Slots: As per Agilent: “We invite many top universities to nominate one candidate. Of course, if your university is so fortunate as to have two world-leading early career professors in the area of this call, please do nominate both.”
Deadlines
Internal Deadline: Tuesday, January 18, 2022
LOI: N/A
External Deadline: February 25, 2022
Award Information
Award Type: Grant
Anticipated Award Amount: An unrestricted research award of $120,000 to be distributed in 2 years to university in the professor’s name. (Option to use all or part of award to obtain Agilent products at 50% discount; option to accelerate payments to facilitate procurement of equipment with list price over $120,000).
Who May Serve as PI:
- Significant original research contributions enabling measurements of importance to Agilent Technologies and the world
- Outstanding potential for future research
- Professor completed Ph.D. (residency in case of M.D.’s or M.D. Ph.D’s) not earlier than January 2012.
Link to Award: https://www.agilent.com/univ_relation/profaward/index.shtml
Process for Limited Submissions
PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Office of Research Application Portal: https://orif.usc.edu/oor-portal/.
Materials to submit include:
- (1) Single Page Proposal Summary (0.5” margins; single-spaced; font type: Arial, Helvetica, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 1-page limit will be excluded from review.
- (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)
Note: The portal requires information about the PIs and Co-PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#, Gender, and Ethnicity. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.
Purpose
The purpose of the Agilent Early Career Professor Award is to:
- Promote and encourage excellent research enabling measurements of importance to Agilent Technologies and the world
- Establish strong collaborative relationships between Agilent researchers and leading professors early in their career
- Build the prominence of Agilent as a sponsor of university research
Selection Criteria
- Significant original research contributions enabling measurements of importance to Agilent Technologies and the world
- Outstanding potential for future research
- Professor completed Ph.D. (residency in case of M.D.’s or M.D. Ph.D’s) not earlier than January 2012. See FAQ
- Alignment with the 2022 Focus: Contributions to the development of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Vision technologies for intuitive Collaborative Robots (Cobots) to address demands for a flexible next-generation workforce in manufacturing applications.
Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.