Office of Research and Innovation Continues to Promote Interdisciplinary Startups via USC and Techstars Startup Weekend
The inaugural event of the USC and Techstars Digital Economy Program took place the first weekend in April, serving as the kick-off for the newly announced partnership. The USC and Techstars Digital Economy Program is focused on startups working on digital advancement across bioscience, biomedicine, physical science, engineering, information, and computer sciences.
Office of Research and Innovation (OORI) at USC
The mission of the Office of Research and Innovation at the University of Southern California is to nurture and promote ethical and rigorous research, scholarship, creativity, and innovation to benefit society.
Alfred E. Mann Institute
USC AMI bridges the gap between biomedical innovation and the creation of commercially successful medical products to improve and save lives.
Department of Animal Resources
DAR provides animal procurement, daily animal care, animal health care, and scientific support for USC programs using animals in research and teaching.
Department of Contracts and Grants
DCG supports the research administration process, ensuring it’s consistent with university standards for academic freedom, research ethics, and fiscal responsibility.
Human Research Protection Program
HRPP develops program-wide policies for the conduct and review of human subjects research at USC, provides education and training, and oversees the Institutional Review Boards (IRB).
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
IACUC oversees USC’s animal programs, animal facilities, and policies ensuring appropriate care, ethical use and humane treatment of animals.
Research Initiatives and Infrastructure
RII supports investigators through internal funding programs, limited submissions, shared resources, as well as faculty training via the Center for Excellence in Research.
Research Integrity
ORI fosters a culture of integrity within the entire USC research community by educating investigators about responsible conduct in research and laboratory practices.
Research Strategy and Development
RSD works with faculty and teams on developing large-scale and interdisciplinary research proposals and informing researchers about federally-funded research programs.
Research Technology Services
RTS maintains and supports diSClose (for managing conflicts of interest) and iStar (for research with human subjects, animals, and biohazardous and radioactive substances).
Stevens Center for Innovation
USC Stevens is USC’s technology transfer office and also licenses discoveries, promotes entrepreneurship, stimulates innovation and leads corporate research collaborations.
Research and Scholarship
Find resources for managing scholarly inquiry, including guidelines and policies, a list of centers and institutes, available shared resources, funding opportunities, research training, and COVID-19 research continuity resources.
Research Happening Across USC
The Emmy-winning creator of the Law & Order franchise is supporting the next generation of artists and creative entrepreneurs with a significant contribution to the USC School of Dramatic Arts.
The award-winning journalist will host events and lectures in addition to teaching at the university’s Washington, D.C., base, and participate in events in Los Angeles as well.
The program, a collaboration between USC Annenberg and the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, offered underrepresented students from L.A. schools an opportunity to improve social media’s mental health impact on young people.
USC researchers found that certain neighborhood factors were associated with higher levels of PFAS in the blood of Southern California residents, which increases the risk for disease.
Research Administration
Find resources for research administration, including information on key financial concepts, guides through the proposal and award lifecycle, grants management tools, and how to maintain research compliance.
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- USC-Techstars Digital Economy Program Updates, Fall 2024: IP Momentum, Upcoming Events & Accelerator ProgramIP Momentum Event As part of the USC and Techstars Digital Economy Program, the partners recently hosted a 2-day bootcamp event designed for USC faculty and staff – IP Momentum.…
- USC KSoM Faculty Member, Dr. Mark Humayun, receives $6M Award from California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)The University of Southern California (USC) Office of Research & Innovation (OORI) is delighted to announce and highlight a recent award made by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM),…
- USC Viterbi Faculty Member, Dr. Yasser Khan, Selected for Prestigious Packard Fellows for Science and Engineering 2024 ClassThe Research Strategy & Development (RSD) unit within USC’s Office of Research & Innovation (OORI) worked to support the nomination of faculty members for the 2024 nomination cycle of the…