Appendix C
North Carolina Board of Science and Technology
The North Carolina General Assembly established the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology in 1963 during Governor Sanford's administration. The board is charged with the following responsibilities:
- To identify, and to support and foster the identification of important research needs of both public and private agencies, institutions, and organizations in North Carolina;
- To make recommendations concerning policies, procedures, organizational structures, and financial requirements that will promote effective use of scientific and technological resources in fulfilling the research needs identified;
- To allocate funds available to the Board to support research projects, to purchase research equipment and supplies, to construct or modify research facilities, to employ consultants, and for other purposes necessary or appropriate in discharging the duties of the Board.
A critical mission for the Board is to increase the flow of research out of universities and private companies in North Carolina and into the commercial marketplace. Building collaborative research partnerships between university researchers and private companies is a fundamental step toward commercialization of an applied research activity. The Board does not run programs but rather serves as a catalyst for projects. When a project is acceptable to the general assembly and the governor, then it is spun out of the Board either on a self-sustaining basis or for some other group to run. Currently, Governor James B. Hunt Jr. chairs the nineteen-member Board of Science and Technology. The members on the Board include individuals representing major universities, research institutions, private industry, and government.
1997–1998 Membership Roster
Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., Chair
Office of the Governor, North Carolina
Norman R. Cohen, Vice-Chair
Director
UNITEC
Robert P. Annechiarico
Director of Research Computing
Department of Public Health Sciences
Wake Forest University
David E. Benevides
Communications and Public Affairs Manager
IBM
James N. Brown
Chief Scientist, Electronic Systems
Research Triangle Institute, Retired
Mary Dell Chilton
Senior Staff Scientist
Novartis Seeds, Inc.
Katie G. Dorsett, Ex-Officio
Secretary
North Carolina Department of Administration
Charles E. Hamner
President
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
William R. Kress
President
MCNC
Thomas J. Meyer
Vice Chancellor for Graduate Studies and Research
Kenan Professor of Chemistry
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Charles G. Moreland
Vice Chancellor for Research, Outreach & Extension
North Carolina State University
Freda Nicholson
President and CEO
Discovery Place, Inc.
Jane Smith Patterson
Senior Advisor for Science and Technology
Office of the Governor, North Carolina
Earnestine Psalmonds
Vice Chancellor for Research
North Carolina A&T State University
Charles Putman
Senior Vice President Research, Administration & Policy
Duke University
Ravindra P. Sinha
Chairman
Department of Geosciences
Elizabeth City State University
Larry W. Watson
Associate Professor
Mathematics and Science Education
North Carolina State University
John E. Weems
President
Meredith College