NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS: Janos Peti-Peterdi MD, PhD Peti-Peterdi was inducted into the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, a group of more than 1,700 scientists, researchers, artists and philosophers from across the globe focusing on furthering ethical and scientific values. His induction took place in March in Salzburg, Austria. Peti-Peterdi will also be inducted into the
Go to: https://ooc.usc.edu/ The USC Guide to Research at USC highlights several policies from grant proposal submission to grant award establishment, recharge centers, MTAs and more!
Are you currently looking for funding opportunities? For a listing of current extramural and intramural funding opportunities, please visit: http://www.usc.edu/schools/medicine/school/offices/resadv/newsletter/funding.html USC Office of Research has implemented a new simpler portal for submission of internal research proposals (http://uscapplicationportal.weebly.com/) including both external proposals that are institutionally limited and internal funding programs, such as Zumberge and the Collaboration
If you are looking for help with your budget or assembling grant sections, Janet Stoeckert, director of research advancement, is available to assist you. Contact Janet at (323) 442-3568 or stoecker@med.usc.edu.
Read these updates first: The NIH will not require but strongly encourages institutions to develop and use IDPs for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers supported by NIH awards, regardless of their position title. IDPs provide a structure for the identification and achievement of career goals. Therefore, NIH encourages grantees to develop institutional policies that employ
In the course of your research, have you or your team: Developed cell lines, vectors, software or other materials that may have commercial relevance as tools for other labs? Identified drugable targets in a disease pathway? Developed proteins, small molecules or other compositions of matter that address a medically relevant need? The USC Stevens Center
Session 1 (# 40680): June 15 - 19, 2015, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. Session 2 (# 40690): Aug. 3 - 7, 2015, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. Both sessions will be held in McKibben Hall 256 (MCH 256). This one-week course satisfies NIH RCR training requirements (notice number: NOT-OD-10-019; release date: Nov. 24, 2009)
This retreat, held on Aug. 20, 2015, is intended for research investigators in all disciplines – the sciences, engineering, humanities and social sciences – to learn about the resources available to them at USC. Especially welcome are all new and junior faculty. For this retreat, the USC Center for Excellence in Research (CER) will bring
Promotions We are pleased to announce the promotions or appointments of five of our faculty in the fall of 2014 and spring of 2015. Our congratulations to all! Joseph Ouzounian MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Clinical Scholar) Ouzounian is a graduate of both the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the Obstetrics and
In the last issue, I introduced two new clinical research tools in development, the Clinical Trials Management System (CTMS) and the Research Data Warehouse. In this issue, I would like to let you know about three e-tools that are already in operation and designed to make your research better and easier. The three e-tools are