• Research

Initiatives

To address critical societal needs, USC has developed a group of initiatives that build collaboration among students and faculty from all of our schools within major research projects. We invest in each initiative, to develop core laboratory facilities, hire exceptional new faculty, and start up new research and educational programs.

This list includes only those USC university-wide research initiatives that are coordinated by the Vice Provost for Research Advancement. A full list of research centers and a directory of research sites for each school and division at USC can be found in the Centers & Facilities section of this site.

The Provost's research initiatives include:

Biomedical Nanoscience

The Biomedical Nanoscience Initiative integrates nanoscience and medicine in order to detect disease at the earliest time, to treat it with the greatest specificity and to restore and regenerate function through the development and deployment of devices, systems and materials at the nanoscale. Learn More

Neuroscience

The Neuroscience Initiative integrates multiple disciplines to better understand how neurons interact to produce functions such as action, learning, emotions, memory, and perception. Visit Site

Human Health Initiative

The Human Health Initiative is developing research consortia around topics of high national priority for improving human health. Initially, the initiative is focusing on reserach on Obesity (led by Michael Goran), Autism (led by Maja Mataric)and Comparative Effectiveness (led by Rohit Varma).

Clinical & Translational Health Sciences

This Initiative promotes the translation of medical knowledge developed in the laboratory to clinical research, and in the application of that knowledge to the treatment of human patients. Visit Site

Humanities and Social Sciences

The Advancing Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences (ASHSS) promotes the development of high quality and influential scholarly publications and products in the social sciences, arts, and humanities. Grant are made to individual faculty members in any academic unit of the University who seek to make important contributions to the scholarship and research programs in these fields. Learn More

Future Fuels & Energy: USC Energy Institute

The USC Energy Institute, home of the Future Fuels Initiative, fosters the transformation of future fuel and energy choices in order to create economically viable and environmentally sound communities worldwide. It develops new paradigms of fuel conversions, carbon neutral energy storage and generation techniques, alternative energy, and global warming mitigation. The activities of the Future Fuels and Energy Initiative are based within the new USC Energy Institute. Learn More

Last updated: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 1:36pm PDT