These online courses are intended for USC doctoral students.
The deadline to complete the activities is May 31, 2026.
- Writing a Research Paper: 2nd Edition
- Writing and Publishing a Review Paper: 2nd Edition
- Publishing a Research Paper: 2nd Edition
- Building a strong online researcher profile
- Creating Successful Research Posters
- Research Integrity: Publication Ethics
- Effective Science Communication
- Focus on Peer Review
- Narrative Tools for Researchers
- Advancing your Scientific Presentations
- Getting an Academic Research Position
- Experiments: From Idea to Design
- Persuasive Grant Writing
- Finding Funding Opportunities
- Managing Research Data
- Data Analysis: Planning and Preparing
- Data Analysis: Conducting and Troubleshooting
- Interpreting Scientific Results
- Networking for Researchers
- Introduction to Collaboration
- Leading a Collaboration
- Participating in a Collaboration
- Choosing the best journal for your paper
- Strengthening your reviews
- Strategies for choosing your journal
- Promoting your research online
- Navigating scientific writing
- Maximising the impact of your paper
- Mastering your manuscript revisions
- Leveraging your online researcher profile
- Increasing your visibility using social media
- Demystifying grant budgets