The USC Associates Awards are the highest honors the university can bestow on its members for their distinguished achievements.
Creativity in research may stem from a single brilliant idea or from a significant body of work that forms a coherent whole, and may have significant impact on a field of scholarship, at the interface of disciplines, or create viable new areas of scholarly activity.
| Deadline: 5 PM Pacific Time on September 25, Annually View the RFP for full proposal requirements. |
Nomination Submission
Nominations must be submitted via our Grant Portal.
For additional information or inquiries, please contact us at rii@usc.edu.
Previous Awardees
1963 – Present
2024
Nomi M. Stolzenberg, USC Gould School of Law
Viktor K. Prasanna, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
2023
Arie Kapteyn, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Steve Kay, Keck School of Medicine
2022
Gerard Tellis, USC Marshall School of Business
Anna Krylov, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
2021
Maryann Pentz, Keck School of Medicine
Shanghua Teng, Viterbi School of Engineering
2020
Michele Kipke, Keck School of Medicine
Steve Ross, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
2019
Shrikanth Narayanan, Engineering
Berislav Zlokovic, Keck School of Medicine
2018
Amy Lee, Keck School of Medicine
Manuel Pastor, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
2017
Dana Goldman, Sol Price
Tom Buchanan, Keck
2016
Eileen Crimmins, Gerontology
Jed Fuhrman, College
2015
Vanessa Schwartz, College
Martin Gundersen, Engineering
2014
Manuel Castells, Communication
Milind Tambe, Engineering
2013
Yves DeClerck, Pediatrics
Peter Mancall, History
2012
Antonio Damasio, Neuroscience
Alan Willner, Engineering
2011
Thomas Jordan, Earth Sciences
Ruth Weisberg, Fine Arts
2010
Mark Humayun, Ophthalmology & Biomedical Engineering
Priya Vashishta, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Physics & Astronomy
2009
Edward J. McCaffery, Law
P. Daniel Dapkus, Engineering
2008
Nicos Petasis, Chemistry
Nicholas Warner, Physics
2007
Cheng-Ming Choung, Pathology
Mark Thompson, Chemistry
2006
Theodore Berger, Biomedical Engineering
David James, Critical Studies
2005
Stephen Hartke, Music
Larry Swanson, Biological Sciences, Psychology & Neurology
2004
Terence Langdon, Engineering
Elyn Saks, Law
2003
Adrian Raine, Psychology
John E. Wills, Jr., Chinese History
2002
Barry Glassner, Sociology
Charles G. Sammis, Geophysics/Materials Science
2001
Myron F. Goodman, Molecular Biology
William H. Steier, Electrical Engineering
2000
G.K. Surya Prakash, Chemistry
Richard F. Thompson, Psychology & Biological Sciences
1999
Irving Biederman, Letters, Arts and Sciences
Jean C. Shih, Pharmacy
1998
Dagmar Barnouw, Letters, Arts and Sciences
Michael Lai, Microbiology
1997
Malcolm W. Klein, Letters, Arts and Sciences
Joseph Aoun, Letters, Arts and Sciences
1996
Leonard Adleman, Computer Science
Malcolm Pike, Preventive Medicine
1995
Richard N. Bergman, Physiology & Biophysics
Marsha Kinder, Cinema Television
1994
Judith Resnik, Law
Elsa Garmire, Electrical Engineering
1993
Aki, Kei, Geological Sciences
Micheal J. Dear, Geography
1992
Susskind, Miram M., Molecular Biology
Michael S.Waterman, Biological Sciences
1991
Vern L. Bengston, Gerontology
Melvin A. Breuer, Electrical Engineering
1990
Larry R. Dalton, Chemistry
Joshua S. Goldstein, International Relations
1989
Lois W. Banner, S.W.M.S.
Edward E. Lawler III, Business Administration
1988
William F. Benedict, Pediatrics
Irving S. Reed, Electrical Engineering
1987
Shaul G. Massry, Medicine
Daniel Pollack, Music
1986
Christopher A. Reed, Chemistry
James N. Rosenau, International Relations
1985
Caleb E. Finch, Gerontology
George A. Olah, Chemistry
1984
Sydner W. Benson, Chemistry
Kazumi Maki, Physics
1983
Peter A. Jones, Biological Chemistry
Curt F. Wittig, Physics
1982
Jackson I. Cope, Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Charles Heidelberger, Medicine
1981
James O’Toole, Management & Organization
Arieh Warshel, Chemistry
1980
Charles Ritcheson, History
Harold C. Slavkin, Dentistry
Christopher D. Stone, Law
1979
Robert Bau, Chemistry
James E. Birren, Psychology
1978
Samuel P. Bessman, Pharmacology & Nutrition
Otto O. Schnepp, Letters, Arts, and Sciences
1977
Philip J. Stephens, Chemistry
1976
Robert W. Hellwarth, Electrical Engineering
Charles A. McClelland, Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Hershel Parker, Letters, Arts, and Sciences
1975
Richard C. Dales, History
Sally F. Moore, Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Peter K. Vogt, Microbiology
1974
Donald J. Greene, English
Howard S. Taylor, Chemistry
1973
Arnold Dunn, Biological Sciences
A. Lloyd Moote, History
1971
Lucien A. Bavetta, Dentistry
Sergio P. S. Porto, Letters, Arts, and Sciences
1970
Arthur W. Adamson, Chemistry
Max F. Schulz, English
1969
William W. Grings, Psychology
William G. Spitzer, Physics, Astronomy, Electrophysics
1968
Arnold F. Brodie, Biological Sciences
Solomon W. Golomb, Electrical Engineering/Systems
1967
Orville L. Bandy, Letters, Arts, and Sciences
John T. Waterman, Letters, Arts, and Sciences
1966
Francis Christensen, Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Olga Hartman, Biological Sciences
1965
Colin R. Lovell, Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Bruce R. McElderry, Letters, Arts, and Sciences
1964
Bruce R. Anton, Letters, Arts, and Sciences
J. P. Giulford, Letters, Arts and Sciences
1963
Herbert Busemann, Letters, Arts, and Sciences
John L. Webb, Pharmacology