These are competitions for awards by outside agencies for which USC can nominate a limited number of candidates. Applications for any of the awards listed here must go through an internal review process and receive approval from the USC administration prior to submission to the sponsoring agency. Moreover, internal USC application deadlines are typically at least one to two months in advance of the sponsoring agency’s own deadlines, given the time required for the internal review process.

Please note that applicants are only allowed to submit one application per limited submission opportunity per cycle.

It is important that you carefully read the request for proposals (RFP) from the foundation to ensure that your proposal meets the aims of the external sponsor.

Faculty should indicate their interest in being considered for a given competition prior to the internal selection process being initiated and their research dean at least two months in advance of the sponsor's deadline.

Investigators interested in applying for any of the awards should contact Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) at rii@usc.edu.

PIs must create their own SurveyMonkey account in order to proceed with submission.

If you are experiencing technical issues using this Limited Submission workspace, please contact RII at rii@usc.edu.

Click here for program information and deadline.

PLEASE NOTE that you must select 'Review' then 'Submit" at the bottom of the Review tab in order to complete your submission to Research and Innovation.