly 120,000 sf. of leasable on-campus Class A office and lab space for business, engineering, and research & development partners
- Collaboration with top-tier UNC Charlotte interdisciplinary research centers and knowledge clusters
- Exceptional faculty researchers and connections
- Economic development advocates at the regional, state, and national levels
- Support for new business ventures and entrepreneurship
We take pride in celebrating the research, inventions, and commercialized intellectual property (IP) produced by UNC Charlotte faculty and students. It’s quite common for our amazing talent to generate a dozen invention disclosures and file ten patent application every quarter. Here’s just one example of commercializing research from our campus.
Let’s Connect On:
Greg Needham
ORCP Senior Executive Directorgreg.needham@charlotte.edu | 704-687-593
My Focus Areas Are: Research Partnerships
Laura A. Peter
J.D.ORCP
Executive DirectorLaura.Peter@charlotte.edu 704-687-8016
Let’s Connect On:
Greg Needham
ORCP Senior Executive Director
greg.needham@charlotte.edu
704-687-593
Research Partnerships
Laura A. Peter
J.D.ORCP
Executive DirectorLaura.Peter@charlotte.edu 704-687-8016
Let’s Connect On:
Greg Needham
ORCP Senior Executive Directorgreg.needham@charlotte.edu | 704-687-593
My Focus Areas Are: Research Partnerships
Laura A. Peter, J.D.ORCP
Executive DirectorLaura.Peter@charlotte.edu 704-687-8016
Inventors
We are grateful for our post doc researchers who embrace inquiry, partner with faculty, and embed themselves in communities to bring forth academic scholarship.
Let’s Connect On:
We fuel innovation through collaboration between UNC Charlotte’s exceptional academic talent, with industry, entrepreneurs, investors and government agencies. Industry partners benefit from co-location with our academic researchers to take advantage of synergies, state of the art offices and lab facilities. Chosen industry partners exclusively benefit from:
- Access to roughly 120,000 sf. of leasable on-campus Class A office and lab space for business, engineering, and research & development partners
- Collaboration with top-tier UNC Charlotte interdisciplinary research centers and knowledge clusters
- Exceptional faculty researchers and connections
- Economic development advocates at the regional, state, and national levels
- Support for new business ventures and entrepreneurship
My Focus Areas Are: Research Partnerships
UNC Charlotte is one of the country’s best at putting intellectual capital to work by leveraging applied research and licensing it to bring valuable technology to the marketplace. We propel innovation and economic development through:
- Fostering a culture of interdisciplinary collaboration and proactive engagement in innovation by amplifying the value of intellectual property university-wide, through informational resources and training
- Elevating and celebrating our innovators on a national and international level through programs, including our Inventor of the Year program, and institutional membership in the National Academy of Inventors
- Protecting and licensing University innovations through intellectual property protections (patents), and supporting university-developed technologies to go to market through licensing and productization of research and generating revenue