The UofSC Aiken Sponsored Research Office assists and facilitates sponsored program activity on campus. It helps identify external funding sources, helps develop new sources of funding, provides programs to help improve grant skills among faculty and staff, assists individuals in grant writing and budget planning, and provides review of grant proposals before they leave campus.
Director of Sponsored Research
Dr. Nathan Hancock
803-641-3390All proposals/budgets must be submitted through USCERA (Preferably 3-4 days before the due date) for approval and submission.
Resources for proposal preparation can be found at the USC Sponsored Awards Management website.
USC Sponsored Awards Management website
Includes resources for:
The USCA coordinator at the USC Sponsored Awards Management is Elizabeth Schenk. For help with awards management, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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Name |
Amount |
Description |
Due Dates |
|
RISE |
$6,000 |
Financial support for research and scholarly activities at USC's system campuses (i.e. USCA) |
November |
|
ASPIRE I |
$15,000 |
Financial support for research and scholarly activities at all USC campuses |
January |
|
ASPIRE III |
$100,000 |
Infrastructure support such as multi-user equipment and facilities |
February |
|
Summer Scholars |
$5,000 |
Mentoring a STEM student in the Summer Scholars Program |
Spring |
|
HAS Travel Award |
~$1,000 |
Travel funding for those presenting scholarly work at conferences and meetings |
Spring and Fall |
|
SMART |
$1,000 |
Mentor an underrepresented minority student for an 8 week summer research program |
Spring |
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Name |
Amount |
Description |
Due Dates |
|
UofSC Aiken Connections |
$1,000 |
Mentored undergraduate scholarly/creative activities |
November |
|
USC Magellan |
$3,000 |
Mentored undergraduate scholarly/creative activities |
Oct and Feb |
|
Summer Scholars Institute |
$3,000 |
STEM summer research program for high school and undergraduate research |
Spring |
|
SC INBRE |
Various |
Mentored biomedical undergraduate research |
November |
|
McNair Trio |
$2,700 |
Summer residency program for minority and disadvantaged students considering graduate studies |
Spring |
|
SMART |
Underrepresented minority summer research program |
Spring |
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