Previous RDG Awards

Project Examples

Topics of successful Regional Development Grant proposals have included:

  • Determining the feasibility of a marine incubator in Eastern North Carolina
  • Bridging the gap between Western North Carolina farmers and biofuels production
  • Analyzing the Northeast Region's potential for benefiting from biotechnology
  • Developing strategy for creating an industry cluster in the Piedmont Triad
  • Preparing to leverage opportunities created for the Charlotte area by the North Carolina Research Campus
  • Asset inventory of biotechnology and biotechnology-related industries in the
    Greater Charlotte region
  • Assessing niche market demand for North Carolina mariculture products

RDG application page