University of Southern California Randolph Hall Vice President of Research

USC Strategic Vision Academic excellence Transforming education Connecting individual to the world Scholarship with consequence

Core Values “For thirteen decades, USC has been guided by its founding core values: free inquiry, the search for truth, appreciation of diversity, service to community, respect and care for others, and ethical conduct. Like Southern California itself, USC has acted on values of creativity, entrepreneurialism and flexibility.”

USC Does Many Things Patient care through clinics and hospitals Education for undergraduate and graduate students Housing, food services, transportation and event space Community outreach and support for local schools Arts and cultural events Athletics Real estate development Research and development

Institutes Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute Information Sciences Institute Institute for Creative Technologies Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute Stevens Institute of Neuroimaging and Informatics Clinical and Translational Science Institute Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics

Campuses for Research

Campuses for Clinical Research

Keck Medical Center

New Construction

USC Distinctions Over $700 million in annual research expenditures, FY16 18% growth in sponsored research in FY17 Largest self-funded financial aid pool among American universities Second largest federally funded computer science research program of all American universities Largest graduate program in engineering, science and health of all private research universities in America. Second largest of all universities, public or private Tied for #6 in issued patents among US private universities Second most international students of any American university Largest private employer in Los Angeles

Office of Research Research Ethics: Human Subjects, Animal Research, Scientific Integrity, Conflicts of Interest, Research Policies Research Administration: Contracts and Grants, Stevens Center (Patents, Licenses, MTAs) Research Advancement: Support for major funding pursuits, Internal seed funding

Research.USC Resources Processes, procedures, who does what, policies, guide to research at USC Training resources, training finding Guides to funding by agency Grants Databases: solicitation search engine, alerts Access to software, digital.usc.edu Major centers, innovations, research news