USC Team Receives $500,000 from NEH for “LA2026” Project
The Office of Research and Innovation is thrilled to announce the recent award made by the National Endowment of the Humanities to the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute. Dr. Peter Mancall previously received internal funding and support from OORI’s Research Initiatives and Infrastructure unit to support and supplement their eventual submission to NEH.
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Alfred E. Mann Institute
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Human Research Protection Program
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Research Happening Across USC
- Trojans demonstrate products as varied as a new language app and a novel beverage device at event sponsored by the USC Office of Research and Innovation and the USC Stevens Center for Innovation.
- USC researchers led the development of a computer simulation that gives astrophysicists a mechanism for testing ideas about dark matter and its behavior in the Milky Way and other galaxies.
- A new study from researchers at USC’s Viterbi Information Sciences Institute takes a data-driven look at geographic health care inequities.
- Researchers identify “meal memory” neurons in laboratory rats that could explain why forgetting lunch leads to overeating.
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- Monthly Newsletter – April 2025Dear Colleagues, Thank you for your patience as we continue to navigate the evolving federal R&D landscape. To address the current challenges, the OORI team organized a workshop, Pivoting with Purpose: Reframing…