Office of Research and Grant Development

The Office of Research and Grant Development helps faculty researchers and administrative staff secure research sponsored awards by offering training, funding search tools, proposal development support and more.

Find Funding

Check out Limited Submissions solicitations
Use Pivot^® to search funding opportunities totaling in the billions of dollars
Learn about our internal funding programs for faculty

Our Mission

The mission of the Research and Grant Development Office is to increase funding for USC researchers by promoting collaboration and integrating innovative approaches among the university’s colleges, departments, and centers/institutes. We provide staff training and faculty education to assist in the development of external funding proposals. We are a division of the Office of the Vice President for Research.

We help researchers and support staff

Get the training necessary to secure and administer funding.
Locate funding opportunities to support their research.
Develop complex or collaborative research proposals.
Connect with federal officials in person with free research flights.

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