Nominations for GE Graduate Assistant Awards

The General Education Committee will resume naming recipients of Graduate Assistant Teaching Awards for contributions to the GE Program during the Fall 2018 – Spring 2019 or Fall 2019 – Spring 2020 academic year.  The GE Committee will continue to recognize faculty who taught last year in the GE program, as was done for the year before.  This year, we will add awards for graduate assistants, who are contributing in many ways through this challenging time. 

Graduate Assistants who served as Teaching Assistants in labs or discussions sections during either of the two prior academic years are eligible to be recognized this spring, unless they have already received this award.  If you have a graduate assistant in your academic unit who provided outstanding service to undergraduates in the GE Program, please nominate that person for an award.  Up to six recipients may be selected, each of whom will receive an award of $1000. 

This is a difficult time to gather materials, so we are asking for a simplified nomination.  Please select a single recipient from your academic unit for a letter of nomination, plus any quantitative data you have on their teaching evaluations.  If you have a syllabus or sample assignment from their lab or discussion section, please include that as well.  All materials should be collected in a single pdf file so they can be shared among members of the selection committee, emailed to gened@usc.edu, by 5 pm on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. 

If you have any questions about the process, please feel free to contact me.       

Thank you.

Richard Fliegel, Ph.D.
Director of General Education and
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
USC Dornsife College, fliegel@usc.edu

BISC Honors 2019-20

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Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Scholarship 2020

The graduate school is delighted to announce that the nomination site for the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Awards is now open. The scholarship recognizes international students pursuing graduate degrees in the U.S. Recipients of the PBK award must be about to begin the final year of their program and be seeking a degree that is considered “terminal” in their field (i.e. PhD).

One award in the amount of $1,000 will be given to a graduate student at USC

Students should complete the attached Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Awards application and upload it to https://provost.sma.usc.edu/prog/gs_pbk by Friday, May 8, 2020.

Two letters of reference should uploaded to the application site by Sunday, May 10, 2020.  One of these letters should be from the student’s faculty advisor.  Students will be able to send a request to their recommenders to upload letters directly through the application site.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Kate Tegmeyer
Assistant Director of Graduate Programs
The Graduate School
Office of the Provost
University of Southern California
Tel: (213) 740-9037 | Fax: (213) 740-9048
gradfllw@usc.edu

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2020 Student Recognition Awards: Call for Nominations

Dear USC Faculty and Staff,
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On behalf of the 2020 Student Recognition Committee, we invite you to nominate undergraduate, graduate and professional students whose dedication and notable contributions have enriched the quality of campus life and in the local, national and international community.

We are asking your support to identify and nominate outstanding students deserving of this special recognition. To be eligible, nominees must be scheduled for graduation in either May 2020 or August 2020. Recent graduates from December 2019 are also eligible. Faculty and staff may nominate as many students as they deem worthy of consideration; however, not all nominees will receive a Student Recognition award.

By honoring these students, USC continues to celebrate the values of leadership, service and engagement. Nominated students may be eligible to receive one of the following awards:
Undergraduate Students:

• The Order of the Torch: Awarded to outstanding undergraduate students whose dedication to leadership and community service go beyond that of their peers.
• The Order of Troy: Awarded to graduating undergraduate students whose leadership, in conjunction with academic excellence, has provided significant value to the USC community.
• The Order of the Laurel and the Palm: Awarded to less than 1% of graduating undergraduate students who have distinguished themselves from their peers in the fields of leadership, scholarship, and service both on and off campus.

Graduate/Professional Students:

• The Order of the Torch: Awarded to outstanding graduate students whose dedication to leadership and community service go beyond that of their peers.
• The Order of Areté: Awarded to graduating graduate students who have demonstrated significant depth and scope of responsibility in leadership roles benefiting their peers and their broader communities.

The nomination and selection process is as follows:
• Nominations are available online starting Feb. 21, 2020 at http://studentrecognition.usc.edu/ and close on Friday, March 6, 2020 (Only complete nominations will be considered.)
• Faculty and staff nominators must provide all information about each nominee’s involvement and justify their excellence in leadership, scholarship, and service.
• Nominators are responsible for the completion of nomination forms for students,which they nominate.

Student nominees will not be involved in the selection process.
• At least three members from the Student Recognition Review Committee will review completed nominations.
• The committee will select based on academic achievement, leadership, and service including those who have enhanced their academics with a variety of co-curricular activities (including paid positions) and have positively contributed to USC.
• The committee will notify award recipients and their nominators via email to attend the USC Student Recognition Ceremony taking place on Thursday, May 14, 2020 at Bovard Auditorium at 1 p.m.

More information about the awards are located on the Student Recognition Awards.

Please direct any specific questions to 2020 Student Recognition Committee Chair, Cynthia Tucker at uscsrc@usc.edu.

Thank you for helping us recognize and honor our outstanding students.

2020 PhD Achievement Award

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2019 BISC Awards

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2019 CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards

Initial Nomination Packages due to grad school by Monday June 17, 2019 via this link.
Three letters of Recommendation for selected applicants due to graduate school by Monday July 1, 2019.

Sponsored jointly by Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, these dissertation awards are made annually to individuals who, in the opinion of the award committee, have completed dissertations representing original work that makes an unusually significant contribution to their disciplines.

2019 Fields of Competition

There are two broad fields of competition for the 2019 dissertation awards:

• Biological Sciences: biology; botany; zoology; ecology; embryology; entomology; genetics; nutrition; plant pathology; plant physiology; anatomy; biochemistry; biophysics; microbiology; pathology; pharmacology; physiology; and related fields. Also included are agriculture, forestry, and related fields.

• Humanities and Fine Arts: history; philosophy; language; linguistics; literature; archaeology; jurisprudence; the history, theory and criticism of the arts; ethics; comparative religion; and those aspects of the social sciences that employ historical or philosophical approaches.

If a dissertation is multi- or interdisciplinary in nature, a significant portion of the work must be comprised by at least one of the 2019 fields of competition.

Eligibility

• USC may nominate one person in the field of humanities and fine arts and one person in the field of biological sciences (for a total of two nominations maximum).

• The effective date of the degree awarded, or the completion of doctoral degree requirements and dissertation, must lie in the period of July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2019, inclusive, for each nominee selected.

Nomination Package 

A complete nomination package includes the following components in this order:

1. An abstract of the nominee’s dissertation (not to exceed 10 double-spaced pages). Appendices containing other material, such as charts, tables, and/or references, may be included as additional pages (not to exceed 10 pages).

2. The nominee’s curriculum vitae (not to exceed five pages). Note: The initial nomination package must be sent as a single pdf document with the file saved as: last name of the nominee and institution (i.e. Smith_USC)

Selected students will also need to submit:
1. Three letters of recommendation evaluating the significance and quality of the dissertation work. One of these letters is to be from the nominee's dissertation supervisor, another from a member of the nominee's dissertation committee, and the third from a person of the nominee's choice.

Award Information:

Two CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards, each consisting of an award of $2,000 and a certificate of recognition, will be presented at the CGS Annual Meeting Awards Luncheon on December 5, 2019, in Nashville, TN. Reasonable travel expenses of award recipients will be covered. Only the winners and the nominating deans will be notified of the outcomes of the competition prior to the Awards Luncheon.

Selection Process: 

The Council of Graduate Schools will name an Award Committee whose members have established records in the disciplinary areas under consideration. Additional consultation may be sought at the discretion of the committee members. The nominated dissertations should represent original work making an unusually significant contribution to the disciplines. Both methodological and substantive quality will be judged.

Please Note: The CGS/ProQuest Award operates on a two-year cycle with regard to fields of competition. The fields of competition for 2020 will be Mathematics, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and the Social Sciences.

Ambassadors of the Future Award - Summer funding opportunity

Prize: Five $5,000 awards are available

Established to support graduate students majoring in the natural sciences who have demonstrated a commitment to work with the Hungarian community.
· GPA of 3.0 or higher
· Preference given to students who foster cooperation between USC and individuals and/or institutions with Hungarian affiliation.

Hungarian international students are welcome to apply.

Submit the following to Kim Allen by April 26th:
STARS report
CV
A brief statement discussing how you have shown a commitment to fostering cooperation between USC and individuals and/or institutions with Hungarian affiliation.

Merit Award for Current Doctoral Students - USC Women in Science & Engineering

The Merit Award for Current Doctoral Students is offered to current Ph.D. students at USC who demonstrate exceptional work in their field. Two candidates will be chosen from the USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences and two from the Viterbi School of Engineering. Candidates are nominated by the faculty. Each one-year WiSE Fellowship carries a stipend of $1,500. To be eligible for the Merit Awards students must plan to be enrolled full-time for both the upcoming Fall and Spring semesters, be in at least their fourth year of study or passed their qualifying exams, and be funded by a 50%-time research assistantship, teaching assistantship, or fellowship during that period. Expected date of graduation should not be earlier than the spring semester.

Deadline: April 1 to Doug Burleson
Award Amount: $1,500.
Application Form: PhD Merit Award Application Form (Application Guidelines)

Purpose:
The purpose of the WiSE Merit Award is to provide advanced doctoral students with an opportunity to be recognized for their achievements. Surveys have shown that the attrition rate of female doctoral students is significantly higher than that of male doctoral students. The WiSE Program hopes this fellowship will provide support and motivation to students on an academic trajectory who demonstrate dedication to increasing the representation of women in science and engineering.

Selection Criteria:
The WiSE Committee will evaluate the excellence of the candidate’s research, the trajectory of improvement, and any other personal/professional attributes that demonstrate how the Merit Award may encourage the candidate to pursue a career in science and engineering.

PhD Achievement Awards

To recognize our current PhD students’ academic professional development, the Graduate School will provide USC PhD Achievement Awards for students with exceptional academic profiles. Six awards of $3,000 will be made to students from across the university. Each recipient’s primary faculty advisor will receive a $500 USC Graduate School PhD Mentoring award. Each USC PhD program may nominate one candidate.

Current students from every PhD program at USC are eligible. The award is for exceptional achievement as a USC PhD student. The student’s overall profile as a doctoral candidate may include such elements as significant publications as the sole or primary author; job offers that signal the outstanding quality of the student’s doctoral work; major awards in a broadly conceived field; and other markers of excellence appropriate to the student’s field.

Departmental nominators will be asked to submit applications with the following information:

• A statement by the student describing her or his academic vision – what s/he has achieved and hopes to achieve in terms of an academic contribution to the relevant field (up to 500 words)
• Documentation for publications, awards, job offers, other achievements
• A letter of nomination from the student’s academic advisor or other faculty member who can put the student’s work into the broader context of the given field
• A copy of the student’s most recent curriculum vitae and transcript
• Sign-offs from the department chair and dean of the school supporting the nomination.
• Contact and general academic information for the nominee and primary faculty advisor

Submissions will be reviewed by an interdisciplinary faculty committee. Recipients of the USC PhD Achievement Awards will be invited to lead the column of PhD graduates at the university commencement.

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Apply today for this unique prize for research in neuromodulation

The Science & PINS Prize for Neuromodulation is awarded for innovative research that modulates neural activity through physical (electrical, magnetic, optical) stimulation of targeted sites in the nervous system with implications for translational medicine. Established in 2016, the prize is awarded annually for outstanding research as described in a 1,500 word essay based on research performed in the past three years.

The winner is awarded US$25,000 and publication of his or her essay in the journal Science. The Grand Prize essay and that of the Runner-up are also published on Science Online.

Watch this video to hear 2018 Grand Prize Winner Nir Grossman and 2018 Finalist Aryn Gittis describe their research and what it means to win this prize.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2019

Submit Your Research →

Learn About the Prize

Rules of Eligibility

Requirements for Submission

Rockwell Dennis Hunt Scholastic Award Application

The Rockwell Dennis Hunt Scholastic Award honors USC graduate students whose undergraduate degree is from USC. The $5,000 award is bestowed at the USC Honors Convocation in April. Applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Earned a bachelor’s degree at USC within the last five years (2014 - 2018)
• Completed at least three years of undergraduate work at USC
• Currently working towards a master’s or doctoral degree at the University of Southern California during 2018-2019

Applications are due through to the Graduate School by Friday, December 7, 2018 at 5pm. The online application is available here: https://goo.gl/forms/pjklsFf2g9bDnzdf2.  One letter of recommendation must be email to gradfllw@usc.edu by Friday, December 7, 2018 at 5pm.

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Student Recognition Awards

The USC Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society invites applications for PKP Student Recognition Awards for the 2018-2019 academic year.  These awards are open to students in all schools at USC, both graduate students and undergraduates, for original works of scholarship or creative arts.

Students must be registered at USC this fall and their applications must be endorsed by a faculty member.  Details are on the attached flier and application form.

Four awards are announced each year at the annual Honors Convocation in the spring.  Student recipients receive $500 in addition to the prestige associated with the award. The submission deadline is December 5, 2018.

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The Irving and Jeanne Glovin Award 2018-19

Attached, you will find this year's announcement for the Glovin Award. This award is granted to a graduate student who demonstrates scholarly excellence and wishes to carry out research into and produce an essay related to the nature of good human conduct. The award consists of a $2,500 research stipend for the student and a $500 research grant for the recipient's project advisor. 

Applications are due no later than Friday, November 2, 2018.

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BISC Awards 2018

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Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists Now Accepting Entries

Who will be the next winner of Science and SciLifeLab’s Prize for Young Scientists? 

The Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists is now open for entries! This is the sixth year that Science and SciLifeLab will present this award, which offers four recent PhD graduates a life-changing opportunity.

Recent doctoral graduates in the life sciences may submit a 1000-word essay based on their thesis work. Four winners — in the categories of Cell and Molecular Biology,
Ecology and Environment, Genomics and Proteomics and Translational Medicine — will be selected for this international award. Make sure your recent PhD graduate doesn’t miss out on this opportunity!

Application deadline: July 15th, 2018

The winners will:
• Have their essay published by Science
• Receive up to 30,000 USD in prize money
• Be honored in Stockholm, Sweden in December

Apply Now

Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Awards

The graduate school is delighted to announce that the nomination site for the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Awards is now open. The scholarship recognizes international students pursuing graduate degrees in the U.S. Recipients of the PBK award must be about to begin the final year of their program and be seeking a degree that is considered “terminal” in their field (i.e. PhD).

Two awards, in the amount of $2,000 will be given to graduate students at USC.

Students should complete the attached Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Awards application and upload it here by Friday, May 4, 2018.

One letter of reference from the student’s faculty advisor should be sent to the graduate school via email at gradfllw@usc.edu by Friday, May 4, 2018.

Please note, to upload PDF files to this site, Google requires that you be signed into Drive. All USC students have access to Google Drive. You can access Google Drive by going to www.usc.edu/googledrive and entering your USC NetID and password. For more information see the ITS website: https://itservices.usc.edu/googledrive/.

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Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists Now Accepting Entries

The Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists is now open for entries! This is the sixth year that Science and SciLifeLab will present this award, which offers four recent PhD graduates a life-changing opportunity.

Recent doctoral graduates in the life sciences may submit a 1000-word essay based on their thesis work. Four winners — in the categories of Cell and Molecular Biology,
Ecology and Environment, Genomics and Proteomics and Translational Medicine — will be selected for this international award. Make sure your recent PhD graduate doesn’t miss out on this opportunity!

Application deadline: July 15th, 2018

The winners will:
• Have their essay published by Science
• Receive up to 30,000 USD in prize money
• Be honored in Stockholm, Sweden in December

Apply Now

Graduate Research Opportunities at DOE National Laboratories

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science is pleased to announce that the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2018 Solicitation 1.  Applications are due 5:00pm Eastern Time on Tuesday, May 15, 2018.

Detailed information about the program, including eligibility requirements and access to the online application system, can be found at: https://science.energy.gov/wdts/scgsr/. 

The SCGSR program supports supplemental awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students to conduct part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE national laboratory/facility in collaboration with a DOE laboratory scientist for a period of 3 to 12 consecutive months—with the goal of preparing graduate students for scientific and technical careers critically important to the DOE Office of Science mission.

The SCGSR program is open to current Ph.D. students in qualified graduate programs at accredited U.S. academic institutions, who are conducting their graduate thesis research in targeted areas of importance to the DOE Office of Science. The research opportunity is expected to advance the graduate students’ overall doctoral thesis/dissertation while providing access to the expertise, resources, and capabilities available at the host DOE laboratories/facilities. The supplemental award provides for additional, incremental costs for living and travel expenses directly associated with conducting the SCGSR research project at the DOE host laboratory/facility during the award period.

The Office of Science expects to make approximately 50 awards in 2018 Solicitation 1 cycle, for project periods beginning anytime between October 29, 2018 and March 4, 2019.

Since its inception in 2014, the SCGSR program has provided support to over 300 graduate awardees from more than 100 different universities to conduct thesis research at 17 DOE national laboratories across the nation.

The SCGSR program is sponsored and managed by the DOE Office of Science’s Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS), in collaboration with the six Office of Science research programs offices and the DOE national laboratories/facilities, and program administration support is provided by the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education (ORISE).

For any questions, please contact the SCGSR Program Manager, Dr. Ping Ge, at sc.scgsr@science.doe.gov.

Travel/Research Awards for Graduate School Funded Fellows

Travel award applications are due to the Graduate School on Friday, March 2, 2018 at 12:00 PM.  Eligible students include Provost’s, DIA, Annenberg, Rose Hills, Global, Endowed, Provost’s Mentored Teaching, Final Year, DOD NDSEG, Haynes, Ford, and Mellon/ACLS.  Joint Graduate School/School fellows are not eligible.  Students are only eligible for one travel award for the entire tenure of their fellowship.

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