The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to share monthly report listing new grant awards UofSC faculty researchers across the university system received between March 1, 2021 and March 31, 2021. Please note that some awards received toward the end of that period might have missed the reporting cut-off. In such cases, the award will be listed in the next monthly report. Our office is proud to share these successes with the university research community. Please join us in congratulating our excellent researchers on their new grant awards.
Get the March 2021 New Grant Awards Report (pdf).
Summary of Large March 2021 Grant Awards |
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PI Name |
PI College/Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Fridriksson, Julius |
Arnold School of Public Health - Communication Sci & Disorders |
Center for the Study of Aphasia Recovery (C-STAR) |
National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)/NIH |
$12,502,356 |
|
Abraham, Michele |
Darla Moore School of Business - Small Business Dev. Ctr. |
SC Small Business Development Centers Program Announcement - SBA 2021 Funding Opportunity |
US Small Business Administration (SBA) |
$1,887,354 |
|
Skipper, George |
University of SC Beaufort - BFT Academic Affairs |
South Coast Regional Cybersecurity Education and Development Program |
US Department of Defense (DOD) |
$1,302,815 |
|
Hardaway, Chad |
Economic Engagement - Ofc of Economic Engagement |
University of South Carolina OEE PTAC |
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)/DOD |
$522,164 |
|
Shustova, Natalia |
College of Arts and Sciences - Chemistry & Biochemistry |
Synthesis of Hierarchical Materials with a Tunable Photoisomerization Response |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$458,902 |
|
Downey, Austin |
College of Engineering & Comp. - Mechanical Engineering |
Real-time Model Updating for Structures in Shock Environments |
AFOSR/DOD |
$450,000 |
|
Benitez-Nelson, Claudia |
College of Arts and Sciences - Arts & Sci. - Dean's Office |
Collaborative Research: Foraminiferal Ecological Response to Ocean Conditions in the Northwest Pacific Ocean |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$377,418 |
|
Eberth, Jan |
Arnold School of Public Health - Epidemiology & Biostatistics |
Rural Health Research Center Program 2020 (Award Transfer from SCRF to USC) |
Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)/HHS |
$370,000 |
|
Giurgiutiu, Victor |
College of Engineering & Comp. - Mechanical Engineering |
Hybrid physics-based AI-enabled crack-length estimation from AE signal signatures |
Office of Naval Research (ONR)/DOD |
$300,000 |
|
Eberth, Jan |
Arnold School of Public Health - Epidemiology & Biostatistics |
Rural Border Health Chartbook: An Update |
National Rural Health Association (NRHA)/FORHP/HRSA/HHS |
$175,000 |
7 April 2021