The Research Triangle Region
The RTRP is your direct connection to some of the fastest growing companies and communities in the world.
The Best Place To Do Business
With diverse businesses, highly skilled talent and low tax rates, it’s no wonder the Research Triangle Region is the first choice for growing businesses.
A Place To Call Home
An affordable cost of living, vibrant culture and world-class universities are enticing to employers and employees all looking for the life they want to live.
Fast Facts
Our regional population is over two million people.
Ranked 4th highest concentration of PhDs in the United States.
Our regional workforce is over one million (ages 18 to 64).
Over 113,000 degrees conferred each year.
64 people move in daily.
The median home price is $174,830.
Making AI sharper: NCSU researchers develop way to better identify, classify images
Vision transformers (ViTs) are powerful artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that can identify or categorize objects in images – however, there are significant challenges related to both computing power requirements and decision-making transparency. Researchers have now developed a new methodology that addresses both challenges, while also improving the ViT’s ability to identify, classify and segment objects […]
Novo Nordisk strikes potential $2B-plus gene editing deal with Durham’s Life Edit
Gene editing from a Durham-based firm that will target possible new therapeutics has led to a deal with international drug firm Novo Nordisk worth a potential $2 billion if not more. Life Edit, which is owned by Boston based ElevateBio, and Novo Nordisk, which has a big presence in the Triangle, announced the deal Wednesday. […]
Durham company grows human blood vessels, sends them to wounded Ukraine soldiers
A Durham company is saving lives in Ukraine in an unusual way. They’re producing blood vessels – in a lab – that are helping trauma patients in war zone hospitals. From the outside, the Humacyte building blends right in at Research Triangle Park. Inside, however, what they’re doing is unlike anything else you’ll find in the world. […]
