Grant Support Services

Academic Enrichment and Conferences (AEC) assists USC faculty, Principal Investigators, sponsored awards managers, and academic units with achievement of outreach objectives related to training grants, professional development, national and international conferences and symposiums, continuing education, and other dissemination initiatives.

Key Benefits

Having a designated office and personnel for logistics guarantees grant-awarding agencies that grant-funded personnel dedicate time and effort to the achievement of grant/sponsored award objectives, and delegate the tedious tasks of arranging travel, negotiating hotel contracts, and on-site services to AEC's professional experts. Professional logistics management assures selection of appropriate venues, ease of travel for participants, and strength in negotiating contracts for the best price.

Services Available

The services available in support of these activities can be customized to suit the needs of a particular grant. Please contact us at (803) 777-9444 or confs@mailbox.sc.edu ; with sufficient notice, we are able to provide text content for grant proposals describing the services to be provided, and a detailed budget.

Conferences, Symposiums and Training Seminars

• Total conference management services (registration, travel and hotel reservations, nametags, billing, payment distributions, and reimbursements, fiscal management, facilities, meals)
• You choose the venue – USC, Columbia , or anywhere in the U.S. – or international sites
• Negotiations with vendors (convention centers, hotels, airlines, banquet facilities)
• Communication with selected participants, attendees, faculty, and staff
• administrative support and business services, including payment of stipends for grant-paid travel expenses for attendees
• 24/7 contact person during conferences, symposiums, and training
• on-site personnel to provide registration, check-ins, and participant assistance

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Board Reviews and Site Visits

• Site selection, booking, and set-up
• VIP services
• Travel services
• Meals and break services
• All services available for conferences

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Summer Youth Programs

• Student enrollment management services, including marketing/recruitment, distribution/receiving/processing of applications, data entry, and coordinating selection of applicants with faculty or staff committees.
• Day-to-day project administration, including coordinating required services both on and off campus (residential housing, facilities rental, transportation, health/medical care, dining/meals); correspondence with participants; coordination of disability accommodations; provision of student development and social activities
• Non-Instructional Personnel, staff training and supervision, including program management staff; summer residential counselors; administrative support staff; 24/7 contact person during summer programs; and on-site personnel for orientation session and summer check-in/departures; staff training.

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Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and
Certificate Programs

• AEC is USC's designated central office to award institutional CEUs; our Project Coordinator can aid faculty or staff in determining an optimal CEU or Certificate program for attendees at conferences, symposiums or training seminars for a low cost per person.

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