Office of the Vice President for Research

2024 News

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, September 19, 2024

USC research is having an amazing fall--learn more about the forthcoming USC Brain Health Center, research funding available for undergraduate and graduate students, support services available through University Libraries and more.

New Monthly Grant Awards Report: August 2024

In this month's report, we share new grant awards received by the University of South Carolina's outstanding faculty researchers in August 2024.

Weekly Research Update: September 12, 2024

The university celebrates our major research funding record set in 2024 at the annual State of the University address. This week in the WRU, we are excited to share events for the fall that will support advanced research in AI and STEM, as well as opportunities for undergraduate and graduate student research funding.

Weekly Research Update Special Edition: Thursday, September 5, 2024

This week's special edition of the Weekly Research Update features the breakdown on some top tier news: the University of South Carolina attracted $309 million in grants and sponsored award funding in fiscal year 2024. Thanks to this record-breaking milestone in funding, many exciting and beneficial programs are on the rise and expanding to keep the momentum going.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, August 29, 2024

National Laboratories launches new website, upcoming Functional Genomics Research Core seminar digital PCR demo, internal funding opportunities, mentorship and more in store for Fall 2024.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, August 22, 2024

This week’s research update is packed with exciting opportunities, publications and resources for Fall 2025.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, August 15, 2024

Check out the new Research Training and Education Services website, your one-stop shop for all kinds of research training, serving USC's faculty researchers, research administrators, student researchers and everyone else with responsibilities as part of USC's research enterprise.

Maximizing the Butterfly Effect in Faculty Mentoring

USC Vice President for Research Julius Fridriksson celebrates the beginning of a new academic year with an essay on the importance of mentorship in faculty development, explaining how even his imperfect experiences as a mentee and mentor have reverberated throughout his career in unexpectedly helpful ways.

New Research Training and Education Services website has everything USC researchers need to get up to speed

The Office of the Vice President for Research is proud to launch a new website to serve as a one-stop training resource for faculty researchers, research administrators and others with responsibilities in university research.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, August 8, 2024

News and updates from the Office of the Vice President for Research.

New Monthly Grant Awards Report: June and July 2024

In this month's report, we share new grant awards received by the University of South Carolina's outstanding faculty researchers in June and July 2024.

Excel Program Funding Offers Faculty in Liberal Arts, Humanities, and Social Science Support in 2024-2025

The Excel program has issued a call for proposals for the 2024-2025 awards cycle. See here for information on the Excel research funding program and application details.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, August 1, 2024

News and updates from the Office of the Vice President for Research.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, July 25, 2024

The Weekly Research Update is back with emerging information about policies and an exciting Undergraduate Research event happening later today, July 25, 2024.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, July 18, 2024

The Weekly Research Update is back with exciting news on SC Nexus, AI Institute events and more.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, June 27, 2024

The Weekly Research Update reminds readers about upcoming deadlines and shares information to help you reach your summer research objectives.

Calling all USC Faculty: Apply by July 1 to join the inaugural Propel AI scholar community

Propel AI is a new academic-year-long faculty development program designed to grow competence in cutting-edge AI technology, foster creativity in the ways faculty engage with AI and connect faculty members across disciplinary lines to inspire new collaborative partnerships.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, June 20, 2024

From the industrial revolution to now, we have witnessed the exponential growth of day-to-day tools that make life easier for everyone. Check out the Weekly Research Update to learn how to connect innovative tools to everyday research in 2024.

2024 ASPIRE awards highlight early-career faculty research excellence

Since 2012, ASPIRE has been one of the university's primary funding mechanisms to support research by USC faculty at all levels, across all campuses. In the 2024 ASPIRE emphasizes support to early-career faculty. View the list of 2024 recipients here.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, June 13, 2024

Deadlines are on the horizon for research training and development. Prepare for an upcoming season for research enrichment and growth!

New Monthly Grant Awards Report: May 2024

In this month's report, we share new grant awards received by the University of South Carolina's outstanding faculty researchers in May 2024.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, June 6, 2024

Research Trainings launches STRIVE for research administrators, Propel offers new artificial intelligence research toolkit training and Web of Science offers citation tracking and publication records in an accessible online platform.

USC National Laboratories Office RFP: 2025 Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates programs

The USC National Laboratories Office, a division of the Office of the Vice President for Research, is seeking proposals from USC Columbia faculty PIs to host a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at USC in the summer of 2025. REU concept papers are due by Friday, June 28, 2024.

Research Administrators: Sign up for the new STRIVE training program by July 1

The Office of Research Training and Education is launching a new tiered, academic-year-long training program for research administrators called STRIVE. Sign up by July 1, 2024, to reserve your space in the STRIVE track that is right for you.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, May 30, 2024

Celebrating our spring events in review and looking ahead to deadlines and citation tracking resources for faculty.

Research milestones in review: Spring 2024 through images

Check out some of our important milestones from the Spring of 2024 here!

Weekly Research Update: May 23, 2024

Research highlights in the local news, federal funding updates, Propel Research Mentorship deadlines for 2024, and more!

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, May 16, 2024

USC Brain Health Network celebrates the ribbon cutting of its Sumter location, continuing the network's mission to enhance patient diagnosis and care, and improve access to brain health services in the state of South Carolina.

New Monthly Grant Awards Report: April 2024

In this month's report, we share new grant awards received by the University of South Carolina's outstanding faculty researchers in April 2024.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, May 9, 2024

University libraries usher in a new age of resources with generative AI workshops, Arts and Sciences faculty receive high dual honors in science and humanities and federal grant application processes see changes in the coming year.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, May 2, 2024

University libraries usher in a new age of resources with generative AI workshops, NSF and NIH grant application processes see changes in the coming year, and Discover USC 2024 winners set new records for the annual event.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, April 25, 2024

Special thanks to everyone who made Discover USC 2024 a grand success, your hard work, support and presence at the event is imperative to making our research community an outstanding environment!

Weekly Research Update Special Edition: Discover USC 2024

This week's special edition Weekly Research Update feature important details for Discover USC, which will take place on Friday, April19, 2024 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.

New Monthly Grant Awards Report: March 2024

In this month's report, we share new grant awards received by the University of South Carolina's outstanding faculty researchers in March 2024.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, April 11, 2024

As the semester winds down, the office of the VPR invites you to celebrate an incredible year of research and to look forward to what you can do to make your work have a lasting impact.

Propel Research Mentorship Program open for applications

Call for applications for the Propel Research Mentorship program for the 2024-2025 academic year. Propel offers grant application and project proposal mentorship for early career faculty seeking to advance their skills at procuring prestigious national funding opportunities.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, April 4, 2024

News about April Research Trainings, updates on Discover USC 2024 and much more!

Sign up for Research Trainings in April

The Office of Research Training is pleased to offer a REDCap Survey Development Training Session, Federal Portal Series: NSF Research.gov Training Session and a Federal Portal Series: NIH ASSIST Training Session during the month of April 2024. Sign up links, dates and details included here.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, March 28, 2024

Graduate students and faculty are making moves towards research funding and innovation.

2023-2024 SPARC Graduate Research Grants awarded to 25 graduate students

The Vice President for Research is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 recipients of the SPARC Graduate Research Grant.

New Monthly Grant Awards Report: February 2024

In this month's report, we share new grant awards received by the University of South Carolina's outstanding faculty researchers in February 2024.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, March 21, 2024

Spring 2024 is moving ahead, supercharged for a year of research success at USC!

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, March 14, 2024

Awards season is upon us--with faculty awardees honored from across campus and new projects taking off, the research community at USC is already making great strides in 2024.

Office of Research honors faculty members for supporting important research programs

The Office of the Vice President for Research is proud to recognize 10 faculty members who show an ongoing commitment to supporting internal research programs at USC with two awards, the 2024 Distinguished Research Service Award and the Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor Award.

Sign up for Research Training: Introduction to NIH ASSIST

UPDATE: Registration has been extended for the Introduction to NIH ASSIST Training session. The session will now be offered on Thursday, March 7, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., online via MS Teams. Register by Wednesday, March 6 for this training, targeting faculty and staff members interested in using NIH ASSIST to develop or track proposals.

2024 RISE Grants provide support for faculty summer research projects at USC system campuses

The Office of the Vice President for Research announces the RISE Grant faculty awardees for 2024 funding cycle. These grants help to fund summer research across USC's system campuses.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, February 29, 2024

Semester midpoint brings deadlines and opportunities for learning and expansion in life sciences, PI trainings, Discover USC preparation and more!

Join the USC Research Core teams March 15 for second annual Research Core Fair

The University of South Carolina is hosting a Research Core Fair on Friday, March 15, 2024, to spotlight the wealth of resources at the University that are available to researchers.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, February 22, 2024

Events on the roster for March work to foster research innovation, collaboration and awareness across campus.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, February 15 2024

Research momentum builds across USC with the second annual Research Core Fair showcasing resources, Discover USC showcasing student work, and new training opportunities for faculty and Primary Investigators.

ASPIRE program seeks 2024 faculty research proposals

The ASPIRE program seeks 2024 faculty research proposals. Find the Request for Proposals (RFP) and other important information here for the 2024 awards cycle. ASPIRE 2024 applications are due by Thursday, April 4.

Sign up for Research Training: Introduction to REDCap

The Introduction to REDCap Training session will be offered on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., online via MS Teams. Register by Monday, March 4, 2024 for this training, targeting USC faculty, staff and students who are interested in using the REDCap secure online survey and database tool.

New Monthly Grant Awards Report: January 2024

In this month's report, we share new grant awards received by the University of South Carolina's outstanding faculty researchers in January 2024.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, February 8, 2024

Workshops and online trainings offer opportunities to expand your research skill toolbox. This week's update is fully of events and workshops to boost your research expertise.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, February 1, 2024

Getting to the heart of research success at USC and providing support to researchers at all career stages--read this week's WRU for news on cardiovascular research, Excel awards, Discover USC and so much more.

Long-term collaborative partnership is at the "heart" of a thriving cardiovascular research lab at USC

Drs. Wenceslau and McCarthy apply their partnership at home and in the lab to generate high level research and stay productive in their fields. The couple mentor the next generation of well-rounded, thoughtful and innovative cardiovascular researchers in their lab at the university's Cardiovascular Translational Research Center.

REDCap, a secure online survey and database tool, is now available at no cost for USC users

The Office of the Vice President for Research is excited to offer this new tool to support research, scholarship and other functions vital to our university community. REDCap is now available for use by USC faculty, staff, postdocs and students.

Excel Funding Program announces 2024 faculty recipients in the liberal arts, humanities and social sciences

The Excel Funding Program provides seed funding to liberal arts, humanities and social sciences faculty; Excel also aims to bolster their competitive edge in applying for subsequent external funding. 2024 recipients represent 17 departments across the USC system with diverse research projects.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, January 25, 2024

LinkedIn connects researchers through opportunity-centric networking; NIH fellowships for graduate students made clear through panels and Q&A; Research Core Fair and undergraduate research open new vision for USC's research community.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, January 18, 2024

USC's research impact expands sustainable energy options for the region; undergraduate research funding opportunity deadlines approach; and Research Cores prepare to showcase their resources.

Weekly Research Update: Thursday, January 11, 2024

Research Core Fair to take place in March for the second time; Libraries offer digital resource workshops; new grant awards available for review - 2024 is off to a great start!

Monthly Grant Awards Report: December 2023

In this month's report, we share new grant awards received by the University of South Carolina's outstanding faculty researchers in December 2023.

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