Postdoctoral Programs
Our postdoctoral programs cross boundaries and take scholars to the next steps of their career with the connections and community that we offer. With the help of the USC Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, programs are tailored to prepare postdocs for careers as independent researchers, academics and leaders of their chosen fields.
USC’s Postdoctoral Community
Connect with the USC Postdoctoral Association for a vibrant postdoctoral community with events and networking opportunities. Leadership within this community offers significant benefits: showcasing leadership skills through collaborative goal-setting, enhancing team-centered soft skills for future roles, collaborating with like-minded peers to improve the postdoctoral experience, influencing career development events, and expanding industry networks through seminars and workshops with professionals and alumni. Join USC’s postdoctoral community in shaping a supportive and enriching postdoctoral journey at USC and CHLA.
Signature Programs
USC Society of Fellows in the Humanities
USC Society of Fellows in the Humanities is an interdisciplinary community of postdoctoral scholars and faculty members in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. With its focus on cross-discipline approaches, it promotes intellectual exchange for research and teaching.
USC – CONACYT Postdoctoral Scholars Program
In collaboration with Mexico’s National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), this joint program provides postdoctoral scholars from Mexico with one- or two-year postdoctoral fellowships in fields related to science, technology and innovation. This strengthens USC’s leadership in global research collaboration by promoting increased scientific capacity and technological innovation between the United States and Mexico.
Taiwan-USC Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
In partnership with The Ministry of Education of the Republic of China (Taiwan), this joint program accepts up to 10 Taiwanese scholars for two-year postdoctoral fellowships in the fields of sustainable energy, technology, engineering, biomedicine and the biological sciences.
Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholars Program for Clinical Residents and Fellows
This signature program gives senior residents and fellows the unique opportunity to spend a significant portion of their training period in pursuit of research or scholarly activity. The program is only geared to senior members of residency programs and/or fellowship programs at University Hospital, LAC+USC Hospital or Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
Program For Faculty Diversity
This program enhances the diversity of postdoctoral scholars at the university and builds a pool of exceptional, underrepresented minority candidates for the next generation of faculty across higher education. These scholars will link the expertise of USC faculty and doctoral students with the knowledge and unique experience gained through their own research and scholarship.