Office of the Provost

Office of Research

• PI Academy

  Ongoing

  The Office of Research offers educational opportunities for USC faculty researchers at all career stages to increase research funding competitiveness.

  The PI Academy introduces faculty members to grant processes at USC and provides guidance on administering grants through various university offices.

• Required Research Training and Resources

  Asynchronous and ongoing

  University of South Carolina offers a variety of training and educational opportunities for those involved in all aspects of research. Training requirements and resources are explained regarding: Human Subjects Protection; Good Clinical Practice; Animal Care Use; Responsible Conduct of Research; Export Controls.

• Propel Research Mentorship Program

  Application (nomination)

  Supporting new and early-career faculty is one of our key missions. The Propel Research Mentorship Program provides participating faculty nine months of face-to-face intensive mentorship, education, editing support and more as they plan, draft, finalize and submit a proposal for a federal grant from either the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or the National Science Foundation (NSF).

• Research Computing Workshops and Tutorials

  Ongoing

  The Research Computing program (RC) works with researchers to improve their project performance and secure computing resources not only at the university level but beyond, to National Labs and other high profile HPC resources (e.g., Hyperion High Performance Computing (HPC) supercomputer cluster, the Linux computing environment, machine learning and deep learning, scientific computing programming languages, and quantum computing.

• Propel AI (nomination)

  Propel AI (Artificial Intelligence) grows faculty competence in cutting-edge AI technologies and the rapidly changing landscape of AI research. The program incubates brand new research initiatives in AI and enhances interdisciplinarity collaborative partnerships.
  
  Program participants will engage in six one-day workshops led by expert guests with a focus on hands-on skill building, creative planning and built-in networking. They will also match with a group of fellow Propel AI scholars with intersecting interests for guided small group conversations.

Thomas Cooper Library Workshops

Ongoing

The library offers a number of workshops throughout the year. Many of these are designed to support faculty research. Topics include: Data Management, Text Analysis, Publishing in Scholarly Journals, Publishing and Digital Scholarship, Text and Data Mining & Analysis, Data Visualization, Artificial Intelligence, Research Computing, and Citation Management Tools.

For more information and to view a calendar of workshops, visit thelibrary website.

Agency Workshops

Ongoing and online

Agency workshops introduce grant-awarding agencies, their funding opportunities and effective strategies for crafting agency-specific proposals.

For more information and to view a calendar of workshops, visit the Research Training and Education Services website.