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Researchers should continue to work with their school-level COVID-19 research processes. We have entered Phase 3: research activity is ramped up from 50% to normal capacity, while continuing to adhere to physical distancing, PPE, and testing guidelines and vaccination recommendations. Major changes include: For full updated details of USC research under COVID-19 conditions, please look here. FACULTY…
As of September 23: We are in Phase 5. While USC now supports fully in-person operations, the actual split between remote and in-person work will be determined and communicated by unit leadership based on restart guiding principles. Masks are still required in health care settings, if you have COVID-19, or for 10 days following exposure. (learn…
Below you can 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. Financial Concepts Cost Sharing Understand proposing and tracking cost sharing. Cost Transfers Understand the mechanics of all cost transfers. Effort Certification Process for managing sponsored…
Below you can find links to resources for managing scholarly inquiry, including USC guidelines and policies, a list of centers and institutes, available shared resources, funding opportunities, research training, and COVID-19 research continuity resources. Get Started About the Proposal Process Learn about institutional information, budget basics, rates (fringe, indirect costs), and graduate student and postdoc…
Welcome to the Office of Research and Innovation (OORI) at the University of Southern California. Our mission is simple, to enhance research at the University of Southern California and our surrounding innovation ecosystem and ensure our research is compliant with government and university policies. Our team helps our community make astonishing discoveries, be creative, and translate…
Upcoming Office of Research Internal Grant Deadline: Collaboration Fund (April 5, 2021), supporting research collaborations among faculty and students working on interdisciplinary societally-relevant research topics. Coming soon: Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) Survey: STARS is a transparent, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to measure their sustainability performance. As part of USC’s STARS reporting, faculty will be asked via their schools to participate in a brief survey about research & scholarship…
All researchers must follow these guidelines in addition to the rest of the information given in our COVID-19 Research Continuity Guidelines and Resources section: Continue to maintain highest safety practices in all in-person activity and use remote work methods whenever possible. Any faculty, staff, or student with any symptoms of COVID-19 or who has been exposed to someone…
Below you can find a list of required training from the Research Training Finder to ensure your research project and team are in compliance with USC policy, federal and state laws, sponsor requirements, and award terms and conditions. In addition, each semester our Center for Excellence in Research organizes training for USC researchers. These courses…
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.…
Safe research continues at USC: Please always look here for regular updates on research during COVID-19. Currently, any work on campus requires a weekly negative COVID-19 test. Per the LA County regulations, USC is currently vaccinating USC community members (including researchers) who are 65 or older. Internal Funding Deadline Reminders: The Zumberge Individual Research Award (Feb 1, 2021); USC Stevens – Technology Advancement Grants (TAGs) (Feb 5, 2021); Zumberge Interdisciplinary Large Research Award (February…