NC State’s faculty clusters reimagine the future of interdisciplinarity at NC State.

Our clusters bring together today’s brightest academic minds to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges and opportunities.

Dr. Randy Woodson
Chancellor, NC State University

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A History of Interdisciplinary Excellence

See how we successfully developed our faculty cluster-hiring program.

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Strategic Growth

We’re reaping results from several rounds of faculty cluster hiring.

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Research Meets Practice

Our clusters increase our capacity for innovation that impacts all of NC State, and reaches beyond campus walls to create change in a wide variety of disciplines.

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Campus Collaboration

The NC State University Libraries provides a network of research, teaching and outreach support for all cluster faculty.

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Outstanding Faculty

At NC State, world-class academic minds come together to solve problems through interdisciplinary research.

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Dietary Protein and the Microbiome

Manuel Kleiner, a member of NC State’s Microbiomes and Complex Microbial Communities cluster, was recently on the Matters Microbial podcast. He joined host Mark O. Martin to discuss how diet can influence the microbiome in fascinating ways.

NC State Announces 2024-25 Goodnight Early Career Innovators

NC State announced its 2024-25 class of Goodnight Early Career Innovators today. This program recognizes and rewards promising NC State early-career faculty whose scholarship is in STEM or STEM education. The 25 faculty selected will receive $22,000 for each of the next three years to support their scholarship and research endeavors.