Internal Funding Opportunities

Internal - For USC Faculty only

•  Research
  • VSoE Research Innovation Fund
  • Zumberge Research and Innovation Fund
  • Ming Hsieh Institute for Research of Engineering-Medicine for Cancer
  • USC Collaboration Fund
  • SoCal Environmental Health Sciences Center
  • WiSE Program (undergrad, PhD topoff and faculty)
  • Core Infrastructure Fund (3 types of awards)
  • Keck School of Medicine CTSI Pilot Grants
  • Stevens IDEAS Empowered
  • VSoE Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition

• Travel
  • Student/postdoc: some departments (ex: MFD), WiSE ($300 in state, $500 out of state, $700 international)

• Student Support
  • Top-off awards: WiSE, Viterbi Merit
  • Entering PhD student Fellowships: Provost’s, Annenberg (EE/CS), Viterbi, Rose Hill’s (limited to SoCal residents), Diversity, Ming Hsieh (EE), Mork (MASC/CHE/PTE), Alfred Mann (Biology/medicine/Engineering), Chevron (CHE/PTE/EE/CS/ME/MASC)

• Undergraduate Students
  • Undergraduate Research Associates Program (URAP): $3,000/student stipend + $300 other; faculty must apply; funding during summer or academic year, but limited to $3k/student per year.
  • Merit Research Program: typically undergrads enter with MR, but select upper classman are offered MR support.  Faculty can nominate upper classman.  Nominations should be directed to Louise Yates, Dean of undergraduates; funding during summer or academic year – but limited to $2k/year
  • WiSE Undergraduate Research Grant: must be a female student, typical GPA > 3.5; can only be awarded twice.  Funding during summer or academic year.
  • Rose Hills: must be a junior in engineering, SoCal resident, and GPA>3.5; only provides funding during summer.
  • Provost’s: GPA>3.5; provides funding during summer or academic year.