2024 NCARS Impact Report
The North Carolina Agricultural Research Service (NCARS) represents the research efforts of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at NC State. It encompasses 12 academic departments and 18 research stations located throughout the state of North Carolina. We thank you for your continued interest in and support of our work.
$121,810,741
Total CALS grant & contract dollars in FY24
50
Patents filed
28
Patents issued
59
Intellectual Property (IP) disclosures
Top Grant of FY24
Holladay Medal for Excellence
Linda Hanley-Bowdoin
Plant and Microbial Biology
2024
NIH Early Career Research Award
Joe Gage
Crop and Soil Sciences
2023
111
projects funded by commodity groups in FY24
NC State, NC A&T and SAS Partner to Advance Agricultural Research in North Carolina
Bio and Ag Engineering Wins Fulbrights
1,186
Peer-reviewed research publications in 2023
6
New CALS start-up companies
21
New plant varieties
89
New commercialization agreements
$4,286,138
Total CALS royalties (FY24)
Includes $2,675,249 from plant varieties
Plant and Microbial Biology Awarded AAAS Fellows
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world’s largest scientific society and publisher of the journal Science. Two CALS faculty were awarded for their “scientifically and socially distinguished achievements.”
25 New CALS Faculty
Hired in the 2023-2024 academic year
2023-2024 University Faculty Scholars
Five CALS faculty were selected as University Faculty Scholars, a program established in 2012 by Chancellor Woodson to recognize and reward emerging academic leaders among NC State faculty.
- Maru Gonzalez, assistant professor of agricultural and human sciences
- Ricardo Hernandez, associate professor of horticultural science
- Michael Reiskind, associate professor of entomology and plant pathology
- Mahmoud Sharara, assistant professor of biological and agricultural engineering
- Rachel Vann, assistant professor of crop and soil sciences
2023 National Academy of Inventors Fellow
