Research News Highlights
USC’s thriving research community is making headlines across platforms this month. Check out these three features covering battery innovation, neurology healthcare and robotics.
- SC Daily Gazette: Lithium fires burn hotter and longer. Here’s how SC is preparing for a growing battery industry.
- SC Business News: University of South Carolina unveils statewide neurology health network expansion
- WLTX News19: P.A.L.: The future of battery production in South Carolina
The Propel Research Mentorship Program is accepting applications for 2024-2025
The Office of the Vice President for Research is now accepting 2024-2025 Propel applications. Complete application packages are due by Monday, July 1, 2024. The Propel Research Mentorship Program is designed to support faculty members who are new to the federal grants application process or have had success in securing relatively small grant awards, and are ready to apply for an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or a relatively large grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Program activities for the 2024-2025 Propel class will run from August 23, 2024 through May 2, 2025, and participants will submit their proposals no later than June 2025.
Click here to read more and apply for Propel.
Anticipate changes to the NIH and NSF grant process in 2024
Application and peer review processes for NIH and NSF grant funding will be implementing anticipated changes soon. To ensure researchers are well prepared for these changes, the Office of the Vice President for Research will be offering Q&A sessions and further information in the coming weeks. Researchers are encouraged to check out the NSF website (some changes taking effect now) and the NIH blog (changes to policy occur in January 2025) for more information.
23 May 2024