Required research security training now available

The University of South Carolina is committed to advancing research excellence while ensuring compliance with evolving federal regulations and sponsor agency requirements. To support this goal, the Office of Research Security has launched a set of required, web-based research security training for covered individuals involved in research activities at the university. 

Research security training provides the information and guidance researchers need to understand potential threats and risks to the research ecosystem, protect sensitive research and intellectual property, and ensure compliance with U.S. government mandates, including those outlined in NSPM-33 and the CHIPS and Science Act. Learn more about this required training, who should take it and how to access it via the Research Training and Education Services website. Please note that covered individuals are required to complete all applicable training modules no later than Thursday, May 1, 2025.

 

Reviewer registration deadline for Discover USC 2025: March 28, 2025!

This year, Discover USC will be held on Friday, April 25, 2025, at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. The USC community is invited to attend Discover USC and learn firsthand about current research and scholarship from hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students, medical scholars and postdocs. Work presented at Discover USC spans disciplines to represent the wide variety of scholarship at South Carolina’s flagship university.

Get an overview of the important details, changes and updates here!

Deadline to register as a reviewer: Friday, March 28, 2025

 

Call for submissions: The South Carolina Academy of Science (SCAS) invites student researchers to present at the SCAS Annual Meeting

The SCAS Annual Meeting will take place at Coastal Carolina University on Saturday April 5, 2025.

This one-day event in conjunction with The South Carolina Junior Academy of Science (SCJAS, high school students) Annual Meeting brings together over 300 students from throughout the state. The meeting features a distinguished plenary speaker, followed by an awards ceremony. Please, visit our website for registration and abstract submission guidelines. Breakfast and lunch are included, and parking is free. 

Abstract Submission Deadline: extended to March 12, 2025

Registration Deadline: March 15, 2025

Students are encouraged to present -- 

• Oral Presentations – (10-12 minutes each, PowerPoint format, 2-minute Q&A) in the fields of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Field Biology & Environmental Science, Astronomy & Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science

or

• Poster Presentations – in the fields of Biochemistry, Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Field Biology/Environmental Science, Marine Science, Public Health, Astronomy and Physics, Meteorology/Climatology, Computer Science and Engineering

Graduate Students are welcome to present posters.

 

USC National Laboratories Office hosts 2025 Discovery Dialogues 

Join the USC National Laboratories Office (NLO) for three Spring 2025 seminars for USC undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing. Learn more about the 2025 Discovery Dialogues here. 

The next Discovery Dialogues session will take place on Wednesday, March 19, noon to 1:00 p.m. (in person and virtual). Register here.

 

The Office of the Vice President for Research launches new ASPIRE AI research funding 

Since 2012, ASPIRE has been one of the university's primary funding mechanisms to support research by USC faculty at all levels, across all campuses. ASPIRE AI expands the reach of this program to include research projects focused specifically on artificial intelligence. ASPIRE AI particularly emphasizes support for faculty integrating and developing novel AI applications who intend to pursue subsequent extramural funding, as well as interdisciplinary teams who combine AI expertise with domain knowledge.

All ASPIRE AI 2025 proposals are due before 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Click here to view the 2025 ASPIRE AI information page.

If you have questions about the ASPIRE AI program, please contact Julie Morris at jamorris@mailbox.sc.edu. 

 

 

 

6 March 2025