Office of Research and Grant Development

The Office of Research and Grant Development helps faculty researchers secure large/center research sponsored awards by offering professional research development resources and proposal development.

Find Funding

Check out Limited Submissions solicitations
Use Pivot^® to search funding opportunities totaling in the billions of dollars
Learn about our internal funding programs for faculty

Our Mission

The mission of the Office of Research and Grant Development is to increase large/center funding for USC researchers by promoting collaboration and integrating innovative approaches among the University’s colleges, departments, and centers/institutes. We provide professional research development services, proposal development, and collaborate with the Office of Research Training and Education to assist in the development of external funding proposals. We are a division of the Office of the Vice President for Research.

We help USC research faculty

Locate funding opportunities to support their research.
Develop complex or collaborative research proposals.

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