1. University of Southern California
Randolph Hall
Vice President of Research

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

3. 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.”

4. 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

5. 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

7. Campuses for Research

8. Campuses for Clinical Research

9. Keck Medical Center

10. New Construction

11. 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

12. 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

14. 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