Engineering a Digital Transformation Journey between Higher Education and Industry

Digital transformation is rethinking how an organization uses technology, people, and processes that create faster and better business models through instantly accessible data. Digital transformation is an in-depth analysis of organizations looking to accelerate, scale operations, and create new revenue streams while changing customer expectations around products and services. Investment in research, innovation, and technology…

Monthly Update – May 2023

Congratulations to our awardees! We are happy to announce the awardees for the Office of Research & Innovation (OORI) President’s Sustainability Initiative Award (PSIA) program. We received 25 proposal applications for which six were awarded: Professors William Berelson (Dornsife) and Kelly Sanders (Viterbi): A network of air quality sensors to serve LA communities impacted by point source emissions…

USC Stevens Executes Exclusive Global IP Licensing Agreement with NeOnc Technologies

In honor of Brain Cancer Awareness Month, USC Stevens Center for Innovation is proud to announce that we have executed an exclusive global IP licensing agreement with NeOnc Technologies for an enhanced method of delivering novel pharma therapeutics to the brain. This USC licensing agreement is notably considered the largest IP transfer for the commercialization…

Monthly Update – April 2023

Don’t Miss the Deadline – New OORI- Funding Opportunity! We have added a new 2023 submission deadline for our SBIR/STTR grant program – May 26. The Research & Innovation office will award over $7.5M in grants to USC faculty in fiscal year 23-24. Upcoming proposal submission deadlines also include May 15 for the Collaborative Research Planning Award (CRPA)…

Research Recap – April 2023

Research creates innovative discoveries that ultimately impact people’s lives. From studies linking brain age to stroke outcomes to discoveries being driven by AI, there were multiple discoveries made in the month of April. With so much research and innovation taking place, there’s a reason why USC is considered one of the nation’s top universities.  To…

USC Ranked in NAI’s Top 100 Worldwide University Utility Patent Holders

To celebrate World IP Day, April 26, 2023, the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) released its annual list of the Top 100 worldwide university utility patent holders. These rankings are based on calendar year data provided by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and NAI has been releasing these rankings since 2013.  We are excited…

Andrew T. Guzman Named USC Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Andrew T. Guzman, noted scholar of international law and economics and current dean of the USC Gould School of Law, has been named USC’s next provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, USC President Carol L. Folt announced Tuesday. To read the full story, click here.

Monthly Update – March 2023

Research and Scholarship Training Workshops: The Center for Excellence in Research spring 2023 workshops are now open for registration on our website! More will be added throughout the semester. If you would like to be updated about new workshops, please join our mailing list. Do you have an idea for a workshop? We would love to hear from you! FEDERAL…

Dental Day 2023 Winners Announced by USC Stevens Center

Every year, the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry hosts a Research Day where students, faculty and staff are commemorated for their incredible research in dentistry, dental hygiene, physical therapy, occupational therapy, biokinesiology, and occupational science. This event includes keynote speakers and a poster session that is followed by awards presented to the best posters in several categories.…

Center for Translational Research on Environmental Health

Center for Translational Research on Environmental Health aims to apply novel team-science approaches to address today’s key pressing environmental  health issues and understand the risk factors that continue to drive obesity, type 2 diabetes, metabolic disease and cancer through translational research design.