title: Charlotte Research Institute
text: # Charlotte Research Institute
  
  The Charlotte Research Institute (CRI) is a partnership between the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and corporations in the region. The goal of CRI is to develop technology-based academic and business partnerships, ranging from consultation to onsite collaborative research. The institute's support of education and research includes its three centers: eBusiness, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications, and Precision Metrology.
  
  The CRI is located on UNC Charlotte's Millennial Campus.
  
  ## CRI Millennial Campus facilities
  
  ### Academics
  
  * Bioinformatics Building
  * Duke Centennial Hall
  * Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC)
  * Grigg Hall
  * Kulwicki Motorsports Laboratory
  * Partnership, Outreach, and Research to Accelerate Learning (PORTAL)
  
  ### Athletics
  
  * Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium
  * Jerry Richardson Stadium
  
  ## Photos
  
  * Bioinformatics Building
  * Duke Centennial Hall
  * Grigg Hall
  * EPIC
  * Kulwicki Motorsports Laboratory
  * McColl-Richardson Field
  * Hayes Stadium
  * Charlotte Research Institute Central Quad.
  
  ## Research partners
  
  * University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  * NC State University
  * NC A&T
  * Duke University
  * Western Carolina University
  * Clemson University
  * Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  * Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  * Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
  * California Institute of Technology
  * NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  * GE Research Lab
  * University of Vermont School of Medicine
  * Boeing Aerospace
  * National Ignition Facility
  