Latest Updates

    • An honor for a Dornsife faculty member;
    • Report of 2 external funding successes;
    • A USC internal funding opportunity;
    • Current external funding opportunities, including 2 limited submissions;
    • Announcement of the 2nd of a 3-part series on SBIR / STTR applications presented by the Center for Excellence in Research; and
    • Announcement from DCG on YouTube videos on the NIH grant processes.

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August 2023

    •  Accolades for 3 faculty members;
    • External funding success for 3 Dornsife faculty;
    • Current and diverse funding opportunities; and
    • NEWSFLASH! (2) from DCG on (1) system-related timelines for NSF platforms; and (2) developing ideas as you think about applying for funding.

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    • 1 honor for College faculty member;
    • Another great external funding report — 6 Dornsife faculty;
    • Many and diverse and current funding opportunities, including 3 limited submissions.

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    • An accolade for a distinguished Dornsife faculty member;
    • Terrific external funding success obtained by 6 College faculty;
    • Current external funding opportunities, including 1 limited submission; and
    • As we begin the academic year, the Center for Excellence in Research offers a series of research-related workshops. We announce the first one here.

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    • External funding success achieved by 5 Dornsife faculty;
    • Current and diverse external funding opportunities, including 3 limited submissions.
    • Repost of our previous announcement of the Office of Research and Innovation’s Navigating Research and Scholarship at USC workshop.

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July 2023

    • Terrific external funding successes from 4 Dornsife faculty;
    • One USC internal funding opportunity;
    • Current and diverse external funding opportunities, including 2 limited submissions; and
    • Memo from USC Research and Innvovation on NEW NSF mandated requirements for the responsible conduct of research.

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    • External funding success achieved by 4 College faculty;
    • A diverse and current crop of external funding opportunities, including 5 limited submissions;
    • An announcement of the upcoming scholarship and research opportunities presentation sponsored by the Office of Research and Innovation.

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    • Another terrific external funding success week achieved by 6 Dornsife faculty;
    • External current and diverse funding opportunities, including 2 limited submissions; and
    • More  info on the DMPTool resources

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    • Terrific external funding success. Congrats to Mathematics for obtaining multiple (count them:4) awards!
    • Current and diverse external funding opportunities, including 3 limited submissions. Note the Teagle Foundation opportunity which we reported the week of June 26th without limited info, now has that information and the internal due date is this Friday.
    • Information on NIH’s DMPTool that can assists researchers when creating data management plans. We will have more info next week on this innovation.

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June 2023

    • An accolade for one Dornsife investigator;
    • Great external funding success for 5 college faculty;
    • Current and diverse external funding opportunities, including 2 limited submissions
    • A couple of announcements from DCG on updated version of diSClose and an update of the clinical trials website.

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    • Accolade for 1 faculty member;
    • External funding success achieved by 3 Dornsife faculty members;
    • External funding opportunities, including 2 limited submissions.
    • Department of Contracts & Grants information on the process and contacts for  various types of agreements that are not routed through Cayuse. Department administrators ought to be aware of these processes.

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    • Honors for 2 Dornsife faculty members — Congrats!;
    • Great external success for 2 faculty members;
    • A myriad of external funding opportunities, including 5 limited submissions; and
    • An update from NSF on science and infrastructure funding in Antarctica for the upcoming 2023-2024 year.

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    • Accolade(s) for 1 Dornsife faculty member!
    • Funding success for 2 Sociology faculty;
    • An internal funding opportunity directly from the Office of Research and Innovation;
    • Many current external funding opportunities including 2 limited submissions;
    • A one-pager from NIH’s Division of Human Subjects Research that provides  useful info for investigators who work with human subjects, courtesy Department of Contracts and Grants.

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May 2023

    • This week’s report includes a notable achievement for one Dornsife faculty member;
    • Great funding report data that includes funding success for 4 faculty members;
    •  One  USC internal funding opportunity;
    • Diverse and current external funding opportunities, including one limited submission;
    • Announcement of interest from DCG.

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    • One external funding success by a Dornsife investigator;
    • Current and diverse external funding opportunities, including 2 limited submissions from the American Diabetes Association; and
    • A repost of an upcoming workshop (tomorrow, Thursday May 25th) on the new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), of which a funding opportunity from this entity is also included in this week’s report.

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    • Recognition for 2 Dornsife faculty members;
    • External funding success achieved by 3 College faculty;
    • External funding opportunities including 3 limited submissions; and
    • Request for Information from DARPA
    • Communication from DCG on NIH updates

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    • External funding success by 3 Dornsife investigators;
    • External funding opportunities, including 1 limited submission; and
    • Announcement of the second Center for Excellence in Research workshop for the summer series.

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    • Lauds for 3 Dornsife faculty members. Congratulations to all!
    • Terrific external funding success acheived by 4 faculty members;
    • Current external funding opportunities, including 2 limited submissions; and
    • An announcement of the Center for Excellence in Research’s first workshop for the summer featuring Dornsife’s Chief of Grant Strategy, Heidi Parker and her colleagues. The presenters will discuss the importance of Broader Impacts in NSF proposal submissions.

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April 2023

    • Kudos to 2 new recipients of the Simons Investigator in Aquatic Microbial Award!
    • Great external funding success for 5 Dornsife faculty;
    • Current and diverse external funding opportunities, including 3 limited submissions.

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    • Prestigious award for 1 USC Dornsife faculty member;
    • External funding success for 3 Dornsife faculty;
    • Several external funding opportunities, including 3 limited submissions.
    • Brief DCG information on erroneously-initiated proposals in Cayuse.

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    • Prestigious award for 1 Dornsife faculty member
    • External funding success for 3 Dornsife faculty
    • Several external funding opportunities, including 3 limited submissions
    • Brief DCG information on erroneously-initiated proposals in Cayuse

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    • High recognition for one USC Dornsife faculty member
    • External funding success for one College faculty member
    • Diverse and current funding opportunities, including three limited submissions
    • Announcement of the final Center for Excellence in Research workshop for the Spring 2023 semester.

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March 2023

    • Accolade for one Dornsife faculty member;
    • External funding successes for two faculty members;
    • Current and diverse funding opportunities; and
    • An announcement of the Center for Excellence in Research workshop — this time on intellectual property and how to protect yours.

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    •  Long awaited report of funding successes for 6 Dornsife faculty
    • A generous harvest of current funding opportunities, including 3 limited submissions each of which has a very close timeline; and
    • Information on an upcoming workshop on Proposing Large Scale Grants presented by James Murday, USC Office of Research Advancement in DC.

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    • High recognition for 2 Dornsife faculty members;
    • Many and diverse current external funding opportunities, including 3 limited submissions;
    • Announcements of 2 Center for Excellence in Research workshops, both taking place tomorrow; and
    • NewsFlash from the Department of Contracts and Grants with info on proposal routing in Cayuse SP.

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    • Accolade for one Dornsife faculty member;
    • External award funding for two Dornsife faculty members — Congrats! (See our note on announcing external funding successes as reported by the Department of Contracts and Grants);
    • External funding opportunities, including three limited submissions.

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    • Accolade for one Dornsife faculty member;
    • Robust external funding report;
    • Internal funding opportunity announcement reported last week, now with additional info;
    • Current funding opportunities;
    • Announcement of upcoming Center for Excellence in Research workshop;
    • Information on (1) Cayuse (SP) which is operational as of today; and (2) negotiated F&A and FB rates.

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