Funding Opportunities

USC’s Research and Innovation (R&I) office supports awards and grants programs in a diverse range of research areas, scholarship, and artistic and cultural expression, including, but not limited to, social sciences, humanities, arts, literature, STEM, political sciences, social work, education, business, law, architecture, among others. Proposals that engage and benefit marginalized communities by advancing local economic, physical, health, cultural and/or social outcomes are also encouraged.

Programs are administered by the Research Initiatives & Infrastructure (RII) office. For additional information on research-related services offered by RII, please visit our website. Grant proposal applications must be submitted via RII’s Grant Portal.

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Silvia da Costa, PhD
Director, Research Initiatives & Infrastructure

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Deadline	Title	Description	Award Amount	Date Posted	Modified
2023/03/13	Arts & Humanities Initiative Award	Aims to promote creativity and excellence by supporting arts and humanities faculty in their individual and collective scholarly work.	$200,000	2023/01/31	2023/01/31
2023/04/15	Instrumentation Award	Intends to establish and bolster USC’s infrastructure by supporting the purchase of shared instrumentation and further preparing faculty to submit large-scale instrumentation grants to external sponsors.	$2,150,000	2023/01/31	2023/01/31
2023/03/20	Ming Hsieh Institute Research Award	Supporting translational and pre-clinical research that expedites the bench-to-bedside development of new life-saving devices and therapeutics to detect and/or treat cancer. Strong interest in proposals that will initiate multi-disciplinary research teams.	$1,200,000	2023/01/31	2023/01/31
2023/09/18	Howard Hughes Medical Institute Mentorship Award	Intends to enhance USC's researcher pool and the quality of research being conducted by preparing highly qualified researchers to apply to the HHMI Investigator Program.	$100,000	2023/01/31	2023/01/31
2023/01/16	President’s Sustainability Research Award	Provides seed funding to enable researchers to submit highly competitive applications for federal funding, including large center and related programs, early career awards, and individual research projects.	$1,000,000	2022/11/01	2023/01/31
2022/11/14	Associates Award for Creativity in Research and Scholarship	Highest honors the university can bestow on its members for their distinguished achievements. Faculty from all schools and academic units are strongly encouraged to nominate colleagues with exceptional records of creativity in research.	$3,500	2022/10/13	2023/01/31