USC Neighborhood Outreach
USC Neighborhood Outreach exists for the sole purpose of enhancing the quality of life in the neighborhoods surrounding the University Park and Health Sciences campuses. Gifts from USC faculty, staff and other donors through the annual USC Good Neighbors Campaign are the primary source of USC Neighborhood Outreach funding.
USC Neighborhood Outreach considers grant applications from USC employees, academic units and other university departments working in partnership with community-based, tax-exempt organizations operating in the neighborhoods surrounding the University Park and Health Sciences campuses. Applying for USC Neighborhood Outreach grants is a competitive process, and not all proposals can be funded, including continuation applications for programs that have received funding in the past.
Since issuing its first request for proposals in January 1995, USC Neighborhood Outreach has funded more than 459 programs with annual budgets ranging from $3,000 to $55,000.
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Featured Program
USC STAR Program
The USC STAR (Science, Technology and Research) Program educates children and their teachers - from kindergarten through 12th grade - about science, math, engineering and the unlimited potential of science and engineering to enrich not only their classroom learning but also their lives.
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Featured Program
USC Mission Science
USC Mission Science reinforces children’s natural curiosity about their world and how things work by offering them opportunities to tinker with things and ideas, and to learn about science in an informal atmosphere.
