The GlaxoSmithKline Faculty Fellows Program

The Faculty Fellowship program builds much needed capacity within North Carolina’s systems of higher education for policy-makers at every level to draw upon, creating champions within policy-making networks for new ideas based on solid research. 

The University of North Carolina, the North Carolina Community College system and North Carolina’s independent colleges and universities represent crucial assets for the state as it prepares to meet the many challenges of the 21st century.  Fellows work closely with IEI staff throughout the coming year to generate policy relevant research and to communicate its findings to key stakeholders and the general public.

Fellow activities include everything from writing opinion pieces for North Carolina newspapers, to shaping IEI’s programs of work and offering expert advice to policy-makers. Click here to see some of what the 2008 Fellows have accomplished.