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Funding

RII Funding Programs

USC’s Office of Research and Innovation (OORI) advances research and scholarship that drives innovation, informs policy, and creates societal impact by providing programs and resources that expand the reach of USC-led initiatives.

Research Catalyst Program (RCP)

The USC Research Catalyst Program supports faculty-led projects across disciplines with strong ROI in both research and scholarship. The RCP is comprised of seven topic areas.

Details of each topic area can be found in the Request for Proposals. Click here for the Request for Proposals.

Click here to view the webinar and Q&A session about the RCP funding opportunity.

Click here for a brief microlearning video that briefly explains the key point of the RCP funding opportunity.

APPLICATION DEADLINES EXPECTED FUNDING DATES
NOON, February 16 May
NOON, September 14 December

Click on the topic area below to apply.
Interdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence
Instrumentation
Institutional Training Planning
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Planning
Zumberge Preliminary Studies Research
Sustainability
Investigator-Initiated Project
Ming Hsieh Institute Research – Limited to NOON, September 14 Deadline

Innovation Catalyst Program (ICP)

The Innovation Catalyst Fund was created to support early-stage Trojan innovators across the university. Designed to support students, faculty, staff, and alumni innovators, the fund provides resources for a range of innovation-related activities, such as covering legal and incorporation costs, supporting engagement with USC-affiliated startups to gain real-world experience, and advancing use-inspired research with entrepreneurial potential.

Details of each initiative can be found in the Request for Proposals. Click here for the Request for Proposals.

Click here to view the webinar and Q&A session about the ICP funding opportunity.

Click here for a brief microlearning video that briefly explains the key point of the ICP funding opportunity.

INITIATIVES APPLICATION DEADLINE EXPECTED FUNDING DATE
Innovation Empowerment 5 PM, November 14 February
Stevens Translation Catalyst 5 PM, March 1 May 1
Startup Launch Rolling Deadline
Early Career Innovator 12 PM (noon), November 21* February
Early Career Innovator – Techstars 5 PM, February 13 (NEW) March

*ICP – Early Career Innovator was extended to 12 PM (noon), November 21, 2025

Click on the initiatives below to apply.
Innovation Empowerment
Stevens Translation Catalyst
Startup Launch
Early Career Innovator
Early Career Innovator – Techstar

Associates Award for Creativity in Research and Scholarship

Call for Nominations
The USC Associates Award for Creativity in Research and Scholarship are the highest honors the university can bestow on its members for their distinguished achievements.

Details of the Associates Award can be found in the Request for Nominations. Click here for the Request for Nominations.

Nomination Deadline: 5 PM, November 14, 2025

Click here for Nomination Form

Research Initiatives and Infrastructure Grant Portal

Application Portal

Welcome to the Office of Research and Innovation (OORI) application portal. Select the program below to begin your application submission process.

The proposal submission process requires contact information about the PI/Co-PI(s), as well as the 10-digit USC ID#. Please have this information prior to beginning your application

Limited Submission Update: For all applications and questions regarding applications related to funding opportunities from foundations or corporation/industry sponsors, please contact Jennifer Lidar, Executive Director of Foundations Relations (jlidar@usc.edu) or Llewellyn Cox, Executive Director of Corporate Relations (llewellc@usc.edu), respectively.

Contact us at rii@usc.edu if you are experiencing technical issues with this website.
We are happy to help and good luck on your submission!

Institutionally Limited External Competitions

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(CLOSED) NSF-23-538: Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) – RP Track Only

Slots: There is no limit on the number of PFI-TT proposals an organization may submit to the deadlines of this solicitation. However, an organization may not submit more than one (1) new or resubmitted PFI-RP proposal to a deadline of this solicitation. This eligibility constraint will be strictly enforced. If an organization exceeds this limit, the first PFI-RP proposal received will be accepted, and the remainder will be returned without review. An organization may not receive more than two (2) awards from a submission deadline of this solicitation. A nominee has been chosen for this cycle.

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: ~~Friday, July 12th, 2024, 5pm PT~~ Closed.

LOI: Not required.

External Deadline: September 3, 2024

Recurring Deadlines: First Tuesday in May, Annually Thereafter; First Tuesday in September, Annually Thereafter; First Tuesday in January, Annually Thereafter

Award Information

Award Type: Standard or Continuing Grant

Estimated Number of Awards: 25 to 55

Anticipated Award Amount: PFI-TT projects will be funded for up to $550,000 for 18-24 months per award; approximately 15-35 awards are anticipated. PFI-RP projects will be funded for up to $1,000,000 for 36 months; approximately 10-20 awards are anticipated.

Anticipated Funding Amount: $30,000,000

Who May Serve as PI: The PI must have the technical skills required to lead and execute the proposed research project.

In addition to the PI, PFI-TT proposals must include a Senior Personnel or co-PI who brings technology commercialization experience in the targeted fields of application or industry sector. The technology commercialization expert must have an active role in the project.

PFI-RP proposals must include, without exception, a co-PI who is a member or employee of the required Industrial Partner organization. PFI-RP proposals without an Industrial Partner co-PI may be returned without review.

The technology commercialization expert cannot use NSF-funded time and effort to perform any “Objectives Not Responsive to this Solicitation” listed in Section II.E of this solicitation. However, the expert may participate in any mandatory I-Corps training that will be provided during the term of the PFI award. Additional collaborators or organizations that bring needed multidisciplinary expertise or commercialization experience may be involved as co-PI, Senior Personnel, Other Professional, subawardee, consultant, etc.

NSF Lineage Requirement: All proposals submitted to the PFI program must meet a lineage requirement by having NSF-supported research results. Please refer to “Additional Eligibility Information” under Section IV of the link below for details.

Link to Award: https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/partnerships-innovation-pfi/nsf23-538/solicitation

Process for Limited Submissions

PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template

Materials to submit include:

(1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; standard font type, e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
(2) CV – (5 pages maximum)

Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#, Gender, and Ethnicity. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

PFI has five broad goals, as set forth by the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act of 2017 (“the Act”, S.3084 — 114th Congress; Sec. 602. Translational Research Grants): (1) identifying and supporting NSF-sponsored research and technologies that have the potential for accelerated commercialization; (2) supporting prior or current NSF-sponsored investigators, institutions of higher education, and non-profit organizations that partner with an institution of higher education in undertaking proof-of-concept work, including the development of technology prototypes that are derived from NSF-sponsored research and have potential market value; (3) promoting sustainable partnerships between NSF-funded institutions, industry, and other organizations within academia and the private sector with the purpose of accelerating the transfer of technology; (4) developing multi-disciplinary innovation ecosystems which involve and are responsive to the specific needs of academia and industry; (5) providing professional development, mentoring, and advice in entrepreneurship, project management, and technology and business development to innovators.

In addition, PFI responds to the mandate set by Congress in Section 601(c)(3) of the Act (Follow-on Grants), to support prototype or proof-of-concept development work by participants with innovations that because of the early stage of development are not eligible to participate in a Small Business Innovation Research Program or a Small Business Technology Transfer Program.

Finally, PFI seeks to implement the mandate set by Congress in Section 102(c)(a) of the Act (Broader Impacts Review Criterion Update) by enhancing partnerships between academia and industry in the United States, and expanding the participation of women and individuals from underrepresented groups in innovation, technology translation, and entrepreneurship.

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR PFI-RP PROPOSALS

PFI-RP proposals consist of use-inspired research and commercialization projects that specifically depend on highly collaborative partnerships between academic researchers and industrial partners. The proposed project should further scientific and engineering foundational outcomes to enable breakthrough technologies with the potential to address critical industrial and societal needs. Industry involvement assures that the technology development endeavor is industry-relevant. With input from their Industrial Partner(s), Principal Investigators are expected to design their applied research objectives to respond to the unmet market/societal needs. Interdisciplinary projects that enable researchers from different academic and non-academic organizations to interact with one or more industrial partners in industry-university groups or networks are encouraged. Proposals may include the participation of a non-profit organization that has research and technology translation experience. NSF funding can be used for university research/education activities and may support activities of faculty and their students and research associates in the industrial setting.

PFI-RP proposals should include one or more of the following partners:

Industrial Partner:

PFI-RP proposals require a minimum of one (1) Industrial Partner. This partner (i.e., either a for-profit or not- for-profit entity that fulfills the minimum requirement) must be U.S.-based and have an established record of commercial revenues that include sales, services, or licensing. Organizations that meet the definitions of Foreign Public Entity in 2 CFR § 200.46 or Foreign Organization in 2 CFR § 200.47 may not serve as an Industrial Partner. Grants and government contracts may contribute to its revenues but may not constitute the entirety of its revenues. It is essential that the minimally qualifying industrial partner has experience in bringing a product, process, or service to the marketplace in the industry sector of the proposed technology application to ensure that the proposal team incorporates a meaningful commercial and industrial perspective. Non-profit organizations involved in technology transfer may serve as primary industrial partners if they meet the commercial revenues requirement above. A PFI project may propose more than one Industrial Partner.

Note: With regard to industrial partners, subawards can only be allocated to businesses that meet the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program eligibility requirements: (https://www.sbir.gov/faqs/eligibility-requirements) and in which the submitting organization or the participants in the proposed project hold no financial, ownership or controlling interest. Subawards are not intended to complement, circumvent or replace awards to small businesses under the SBIR/STTR program. An ideal Industrial Partner demonstrates a strategic commercial interest in the PFI-funded technology, is not expected to serve as a service provider in the project or, in the case of SBIR/STTR businesses, to receive a substantial subaward. PFI-RP proposals without an Industry Partner may be returned without review.

Research Partner:

Once a PFI-RP proposal meets the requirement of a minimum of one (1) Industrial Partner, other partners such as academic institutions, non-profit organizations including foundations, public sector organizations may be included as research partners. Research partners should be carefully chosen to expand the technical expertise of the lead academic team. The purpose of the research partner is to add a complementary skill set to the proposing organization so that technologies (which neither party could independently develop as well or as rapidly) are accelerated towards commercialization by the Industrial Partner. The proposal must clearly describe the role of the research partner(s), the skill set they add to the proposing organization and how this will help accelerate technology development and scale-up. A research partner may receive a subaward from the lead organization. Technology Transfer Organizations (as defined in the Eligibility section) are strongly encouraged to partner with an academic research partner.

Partners in a PFI-RP proposal must agree to the management of any intellectual property (IP) rights underlying or generated by the proposed work. An executed cooperative research agreement (CRA) between the submitting organization and each collaborating partner (or among all partners) must be provided to NSF before the proposal is awarded. An example of a potential CRA is available. The letters of collaboration should state that the CRA will be provided prior to award.

Guidance for NSF-funded centers: PFI proposers are strongly encouraged to leverage the research and education capabilities of NSF-funded centers or large, multi-year, multi-faculty alliances. However, the PFI is not intended to extend work that is currently funded, for instance, by NSF or Industry-University Collaborative Research Centers. Instead, centers and alliances can avoid any overlap or duplication of effort by using PFI to generate early proof-of-concept that will attract future corporate sponsorship, to spin-off technologies graduated from NSF centers, or to enable postdoctoral researchers, and students to conduct research and gain experience in an industrial setting.

Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.

(CLOSED) Simons Foundation – Simons Investigators in Mathematics, Physics, Astrophysics, and Computer Sciences

Slots: Each institution may submit up to two nominations in each of the Mathematics, Physics, Astrophysics and Theoretical Computer Science programs (two in Mathematics, two in Physics, two in Astrophysics, two in Computer Science) and up to one additional nomination in Theoretical Physics in Life Sciences (three total in Physics — two for Theoretical Physics and one for Theoretical Physics in the Life Sciences) for total of 9 nominations. Nomination applications should be started and submitted on the Simons Award Manager (SAM) under the account of the institutional representative submitting the nomination in coordination with the appropriate institutional officials and policies. The institutional representative can be, among others, the nominator (if at the same institution as the nominee), the nominee’s department chair or an official in the institution’s sponsored projects office (or equivalent). A nominee cannot submit his/her own nomination.

The foundation strongly encourages the nomination of scientists from underrepresented groups.

We ask that nominations be treated confidentially — the nominees should not know they are being nominated if possible.

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Contact ORIF; slots are still available.

External Deadline: November 3, 2022, 12pm EDT.

Award Information

Type: Grant

Anticipated Amount of Awards: In 2021, the foundation expects to appoint up to four Investigators in Mathematics, up to seven in Physics (including up to two in Theoretical Physics in Life Sciences), up to two in Astrophysics and up to three in Theoretical Computer Science.

Anticipated Amount: up to $100,000 per year for 5 years. An additional $10,000 per year will be provided to the Investigator’s department. Renewal for an additional five years may be considered, contingent upon the evaluation of scientific impact of the Investigator prior to the end of year five.

Link to Award: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/simons-investigator-program-nominations/

Link to Nomination Instructions: https://simonsfoundation.s3.amazonaws.com/share/mps/rfns/2023/Simons%20Investigators%20Nomination%20Instructions%20for%20Mathematics%2C%20Physics%2C%20Astrophysics%20and%20Computer%20Science%202023.pdf

Eligibility Requirements:

To be eligible to be nominated for an Investigator award, a scientist must be engaged in theoretical research in mathematics, physics (or theoretical physics in life sciences), astrophysics or computer science and must not have previously been a Simons Investigator. A nominee must be midcareer (typically, early-stage tenured full professors), have a primary appointment as a tenured faculty member at an educational institution in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom or Ireland, on a campus within these countries, and the primary department affiliation must have a Ph.D. program (note that the appointment need not be in a mathematics, physics, astrophysics or computer science department). A nominee must be in place at the institution submitting the nomination at the time of the appointment start date.

The foundation reserves the right to determine eligibility, but generally, a ‘primary appointment’ is defined as one where the scientist is a full-time employee of an academic institution with a teaching load that is comparable to that of other faculty members in the same department. A scientist cannot be nominated if this individual holds a primary long-term position at a research institute, national laboratory or other institution outside the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom or Ireland or another campus of their current institution that falls outside the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom or Ireland, or at a for-profit organization or will hold an administrative position at the time of the appointment start date that significantly reduces the time available for research, including departmental chair or institute director. Investigators are not eligible to hold a Simons Fellowship or another Simons Investigator award for the duration of the Simons Investigator award. Candidates from previous years are allowed to be renominated.

Investigator in Theoretical Physics in Life Sciences: To be eligible to be nominated for an Investigator in Theoretical Physics in Life Sciences award, a nominee must be a well-established, midcareer researcher who develops and applies advanced theoretical physics ideas and methods in the life sciences. A spectrum of research areas within the life sciences will be considered ranging from cellular-level issues of organization, regulation, signaling and morphogenic dynamics to the properties of organisms and ecology, as well as neuroscience and evolution; however, preference will be given to areas in which modeling approaches are less established, and for that reason, bioinformatics- and genomics-related proposals fall outside the scope of the program. Furthermore, researchers whose primary theoretical activity is the application of existing computational platforms to fit or parametrize experimental data will not be considered in this program. The foundation’s expectation is that an Investigator in Theoretical Physics in Life Sciences nominee would have a level of theoretical sophistication on par with the best practices used in theoretical condensed matter physics. The theory must eventually connect with an experiment, suggesting new questions and new classes of experiments, introducing important new concepts and explaining data, thus fostering a scientific culture of theory-experiment collaborations, which is characteristic of physics.

Process for Limited Submissions

PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the USC Research and Innovation (R&I) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/.

Materials to submit include:

Nomination Letter (two-page limit): Written and signed by the nominator (e.g., a relevant university official, whether internal or external to the nominee’s institution, such as a department chair or dean), on letterhead, explaining the distinctive scientific contributions of the nominee, focusing on scientific accomplishments of the past five years and including discussion of a few important papers. Cosigned letters are acceptable within the page limit. Please note in this letter which sub-category this nominee belongs to.

Nominee’s Curriculum Vitae (no page limit): The nominee’s curriculum vitae, including, but not limited to: Ph.D. year, institution, advisor, postdoctoral institutions and advisors, positions held subsequent to award of doctorate, a list of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows mentored by the nominee and the nominee’s up-to-date publication list. While Simons prefers that Simons candidates not know they are being nominated “whenever possible,” the USC Research and Innovation (R&I) understands that procuring the nominees’ CV while maintaining confidentiality might not be feasible. The PI may be contacted for this if need be.

After nominations are accepted through the USC Research and Innovation (R&I), nomination applications should be started and submitted on proposalCENTRAL under the account of the institutional representative submitting the nomination in coordination with the appropriate institutional officials and policies. A nominee cannot submit his/her own nomination.

Note: The portal requires information about the PIs and Co-PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#, Gender, and Ethnicity. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

The Simons Investigators program aims to provide a stable base of support for outstanding theoretical midcareer scientists, enabling them to undertake long-term investigations of fundamental questions in their fields. The intent of the program is to support these scientists in their most productive years, when they are establishing new research directions, providing leadership in the field and effectively mentoring junior scientists.

A Simons Investigator is appointed for an initial period of five years. Renewal for an additional five years may be considered, contingent upon the evaluation of scientific impact of the Investigator prior to the end of year five. Renewal beyond the 10-year period will not be considered. Please note that appointments for 2023 Investigators will begin January 1, 2024. Investigator awards starting January 1, 2024, will receive up to $192,000 per year. This includes $150,000 per year in research support for the Investigator, $10,000 per year for the Investigator’s department, and up to an additional 20 percent per year in indirect costs to the Investigator’s institution. Allowable Expenses: The funding provided to a Simons Investigator may be used at the Investigator’s discretion to support research expenses in the following categories:

• Up to one month of summer salary and related benefits per year for the Investigator.

• Salary support and related benefits, including tuition support, for postdoctoral fellows and research associates, graduate students or undergraduate research assistants.

• Domestic or international travel for the Investigator and the Investigator’s postdoctoral fellows and research associates, graduate students or undergraduate research assistants.

• Short- or long-term visitors and collaborators, including travel, meals and lodging expenses.

• Research equipment, supplies and other expenses directly benefiting the research, including computers, computer support, publication expenses and professional membership dues.

Investigator funds may not be used for sabbatical salary support or teaching relief of any kind. Funding for the Investigator’s department should be used at the discretion of the department chair to provide support for seminars, visitors, refreshments and related expenditures that benefit the research activities of the department. Funds may also be used to subsidize meals for faculty, students and visitors. In addition, these funds may be used to help pay for furniture and research infrastructure, such as copiers, computer servers and computer support. Investigators are expected to attend the MPS annual meeting, held at the Simons Foundation in October of each year. Costs associated with attending this meeting will be covered by the foundation.

Training

For required investigator training, see the Research Training Finder.

Navigating Research and Scholarship at USC 2024 — Video Recording

Recording

Whether you’re new or need a refresher, we’d like to invite you to attend this year’s research and scholarship orientation for faculty, staff, postdocs, PhD students, and graduate students. We’ve prepared an exciting and informative program on the latest and greatest resources and support to help you conduct research and navigate scholarship at USC including:

– Federal and Multidisciplinary Opportunities

– Innovation, Licensing and Entrepreneurship

– Managing Contracts and Grants

– Internal Funding, Proposal Development, and Research Support

– Corporate and Foundation Relations

– Library Collections, Programs and Services

– Advanced Computing and Data Resources and Services

– Clinical Trials, Health Services and Community

-Engaged Research

– Health and Safety

– Animal Research

– Human Subjects Research – Promoting Your Work

This event is organized by the USC Office of Research & Innovation (OORI)’s Center for Excellence in Research and administered by the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) office. For more information and the full agenda, please visit https://rii.usc.edu/cer/. Contact usccer@usc.edu with any questions.

Securing Corporate Funding for Research — Video Recording

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In 2016, businesses provided $4.2 billion in academic research funding, largely directed toward life sciences and engineering. Llewellyn Cox will discuss the commercialization process and how University Advancement can help you find a partner, negotiate a license, and market your product.

Presenter:
Llewellyn Cox, Executive Director of Corporate Relations, University

This workshop is organized by the USC Office of Research & Innovation (OORI)’s Center for Excellence in Research and administered by the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) office. Contact usccer@usc.edu with any questions.

Effective Research Communications for External Stakeholders — Video Recording

Video recording | Presentation

Learn how to communicate effectively with non-expert audiences, including foundations, corporations, government officials, and the general public. Llewellyn Cox will help you craft effective communications strategies for discussing research with people who are not experts in your field, to help you create engaging and persuasive arguments for your research priorities. At the end, you will have an actionable framework for writing, speaking, and presenting your work effectively to non-academic audiences.

Presenter:
Llewellyn Cox, Executive Director of Corporate Relations, University

Transformative & Read and Publish Agreements at USC Libraries — Email for Presentation

This workshop will introduce USC Faculty, Researchers, and Graduate Students to Open Access journal publishing at USC. Open Access publishing ensures your research manuscripts and journal articles are openly accessible upon publishing. Automatic embargos imposed by the publishers are often not acceptable to some grant terms or the temporal nature of research in many disciplines. We hope to expose the open access construct to USC faculty, graduate students, and researchers so they are more prepared to navigate manuscript submissions. The USC Libraries have signed transformative agreements with academic publishers that will broaden access to USC scholarship. Under the agreements, the publishers will make newly published articles by USC authors freely available (if the author chooses to publish as open access) to readers under an open access model. These agreements can be complex, and we will highlight some of the generalities and provide details for the exceptions.

Presenters:

Dr. Jade G. Winn, Associate University Librarian

Associate Dean Alyssa Resnick, Associate University Librarian

This workshop is organized by USC Libraries and the USC Office of Research & Innovation (OORI)’s Center for Excellence in Research and administered by the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) office. Contact usccer@usc.edu with any questions.

Open Access Book Publishing at USC Libraries — Video Recording

Video Recording

Open access publishing enables greater societal impact of scholarly research and hastens breakthroughs by removing financial and licensing barriers imposed by for-profit legacy publishers. Learn how publishing your book under the open access model reimagines scholarly publishing to promote equity, leverages digital mediums, and complies with federal and private funder mandates for immediate public access to research findings. Moderated by Bridgid Fennell, Education Librarian, this panel will include Dr. Larry Gross, Professor Emeritus of Communication who will discuss his experience with open access book publishing and establishing an open access journal in addition to open access publishers.

Presenters:

Bridgid Fennell, Education Librarian
Larry Gross, Professor Emeritus, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

Charles Watkinson, Director, University of Michigan Press
AUL, Publishing, University of Michigan Library

Sarah McKee, American Council of Learned Societies

Writing Compelling NSF Proposals — Video Recording

Video recording | Presentation

My fantastic proposal was rejected! Why couldn’t those knuckleheads at NSF understand how brilliant my ideas are? Did they even read the proposal? Paul Ronney has served on many NSF panels and has reviewed many well-written (and not-so-well-written) proposals. In this workshop, he’ll help you understand how the review process at NSF and other funding agencies works and provide specific recommendations for increasing your chances of getting funded, including how to anticipate panel dynamics and tailor your proposal accordingly.

Presenter:
Paul Ronney, Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Viterbi

Conversation with Ken Blum — Video Recording

Video Recording

Sara L. Schwartz (Associate Professor, USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work) will facilitate a conversation with Ken Blum, President of Kramer Blum & Associates, a California based company that manages over 30 family foundations with assets over $2 Billion. Ken manages multiple foundations that fund early career advancement awards. His vast experience working with funders, universities, and grant seekers will benefit our student and faculty community.

Speaker:
Ken Blum, President of Kramer Blum & Associates

Developing a Successful Mission Agency Grant — Presentation

Presentation

This workshop starts by addressing overarching issues such as suggestions for success in advancing your career, how to identify and approach the appropriate program officer(s), and what is needed in a successful proposal. That is followed by specific examples of funding opportunities and proposal expectations for the various Federal Funding Agencies, with emphasis on DOD and DOE. The differences between the agencies are highlighted, including contrast with NSF and NIH. Lastly the workshop participants will be alerted to the many assets, both at USC and elsewhere, that can assist in faculty S&T funding endeavors. With over 40 years of DOD S&T experience, mostly at the Naval Research Laboratory, the workshop presider also worked many years as a program officer at the Office of Naval Research (one of the DOD Funding Agencies) and, through his leadership role in the National Nanotechnology Initiative, became quite familiar with the other Federal Agency S&T operations.

Presenter:
James Murday, Director Of Physical Sciences, Office of Research Advancement

Funding from Foundations for Arts and Humanities — Video Recording

Video recording | Presentation

This presentation will provide faculty in the arts and humanities with essential tools to successfully navigate the complex landscape of foundation funding. We will delve into effective strategies for identifying potential funding sources aligned with your research interests, understanding and interpreting Requests for Proposals (RFPs), crafting compelling grant proposals, and effectively managing limited submission policies.

Presenter: Dana Drew Irwin, Ph.D., Director of Foundation Relations, University Advancement

Regulatory Science Resources for Clinical Researchers — Video Recording

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In this session, Karen Manrique will give attendees a general overview of the regulatory resources available from SC CTSI and USC Mann’s DK Kim International Center for Regulatory Science. The presentation will focus on regulatory science training and educational programs that can help advance the work of clinical researchers.

Presenter: Karen Manrique is a Project Administrator for the Regulatory Knowledge and Support (RKS) core within the Southern California Clinical and Translational Institute (SC CTSI). She supports the development of onsite educational programs and training tools that help expand expertise among the clinical research workforce and improve the quality of investigator-initiated trials at USC and other institutions. She also collaborates with other CTSIs and academic institutions in training programs and regulatory science research. She has 10+ years of clinical research experience as a former coordinator for USC’s Surgical Research Unit, where she worked on PI-initiated, NIH, and industry-sponsored Vascular surgery trials. Karen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in General Biology with a minor in Studio Art from the University of California, San Diego, and a Master of Science in Project Management from the University of Southern California.

Securing Corporate Funding for Research — Video Recording

Video recording | Presentation

Presenter:
Llewellyn Cox, Executive Director of Corporate Relations, University Advancement

Strategies for Young Investigator/Early Career Awards — Video Recording

Video recording | Presentation

A lot of federal funding opportunities exist to help researchers at the beginning of their careers, but it can become quite the challenge to narrow down and understand the differences between them. Not to worry — in this workshop James Murday will guide you on what funding is available, topic selection, approaching program officers, as well as provide tips on how to structure a successful proposal. The presentation will then be followed by a Q&A session with faculty who have received a Young Investigator/Early Career award.

Presenter:
James Murday, Director Of Physical Sciences, Research Strategy and Development

Guest Speaker:
Eli Levenson-Falk, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Funding from Foundations for STEM — Video Recording

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There are thousands of charitable foundations around the world looking to fund research — the challenge is finding the right one for you. Learn from Dana Irwin how you can build a meaningful relationship with a foundation, as well as the process and resources available at USC to help you along the way.

Presenter:
Dana Irwin, Associate Director of Development of Corporate and Foundation Relations, University Advancement

Writing Compelling NSF Proposals — Video Recording

Video recording | Presentation

My fantastic proposal was rejected?! Why couldn’t those knuckleheads at NSF understand how brilliant my ideas are?! Did they even read the proposal?! If you’ve ever had these thoughts, then Paul Ronney can help! He has served on a lot of NSF panels and reviewed many well-written (and not so well-written) proposals. After this workshop, you’ll understand how the NSF review process works, be able to anticipate panel dynamics and tailor your proposal accordingly, and most importantly have specific recommendations for increasing your chances of getting funded.

Presenter:
Paul Ronney, Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Viterbi

Navigating the Grant Proposal Landscape for Junior Faculty Members - Email for Presentation

Now that you have arrived at USC, where do you start applying and how many proposals should you plan to send out? This workshop will offer advice to early faculty members on applications, creating a grant application 5 year plan, and balancing time between getting started at a researcher and finding funding.

Presenter:
Heidi Smith Parker, Chief of Grant Strategy, Dornsife

Evidence Synthesis Services at USC Libraries for UPC — Video Recording

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Systematic review and evidence synthesis is the process of bringing together all the relevant published scholarly information on a specific research question. In this workshop, Jade Winn will discuss the Non-Medical Science Systematic Reviews (NMSSR) and Evidence Synthesis Services available at UPC, including the service levels offered, a detailed roadmap of how it’s done at USC, and an explanation of how to adapt it to multi-disciplinary studies. This service model is getting national recognition and has been presented at the Association of College and Research Libraries. Dr. Winn was also an invited panelist on NMSSR at the American Library Association’s annual conference and will be presenting three workshops for the Evidence Synthesis Institute Symposium 2024.

Presenter:
Jade Winn, Associate University Librarian/Systematic Review Librarian

Avoiding Research Misconduct Allegations Against Your Lab — Video Recording

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Allegations of research misconduct are disruptive and potentially career-damaging, even if the allegations are unsubstantiated. In this seminar, we will discuss the ways to reduce the risk of an allegation against your lab, steps to take when you, a member of your lab, or a colleague are accused, and what to do when your work is mentioned negatively on PubPeer or other social media sites.

Presenter:
Kristen Grace, Research Integrity Officer, Office of Research & Innovation

How to Create a Team Agreement to Set Expectations — Video Recording

Video recording | Presentation | Workbook

In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn how to quickly set expectations across your team using Team Agreements — a tool that captures how the team will manage the work while collaborating to perform tasks. At the end of the session, you’ll walk away with a complete framework for creating a Team Agreement as well as tips for how to involve your team in the process. This is for anyone looking for a complete, tactical tool to clarify expectations across their team.

Previous workshop on How to Run an Effective Research Team can be found below:
Video recording | Presentation | Workbook

Presenter:
Emily Parcell, Leadership Coach

Designing and Writing a Successful NSF Broader Impacts Statement

A great NSF Broader Impacts statement won’t strengthen a proposal with poor science, but a poor one can sink a proposal with good science. Heidi Smith Parker, Dieuwertje Kast and Mary Bonaparte-Saller will teach you how to develop your statement with examples of creative strategies, a brainstorming session to help you develop your ideas, and an overview of resources at USC.

Presenters:
Heidi Smith Parker, PhD., Chief of Grant Strategy, Dornsife
Dieuwertje Kast, EdD., Director of STEM Education Programs, Joint Educational Project, Dornsife
Mary Bonaparte-Saller, Ph.D. K-12 STEM Center Associate Director

Navigating Research and Scholarship at USC — Video Recording

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Overview of NIH SBIR/STTR Program — Video Recording

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In this session, JoAnne Goodnight will provide attendees a general overview of the SBIR and STTR programs available at some of the largest federal agencies, with a major focus on NIH. Topics will include the difference between SBIR and STTR mechanisms, eligibility considerations and the relationship between a faculty member, university, and company.

JoAnne Goodnight

JoAnne is an independent consultant who specializes in assisting small technology companies in preparing competitive SBIR/STTR grant applications. She has 25+ years of federal government service, most of which was spent at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) serving as the SBIR/STTR Program Coordinator. She brings extensive experience in virtually all aspects of the NIH SBIR/STTR programs and processes including identifying relevant topics, facilitating agency introductions, developing research plan strategies, editing proposals using key grantsmanship tips, and interpreting the myriad federal policies that pertain to grants and contracts. In addition to her NIH research administration roles, JoAnne has held positions at for-profit and nonprofit research institutions, including The Jackson Laboratory where she served as Director of Sponsored Research for nearly eight years until she retired in October 2020. JoAnne holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology from Virginia Tech.

Structure of an SBIR/STTR Application — Video Recording

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In this session, JoAnne Goodnight will cover the requisite sections of an SBIR/STTR grant application, including budget preparation. She will also describe the NIH SBIR/STTR Review Process and common pitfalls to avoid.

JoAnne Goodnight

Strategizing and Writing the SBIR/STTR Specific Aims — Presentation

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JoAnne Goodnight will focus on helping you write the two key parts of your application — the Specific Aims and Commercialization Plan. Reviewers often read this section first so the goal is to prepare an exciting Aims page that will be a page turner for the rest of the application. The session will also review requisite sections of the Commercialization Plan.

JoAnne Goodnight

Writing Compelling NSF Proposals — Video Recording

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My fantastic proposal was rejected?! Why couldn’t those knuckleheads at NSF understand how brilliant my ideas are?! Did they even read the proposal?! If you’ve ever had these thoughts, then Paul Ronney can help! He has served on a lot of NSF panels and reviewed many well-written (and not so well-written) proposals. After this workshop, you’ll understand how the NSF review process works, be able to anticipate panel dynamics and tailor your proposal accordingly, and most importantly have specific recommendations for increasing your chances of getting funded. Presenter: Paul Ronney, Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Viterbi

Developing a Successful Mission Agency Grant — Video Recording

Presentation | Video recording | How to Develop and Write a Grant Proposal

There are many federal agencies that support university research — but which ones are right for you? Jim Murday will show you how to identify the pertinent agencies and programs, contact the appropriate program officers, develop a winning proposal (it’s a bit different for each agency), and work with agency officials to get your proposal funded. The focus is on agencies that fund science and engineering other than NSF and NIH, but those two are used to provide comparisons.

Presenter:
James Murday, Director Of Physical Sciences, Research Strategy and Development

Panel:
Smaranda Marinescu, Associate Professor of Chemistry, USC Dornsife
Stephen Cronin, Professor of ECE Electrophysics, USC Viterbi

Developing a Successful Humanities/Social Sciences Agency Grant — Video Recording

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Federal agencies have many funding opportunities in the humanities and social sciences, including NSF’s SBE; HHS’s ACL and ACF; DOD’s ARI and MINERVA; DOJ’s NIJ and OJJDP; NEH; and IMLS/NARA/LOC. James Murday will help you create winning proposals with tips and strategies for specific opportunities offered by the various agencies, followed by a discussion from USC faculty who’ve been successful in such competitions.

Presenter:
James Murday, Director Of Physical Sciences, Research Strategy and Development

Panel:
– Peter Mancall, Distinguished Professor, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, Linda and Harlan Martens Director of the Early Modern Studies Institute and Professor of History, Anthropology, and Economics, USC Dornsife

– Jonathan Gratch, Research Professor of Computer Science and Psychology and Media Arts and Practice, Director of Virtual Human Research, USC Institute for Creative Technologies

How to Run an Effective Research Team — Video Recording

Presentation | Video recording | Workbook

In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn practical strategies for how to quickly build or maintain an effective research team using User Manuals — a tool that facilitates better communication and a shared understanding of team dynamics while providing a structured process to help your team work more effectively. At the end of the session, you’ll walk away with your own completed user manual and plans for how to apply this process to your team. This is for anyone looking to improve project management and communication within their research team!

Presenter:
Emily Parcell, Leadership Coach, emilyparcell.com

Email: emily@emilyparcell.com
Website: hcleader.co
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eparcell/

Systematic Review and Evidence Synthesis Services at UPC — Video Recording

Video Recording for Systematic Review and Evidence Synthesis Services at UPC

Systematic review or evidence synthesis is the process of bringing together all the relevant information on a specific research question. In this workshop, Jade Winn will discuss the Non-Medical Science Systematic Reviews (NMSSR) and Evidence Synthesis Services available at UPC, including the service levels offered, a detailed roadmap of how it’s done at USC, and an explanation of how to adapt it to multi-disciplinary studies. This service model is getting national recognition and has been presented at the Association of College and Research Libraries. Dr. Winn is also an invited panelist on NMSSR at the American Library Association’s annual conference.

Presenter:
Jade G. Winn, MLIS, EdD

Dr. Jade Winn is an Associate University Librarian at USC. She joined the USC Library Faculty in 2009 as The Head of Social Work and Education Library Services at USC Libraries. After promotion to Associate University Librarian she accepted the role of Assistant Dean of Instruction, Assessment and Engagement in the Programs and Planning department at USC Libraries, she served in that administrative role for 8 years. Currently, Dr. Winn takes on a new role developing and launching Evidence Synthesis Services, including systematic and scoping reviews at the UPC Campus.

She worked extensively on the development of the online Master in Management in Library and Information Science (MMLIS) in USC’s Marshall School of Business. She currently serves on several MMLIS and USC Library committees including Chair of the MMLIS Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Anti-Racism Committee, the Admissions Committee and the Curriculum Committee. Additionally, Dr. Winn has taught research methods and inquiry courses in USC School of Social Work MSW program, Rossier School of Education EdD program, and currently teaches courses in the MMLIS program at Marshall School of Business at USC.

Strategies for Young Investigator/Early Career Awards — Video Recording

Video Recording for Strategies for Young Investigator/Early Career Awards A lot of federal funding opportunities exist to help researchers at the beginning of their careers, but it can become quite the challenge to narrow down and understand the differences between them. Not to worry — in this workshop James Murday will guide you on what funding is available, topic selection, approaching program officers, as well as provide tips on how to structure a successful proposal. The presentation will then be followed by a Q&A session with Constantine Sideris, who has received a Young Investigator/Early Career award from both the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Office of Naval Research. Presenter: James Murday, Director Of Physical Sciences, Research Strategy and Development Guest Speaker: Constantine Sideris, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering

USC Research and Innovation Awards to Fund Your Research — Video Recording

Video Recording for USC Research and Innovation Awards to Fund Your Research – Presentation

Want to learn about some new internal funding opportunities supporting a diverse range of research areas, scholarship, and artistic and cultural expression at USC? Silvia da Costa will introduce you to all the latest grant programs from USC Research and Innovation, as well as give you guidelines and tips on how to ensure your proposal is a success.

Presenters:
Silvia Da Costa, Director, Research Initiatives and Infrastructure, USC Research and Innovation

This workshop is organized by the USC Research and Innovation (R&I)’s Center for Excellence in Research and the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ Faculty Development.

Writing Compelling NSF Proposals — Video Recording

Video Recording for Writing Compelling NSF Proposals

My fantastic proposal was rejected?! Why couldn’t those knuckleheads at NSF understand how brilliant my ideas are?! Did they even read the proposal?!

If you’ve ever had these thoughts, then Paul Ronney can help! He has served on a lot of NSF panels and reviewed many well-written (and not so well-written) proposals. After this workshop, you’ll understand how the NSF review process works, be able to anticipate panel dynamics and tailor your proposal accordingly, and most importantly have specific recommendations for increasing your chances of getting funded.

Presenter:
Paul Ronney, Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Viterbi

Developing Proposals for Large-Scale Grants — Video Recording

Video Recording for Developing Proposals for Large-Scale Grants

Large-scale federal funding grants provide a unique opportunity to pursue challenging scientific questions that require collaboration across disciplines. As a result, these proposals take a significant amount of time to plan, develop, and write. In this workshop, James Murday will empower you to take charge with some strategies to craft a winning proposal for these kinds of opportunities, followed by a discussion with USC faculty who have been successful in such competitions.

Presenter:
James Murday, Director Of Physical Sciences, Research Strategy and Development

Guest Speakers:
– Tom Buchanan, University Professor of Medicine, Bernard J. Hanley Chair in Medicine, Vice Dean for Research, Director of the CTSI, Co-Director of Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute, Endocrine Division Chief in the Department of Medicine
– Yehuda Ben-Zion, Professor of Earth Sciences, Director of Southern California Earthquake Center
– Ewa Deelman, Research Professor of Computer Science, Research Director of Scientific Computation Technologies, Principal Scientist at USC Information Sciences Institute

Protecting Your Intellectual Property — Video Recording

Video Recording for Protecting Your Intellectual Property

Intellectual property is a complex topic, but we’re going to walk you through it! Come learn from Fikret Kirkbir about the differences between utility patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets; the pitfalls of the provisional patent application frequently used in universities; as well as strategies for patenting while submitting scientific articles.

Presenter: Fikret Kirkbir, Manager of Intellectual Property Analysis and Assessment, Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering (AMI-USC)

Navigating Open Access: Promise and Problems of Open Access Publishing — Video Recording

Video Recording for Navigating Open Access: Promise and Problems of Open Access Publishing

Originally as a means of giving science freely to communities by eliminating paywalls, some open access journals border on corporatized models with review processes of questionable rigor. Stoked by the pressure of “publish or perish,” scholars may find themselves inundated with invitations to submit papers to journals with questionable reputation and veracity. Additionally, there is renewed conversation given the Biden Administration announcement in August 2022 that publishers of federally funded research must make those papers freely available by 2025, which may increase emphasis on open access publishing. This workshop briefly covers the history of open access publishing and its processes; identifying potentially predatory journals; and the resources and support available for open access publishing through the USC Libraries. This workshop will encourage learner discussion of these topics, including their own experience with potentially predatory journals.

Presenters:
John R. Blosnich, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Social Work
Clarissa Moreno, MMLIS, Social & Behavioral Sciences Librarian, USC Libraries
Jennifer E. Dinalo, PhD, MLIS, Health Sciences Research and Data Librarian, USC Libraries

Designing and Writing a Successful NSF Broader Impacts — Fri, May 19, 10:00-12:00 PM

Designing and Writing a Successful NSF Broader Impacts

A great NSF Broader Impacts statement won’t strengthen a proposal with poor science, but a poor one can sink a proposal with good science. Heidi Smith Parker, Dieuwertje Kast and Jen Corletto will teach you how to develop your statement with examples of creative strategies, a brainstorming session to help you develop your ideas, and an overview of resources at USC.

Presenters:
Heidi Smith Parker, Chief of Grant Strategy, Dornsife
Dieuwertje Kast, Director of STEM Education Programs, Joint Educational Project, Dornsife
Jen Corletto, Interim K-12 STEM Project Manager, Viterbi

Introduction and Strategies for ARPA-H — Thu, May 25, 10:00-12:00 PM

Introduction and Strategies for ARPA-H

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has created a new entity, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), which mirrors DARPA but with significant differences. ARPA-H’s first open BAA was released in March 2023, with abstracts due March 2024. In this workshop, James Murday will describe the current status of the ARPA-H organization, present strategies to craft a winning proposal for the BAA, and inform you about other ARPA-H programs, followed by a Q&A with USC faculty who’ve been successful in competitions with other Agency ARPAs.

You are required to attend if you want to apply to our new ARPA-H Planning Award.

Presenter:
James Murday, Director Of Physical Sciences, Research Strategy and Development

Panel:
– Adam Russell, Director of AI Division, Information Sciences Institute; Former Acting Deputy Director of ARPA-H
– Yolanda Gil, Research Professor of Computer Science and of Spatial Sciences; Director for Major Strategic AI and Data Science Initiatives; Director of Knowledge Technologies; Principal Scientist, USC Viterbi Information Sciences Institute
– Sergey Nuzhdin, Professor of Biological Sciences, Dornsife Molecular & Computational Biology, USC Dornsife

Writing Compelling NSF Proposals — Wed, Feb 22, 9:00-11:00AM

Writing Compelling NSF Proposals

Presenter:
Paul Ronney, Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Viterbi

USC Awards to Fund Your Research — TBD

USC Awards to Fund Your Research

Want to learn more about some of the internal funding opportunities available at USC? We’ll review the internal grant programs supporting research, scholarship and technology available at the Office of Research, SC CTSI and USC Stevens, as well as give you guidelines and tips on how to ensure your proposal is a success.

Presenters:
Silvia Da Costa, Director, Office of Research Initiatives and Facilities
Megan Gutierrez, Program Specialist, Clinical Translational Science Institute
Donaldson Santos, Director of Licensing, USC Stevens Center for Innovation

Submitting a Limited Submissions Proposal — Video Recording

Submitting a Limited Submissions Proposal – Video Recording

Have you come across a funding opportunity that says only one or two proposals are allowed per institution, and didn’t know what to do? This course introduces all members of the USC community to “institutionally limited submissions,” what they are, how USC coordinates them, how to submit to one, and what else to expect. This course will also include answers to commonly asked questions about our submission guidelines, tips on improving your submissions, and more to help familiarize you with this kind of funding opportunity.

Presenter:
Michael Yarsky, Program Specialist, Office of Research

Funding from Foundations for STEM — Video Recording

Funding from Foundations for STEM – Video Recording

There are thousands of charitable foundations around the world looking to fund research — the challenge is finding the right one for you. Learn from Hossein Pourmand how you can build a meaningful relationship with a foundation and the process, as well as resources available at USC to help you along the way.

Presenter:
Hossein Pourmand, Assistant Vice President of Research Initiatives, University Advancement

Funding from Foundations for Arts and Humanities — Video Recording

Funding from Foundations for Arts and Humanities – Video Recording

There are thousands of charitable foundations around the world looking to fund research — the challenge is finding the right one for you. Learn from Dana Drew Irwin how you can build a meaningful relationship with a foundation and the process, as well as resources available at USC to help you along the way.

Presenter:
Dana Drew Irwin, Associate Director of Development of Corporate and Foundation Relations, University Advancement

Top Tips for Top-Notch Presentations — Video Recording

Top Tips for Top-Notch Presentations – Video Recording

Do you have an upcoming presentation and want to knock it out of the park? This workshop will empower you with the essential tactics and perspectives that make outstanding presentations tick. From organizing strategies to anxiety reduction to slide deck design, level up your next presentation with this session’s top tips.

Presenter:
Stephen Lind, Associate Professor of Clinical Business Communication, USC Marshall

Innovation and Collaboration with Miro — Video Recording

Innovation and Collaboration with Miro – Video Recording

Feeling overwhelmed by the scale of a research project? Need to collaborate across disciplines and media? This workshop will introduce you to Miro, a versatile virtual whiteboard that lets you collect questions, compile and annotate sources, and organize notes and drafts in one visually engaging workspace. Whether you’re in the very early stages of conceiving a project or overloaded with links, a planner or a pantser, Miro can help corral your thoughts in a flexible, adaptable way. You’ll have an opportunity to learn about Miro’s features; experiment with designing your own project; and find out how Miro could enliven your research and teaching practices.

Presenter:
Maddox K. Pennington (they/them) received their MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia University and currently teaches in the Dornsife College Writing Program. Their courses typically include multimodal assignments on empathy, monsters, and topics from Native, Disability, and Queer Studies. Their debut bibliomemoir, A Girl Walks Into a Book: What the Brontes Taught Me About Life, Love, and Women’s Work, was released May 2017. They’ve performed comedy and storytelling at DC Nerd Night, FemX at WIT, Improbable Comedy, Health’s Angels and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Previous writing has appeared on Electric Literature, The Toast, and The American Scholar online. Their play Love Chicken had an award-winning world premiere at the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival, and an upcoming play, about the arrival of Okie Cherokees in 1920s Los Angeles, is in development with the Moving Arts MADLab First Look festival.

Securing Corporate Funding for Research — Wed, Nov 02, 12:00-2:00 PM

Securing Corporate Funding for Research

In 2016, businesses provided $4.2 billion in academic research funding, largely directed toward life sciences and engineering. Hossein Pourmand will discuss the commercialization process and how the University Advancement can help you find a partner, negotiate a license, and market your product.

Presenter:
Hossein Pourmand, Assistant Vice President of Research Initiatives
University Advancement

Introduction to Advanced Research Computing Resources — Wed, Nov 09, 12:00-2:00 PM

Introduction to Advanced Research Computing

Nearly all scientific and engineering disciplines confront challenges in dealing with a vast amount of data or modeling complex processes across many scales. BD Kim will cover high-performance computing, cloud solutions, data workflow management, and other research computing related topics.

Presenter:
BD Kim, Associate Chief Research Information Officer, Center for Advanced Research Computing

Developing a Successful Mission Agency Grant — Thu, Nov 17, 12:00-2:00 PM

Developing a Successful Mission Agency Grant

There are many Federal Agencies that support University Research — which ones are best for you? The workshop objectives are to help an investigator: identify the pertinent agencies and programs, contact the appropriate program officers, develop a winning proposal (it is a bit different for each agency), and work with agency officials to get the proposal funded. The focus is on agencies that fund science and engineering other than NSF and NIH, but those two are used to provide comparisons.

Presenter:
James Murday, Director Of Physical Sciences, Office of Research Advancement