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Center for Excellence in Research Workshops & Training

Current Calendar of Events

For a full calendar of events, which includes one-time CER Fellows workshops as well as the core Research Advancement courses below, download the Fall 2009 catalog:
Center for Excellence in Research Fall 2009 Catalog

Research Advancement Courses for Faculty and Researchers

In addition to hosting CER Fellows workshops, The Office of Research Advancement, through the Center for Excellence in Research, collaborates with the Offices of Compliance and Professional Development in training faculty and staff to become more effective in managing and initiating research. Our courses include:

• Developing a Funded Research Program
• Developing and Submitting a NIH Grant Application
• Competing for Federal Grant Opportunities in the Social Sciences
• Writing Persuasive Proposals
• Preparing a Large Inter-Disciplinary Center Proposal
• Grant Opportunities and Proposal Development in the Humanities
• Obtaining Research Funding from Foundations
• Obtaining Research Funding from Corporate Sponsors
• Developing and Submitting a Department of Defense Grant Application
• DoD Young Investigator/Faculty Award Proposal Workshop
• NSF CAREER Award Proposal Workshop

Advancing Social Sciences and Humanities Retreat

The office of the Vice Provost for Research, in cooperation with the Academic Senate, is holding a retreat on "Advancing Humanities and Social Science Research at USC" on March 6, 2009. The retreat aims to help faculty of all ranks build and expand their research activities and increase the impact of their work.

For a full Advancing Social Sciences and Humanities Research Retreat Agenda click here.

CER Faculty Fellow Research Salons

For more information on CER Faculty Fellow Workshops, visit the CER Research Salon site: Visit Site

A partial list of Research Salons and Workshops in 2008-09 includes:

• Developing Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) (Gaurav Sukhatme, Professor of Computer Science, CER Fellow).
• Cellular Imaging Methods in Basic Research (Susan Forsburg, Professor of Molecular and Computational Biology, CER Fellow).
• Grant Opportunities and Proposal Development in the Humanities (Peter Mancall, Professor of History and Anthropology, Director of the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute, and CER Fellow).

Corporate & Foundation Relations Proposal Writing Tutoring Sessions For Faculty

Linda Zukowski, Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations in University Advancement is offering individual proposal writing tutoring sessions. These 45 minute sessions are for faculty and/or staff who are need of assistance and guidance in writing and editing proposals to private/corporate foundations. For more information, here is a flyer from University Advancement.

Courses for Research Administrators

• Basics of Proposal Creation

Compliance Courses

A number of compliance-related courses are offered by other offices at USC, including the Office of Compliance, the Department of Contracts and Grants, and the Office for the Protection of Research Subjects. These include:

• Human Subjects Education
• Grants Management Education

Course Registration

To register, please RSVP at least one week prior to the first class via email, indicating the course(s) you are attending, to usccer@usc.edu. For information about workshops, contact the office at 213-740-6709.

Last updated: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 3:45pm PDT