One day left to register as a reviewer for Discover USC 2025!
When presenter registration for Discover USC 2025 closed earlier this month, more than 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students, medical scholars and postdocs had submitted poster abstracts to present at this year’s showcase event. Organizers are seeking presentation reviewers to help ensure that all of these presenters receive the feedback and support they need to get the most out of this professional development experience. We encourage faculty, staff, graduate students and postdocs from USC and Prisma Health to register by Friday, March 28, to serve as reviewer. Reviewers can serve for a half day or a full day at Discover USC 2025, coming up on Friday, April 25, 2025, at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.
Join us Friday, April 11 for the Propel AI Visiting Expert Series: Chris Potts
The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to present a talk by Chris Potts, a linguistics and computer science professor in the Stanford AI Lab and Natural Language Processing Group. Potts will be visiting the University of South Carolina on Friday, April 11 to share his insights on how generative AI is reshaping fundamental questions about how language is acquired and understood. We strongly encourage you to join the livestream webinar, which will be broadcast from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The webinar will also be recorded for those who are unable to join the live session. Please register to attend.
RISE and Excel funding programs announce the outstanding recipients for 2025
The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to announce two internal funding awards at once. We are excited to share the 25 recipients of the 2025 Research Initiative for Summer Engagement (RISE) program grant awards. These outstanding faculty researchers from USC’s system campuses will receive RISE funding to support their summer research projects. We are also pleased to share that 25 faculty projects from 13 different departments across the USC Columbia and Palmetto College campuses will receive Excel funding in 2025.
Graduate advisors: Maximize the impact of your students' research through the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program provides funding for Ph.D. candidates in the physical sciences to conduct part of their thesis research at a U.S. DOE National Laboratory. The program can support your graduate students to conduct part of their Ph.D. research at DOE National Laboratories in collaboration with DOE scientists.
Applications to the program require a research proposal prepared by the graduate student under the supervision of their Ph.D. thesis advisor, and the deadline of the current solicitation is May 7, 2025. More information is available here.
Southeastern Microscopy Society meeting to be held in Columbia, SC May 14-16, 2025
The Southeastern Microscopy Society (SEMS) is a professional organization dedicated to advancing research in the life, medical, and physical sciences through microscopy. Registration is now open for the 2025 Southeastern Microscopy Society meeting to be held at the Courtyard by Marriott May 14-16, 2025. The SEMS Conference will feature presentation opportunities for faculty and students, a micrograph competition and more. Click here to learn more about the meeting and register to attend. If you are interested in giving a talk or poster, SEMS is also calling for papers. Please visit the website to submit your work.
USC Columbia Faculty: Sign Up for a Summer Mentoring Opportunity with the SC Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics
The SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics (GSSM) is seeking USC faculty willing to mentor their academically advanced high school students (rising seniors) during a six-week in-person Summer Program for Research Interns (SPRI). The program runs from Sunday, June 8 through Friday, July 18, 2025. Mentors must be USC faculty located on the main Columbia campus. If you have a summer research project for one or more SC GSSM high school students, please complete this form. For questions, please contact Lauren Clark, Director of Undergraduate Research, at clarkll@mailbox.sc.edu.
SHARPGrads Registration is Open!
Attention Columbia campus graduate students! Register now for SHARPGrads, the Skills, Habits, And Research Program for Graduate Students. This virtual workshop series, which will run August 2025 – April 2026, allows Columbia campus grad students to earn a certificate of completion and digital badge while learning valuable research skills that are often not included in the curriculum. Learn more and register here. Participation is capped at 100 students, so register soon!
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.
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