Source: NCSU COLLEGE OF AG & LIFE SCIENCES, 4/18/22

Four international agribusiness leaders will soon take up residence at NC State University. Bayer, BASF, SAS and Novozymes have agreed to collaborate with NC State University researchers at the new Plant Sciences Building, a leading-edge facility at the heart of the university’s N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative (N.C. PSI), an effort that fosters interdisciplinary, team-based work between academia, industry, government, and growers to solve the most perplexing plant science challenges locally and globally.

The new industry collaboration model brings the brightest minds from multinational companies together with NC State faculty into a space that intentionally intersects science, technology, and the marketplace to foster innovative thinking and collaborative problem-solving. Through N.C. PSI, NC State scientists and staff will seamlessly integrate research and talent from across the university while working shoulder-to-shoulder with private industry biologists, engineers, computer scientists, innovation leaders, analytics specialists, and other experts to cultivate robust thinking and generate solutions-based outcomes where agriculture and society overlap.

“NC State is leveraging its assets from across the university in partnership with world agricultural leaders to drive innovation in the area of plant sciences,” said Dr. Randy Woodson, chancellor of NC State University. “By building on our existing partnerships with Bayer, BASF, SAS and Novozymes we will expedite solutions and maximize our impacts for our stakeholders here in NC and throughout the world.” 

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