Office of Sponsored Programs

The Office of Sponsored Programs at USD partners with faculty, administrators, and graduate students to provide a variety of pre-award services for externally-funded projects.

These services include concept development and identification of potential extramural funding sources, proposal and budget preparation, and the submission of innovative, high-quality, competitive proposals. Our team is committed to providing quality service and support to the university community.

Research Highlights

NSF Revised Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (nsf19001)

The San Diego Union-Tribune highlights: Group seeks to educate students, teachers on signs, dangers of human trafficking

Clean Energy Accelerator Awarded $1.5 Million Federally Matched Grant to Expand Energy Startup Support in the Inland Empire

$100 million is ordinary money in the world of 'El Chapo'

History Professor Dr. Thomas Barton Receives NEH Research Grant

Join NSF Program Director Julie Martin on December 4, 2018, between 2-3pm, in the Humanities Center, SH-200

NSF Revised Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (replaces nsf18001)

The San Diego Union-Tribune highlights: Girls become 'Cyber Scouts' in USD computer class

NSF announces new measures to protect research community from harassment (nsf18-082)

NSF Important Notice No. 144: Harassment (February 8, 2018) (in144)

NSF Prospective New Awardee Guide (January 2018) (nsf18033)

New NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 18-1) Has Been Issued

USD Awarded NSF Grant for Community Engagement Project

USD McNair Scholars Program Gets Five-Year Funding Renewal from U.S. Department of Education

USD Receives $1.6 Million Grant to Provide Innovative Behavioral Health Training

USD Opens Center to Aid Local Startups

REU Fellows Expand Knowledge via Summer Research

Science Society Honors University Professors

Videos

Watch: Dr. Janel Ortiz launch study to track the Wild Birds Tracking San Diego’s Parrots: USD Biology Instructor Launches Study to Track the Wild Birds
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Watch: Office Hours with Odesma Dalrymple, PhD Prof. Dalrymple teaches classes in industrial and systems engineering.
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Watch: Office Hours with Imane Khalil, PhD Prof. Khalil teaches classes in mechanical engineering.
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Watch: Research Week 2018 with Provost Gail Baker Provost Baker and two professors discuss the power of research experiences for students.

USD Earns NSF Grant to Fill Void in Research Enterprises for College Students

Keck Foundation Awards USD's Humanities Center $250,000

The Campaign for USD: Fighting the Good Fight

USD Magazine: "Nutritious. Delicious. Ambitious"

Union Tribune Highlights how SD School take on Sex Trafficking

Carpenter's Research Triggers Declaration of "Human Trafficking Month" by San Diego City Council

NSF Awards Nearly $1.7 Million to CUR to Create Research-Based Curricula

USD Professor Earns Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

University of San Diego Awarded NSF Grant for Engineering Conference

"Is Baja CA becoming a War Zone?" KPBS Radio Interview with Dr. David Shirk

Parents Just as Wary of Neighborhood Schools as They Were Five Years Ago

 

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