North Carolina Biotechnology Center

The economic development program now includes statewide development, ag sector and life science development programs. The agricultural sector development program is a program of the north carolina biotechnology center focused on the largest industry sector in the state - agriculture. The core focus of the program is to support the largest global economic cluster of agriculture biotechnology in its continued growth and contribution. The agriculture biotechnology program fosters a dynamic agriculture community, improves technology and value, and attracts and sustains jobs in agriculture to the state. Since 2010, many companies supporting thousands of jobs have been identified and engaged by the program.

The sector development program includes the emerging sector development, conference center at nc biotech and life science intelligence programs. The conference center is an event and meeting space solution for numerous life science companies, organizations and educational institutions. It includes meeting and catering services and co-working spaces. In addition to market intelligence, the lsi team is responsible for network security and it support, technical support for the center's website, corporate record retention and historical archives, management of the center's client relationship management system, center-wide impact measurements, and project management.

General and administrative grants, loans and contributions.