USC Research Awards
Zumberge Faculty and Research Innovation Fund
Individual Grants and Interdisciplinary Grants
Individual research awards support junior faculty in developing research programs and securing external funding; funds up to $25,000 per award.
Deadline: January 15, 2008 (Individual Program).
Interdisciplinary research awards support cooperative efforts between multiple faculty across different schools and disciplines to build durable collaborative research programs and secure external funding. Small Research Grants provide up to $10,000 for projects lasting three months or less; Large Research Grants provide up to $50,000 for projects lasting up to one year.
Deadline: Feb. 15 for Large Grants; Open for Small Grants.
Advancing Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences
The Office of the Provost announces a grant program designed to promote the development of high quality and influential scholarly publications in the social sciences or humanities. Grant awards will be from $5,000 to $25,000 for a period of one year beginning July 1, 2007.
Deadline: January 15, 2008.
Associates Award for Creativity in Research
Associates Award for Creativity in Research Call for Nominations
Annual awards are the highest honors the university faculty bestows on its members for distinguished intellectual and artistic achievements. Any facuty member can be nominated by deans or colleagues. Two awards of $7,500 are presented each year.
Deadline: November 2, 2007.
Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life
Research grant of up to $10,000 to fund faculty research that is relevant to the aims of the Institute.
Deadline: Letters of Intent due March 3, 2008.
Center for Enrollment Research, Policy, and Practice
Research grants of up to $10,000 fund original research that expands our collective understanding of salient issues within the field of university enrollment management.
Deadline: February 1, 2008.
Center for Excellence in Research
Deadline: January 7, 2008.
Faculty Fellows, through their appointment to the Center for Excellence in Research, serve as leaders, advisors and mentors to fellow faculty and students. Fellowships provide $2,500 per year for programmatic activities.
CER Proposal Review Mentoring Program.
Deadline: February 28, 2008.
CER is now recruiting faculty to join a pool of proposal reviewers. Faculty interested in joining the pool should have a demonstrated record of success in funded research, as well as a willingness to occasionally review draft proposals written by faculty outside their own academic department. Faculty will be compensated through supplemental pay in the amount of $200 for each proposal reviewed.
Clinical and Translational Sciences Initiative
Pilot and Feasibility Grant Program
Grants support interdisciplinary and collaborative research that moves scientific discoveries to applications in human health and health care, with particular emphasis on the health of diverse urban populations in and around Los Angeles. They provide funds to develop new clinical and translational research projects.
Deadline: March 31, 2008.
College Initiative on Seedling and Seal-the-Deal Research Support
Research grants of up to $3000 to support extramural award proposal preparation and development, and pilot studies.
Deadline:Open.
Early Modern Studies Institute
Faculty awards for one-semester research fellowships and for up to $4000 in research funds; and one-year dissertation fellowships for doctoral students.
Deadline: April, 2008 (TBA).
Mellon-USC Awards for Excellence in Mentoring
The USC-Mellon Mentoring Awards honor individual faculty for helping build a supportive academic environment at USC through faculty-to-student and faculty-to-faculty mentoring.
Deadline: February 22, 2008.
METRANS Transportation Center
METRANS Request for Proposals for Research
Annual competition funds research which address issues in metropolitan transportation. Research awards up to $90,000.
Deadline: March 25, 2008.
Provost's Initiative on Arts and the Humanities
Grants to support the engagement of USC students with the arts and humanities and confirm the university's commitment to the central role these disciplines play in public life.
Deadline: Pre-proposals due September 21, 2007.
US-China Institute
Supports research on relations between the United States and China, with funding up to $15,000.
Deadline: March 3, 2008.
Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center
Environmental Health Research Pilot Program Grants
Up to $25,000 to support investigators with the opportunity of collecting limited data to establish the feasibility of a research project and/or to validate the utility of specific procedures or techniques. The goal of this program is to advance environmental health research and to enable investigators to seek external (especially NIEHS) funding to pursue larger scale projects.
Deadline: Letter of Intent, February 1, 2008
Undergraduate Research Program
Undergraduate Research Program Grants
Supports faculty engaging in collaborative research with undergraduate students. Awards up to $10,000 for multiple student stipends to participate in scholarly research with faculty investigators.
Deadline: March 4, 2008.
Women in Science Education
Major Support for Current Faculty
Up to $25,000 to support faculty by offsetting barriers and career interruptions that hinder research and career development.
Deadline: January 27, 2008
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