The University of Southern California (USC) Office of Research & Innovation (OORI) is establishing a new program to facilitate opportunities for USC undergraduate and graduate students to become Early Career Innovators and gain valuable entrepreneurial experience working with a small business founded by USC faculty, students, staff, or alumni. Participating companies will be USC-affiliated startups including, but not limited to, small businesses accepted into the USC Techstars accelerator or other USC Techstars Digital Economy programs.
Deadline: 5 PM, March 3, Annually. View the RFP for full proposal requirements. View the list of companies. |
Proposal Submission
Proposals must be submitted via our Grant Portal.
For additional information or inquiries, please contact us at rii@usc.edu.

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All award programs are currently on hold pending confirmation of our FY25 budget.
Subvention funds supporting ORI’s award programs are made at the highest level of the university. Once we have confirmed our FY25 budget, we will re-activate this website.
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Thank you for your patience.
Silvia
SILVIA DA COSTA, PH.D.
University of Southern California
Director, Research Initiatives and Infrastructure