The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to share our monthly report listing new grant awards UofSC faculty researchers across the university system received between Tuesday, February 1 and Monday, February 28, 2022. 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.
Summary of Large February 2022 Grant Awards |
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PI Name |
PI College/Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Voulgaris, George |
College of Arts and Sciences School of Earth, Ocean & Env. |
Collaborative Research: Dynamics of Cross-Shelf Plumes under Upwelling Wind Conditions | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $867,987 |
| Shapiro, Cheri |
College of Social Work Families in Society, Institute |
Raising Adolescents to be Tomorrow's Leaders | SC Research Foundation (SCRF)/BlueCross BlueShield Foundation of South Carolina | $435,454 |
| Crouch, Elizabeth |
Arnold School of Public Health Health Services Policy & Mgmt |
FY 2021 MIECHV Coordinated Evaluation Project | Children's Trust of South Carolina/HRSA | $321,191 |
| Dallas, Tad |
College of Arts and Sciences Biological Sciences |
MSA: Understanding spatial patterns of abundance and occupancy in terms of taxa, traits, and space |
National Science Foundation (NSF) | $274,542 |
| Reagan, Lawrence |
School of Medicine Pharm., Physiology & Neuroscience |
Personal services contract for Dr. Claudia Grillo | Department of Veterans Affairs | $265,174 |
| Shimpalee, Sirivatch |
College of Engineering & Comp. Chemical Engineering |
Microstructure Model to Predict Lithium-Ion Battery Behavior | General Motors | $244,524 |
| Shazly, Tarek |
College of Engineering & Comp. Mechanical Engineering |
Mechanisms of drug‐coated balloon therapy | Boston University/NHLBI/NIH | $237,817 |
| Kathrein, Katie |
College of Arts and Sciences Biological Sciences |
Ing4-deficiency enhances the regenerative capacity of multipotent progenitor cells | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)/NIH | $212,422 |
| Wilson, Alicia |
College of Arts and Sciences School of Earth, Ocean & Env. |
Studying How Things Fall Apart: Exploring Municipal Services System Failures to Help Develop Science-Based Decision-Points in South Carolina Coastal Communities | SC Sea Grant Consortium/NOAA | $158,346 |
| Workman, Lauren |
Arnold School of Public Health Applied Research & Evaluation (CARE) |
MIECHV Coordinated State Evaluation FY 2021 (2021-2023) | Children's Trust of South Carolina/HRSA | $151,579 |
February 2022 Awards by College
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Workman, Lauren | Applied Research & Evaluation (CARE) | MIECHV Coordinated State Evaluation FY 2021 (2021-2023) | Children's Trust of South Carolina/HRSA | $151,579 |
| Young, Michael | Center for Community Health Alignment | MIECHV Children's Trust PASOs 2021-2022 | Children's Trust of South Carolina/HRSA | $100,000 |
| Andrews, Christina | Health Services Policy & Mgmt | Alcohol treatment in Medicaid managed care plans: Disparities in policies and outcomes Subcontract | Brandeis University/NIAAA/NIH | $23,473 |
| Crouch, Elizabeth | Health Services Policy & Mgmt | FY 2021 MIECHV Coordinated Evaluation Project | Children's Trust of South Carolina/HRSA | $321,191 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Strosnider, William | Baruch Institute | Guiding successful applications of floating treatment wetlands in brackish coastal ponds | NOAA via SC Sea Grant | $135,802 |
| Dallas, Tad | Biological Sciences | MSA: Understanding spatial patterns of abundance and occupancy in terms of taxa, traits, and space | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $274,542 |
| Kathrein, Katie | Biological Sciences | Ing4-deficiency enhances the regenerative capacity of multipotent progenitor cells | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)/NIH | $212,422 |
| Bourbonnais, Annie | School of Earth, Ocean & Env. | Collaborative Research: A Novel Carbon Nanotube Based Phosphate Sensor Using Potentiometric Principles for Oceanographic Use | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $37,467 |
| Meyer-Gutbrod, Erin | School of Earth, Ocean & Env. | Detecting vocalizations of endangered North Atlantic right whales along the winter migration corridor | USC Educational Foundation/Tides Foundation | $124,947 |
| Voulgaris, George | School of Earth, Ocean & Env. | Collaborative Research: Dynamics of Cross-Shelf Plumes under Upwelling Wind Conditions | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $867,987 |
| Wilson, Alicia | School of Earth, Ocean & Env. | Studying How Things Fall Apart: Exploring Municipal Services System Failures to Help Develop ScienceBased Decision-Points in South Carolina Coastal Communities | SC Sea Grant Consortium/NOAA | $158,346 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Berry, Barnett | Education - Dean's Office | Reimagining Education for Whole Adolescent Learning: Role of Teacher Leadership | Stuart Foundation | $100,000 |
| Cook, Daniella | Instruction & Teacher Educ. | TPS Civil Rights K-12 Professional Learning Conference | Eastern Regional Grant program - Waynesburg University/Library of Congress | $24,605 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Mustain, William | Chemical Engineering | Effects of Slurry Design on the Corrosion of Engineered Zn Particles | Duracell | $55,000 |
| Shimpalee, Sirivatch | Chemical Engineering | Microstructure Model to Predict Lithium-Ion Battery Behavior | General Motors | $244,524 |
| Dougal, Roger | Electrical Engineering | Training Future Navy Workforce II | Florida State University (FSU)/ONR | $71,425 |
| De Backer, Wout | Mechanical Engineering | NASA - Induction Heating Evaluation for braided CF/TP Composites | NASA John H Glenn Research Center | $38,718 |
| Shazly, Tarek | Mechanical Engineering | Mechanisms of drug‐coated balloon therapy | Boston University/NHLBI/NIH | $237,817 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Colón-Aguirre, Monica | School of Information Sciences | Identifying Opportunities for Retention of BIPOC Librarians Using Survival Analysis | University of Buffalo/IMLS | $58,806 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Shtutman, Michael | Drug Discovery & Biomed Sci. | RNA-SEQ LIBRARY PREPARATION AND ILLUMINA/RESEARCH for the Columbia VA | Department of Veterans Affairs | $3,136 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Shapiro, Cheri | Families in Society, Institute | Raising Adolescents to be Tomorrow's Leaders | SC Research Foundation (SCRF)/BlueCross BlueShield Foundation of South Carolina | $435,454 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Pennington-Gray, Lori | Hotel, Restaurant & Tour Mgmt | Tourism Crisis Management Plan for the island of Caye Caulker – Climate Resilient Plans for the Emerging Destination of Caye Caulker Village | Inter American Development Bank (IADB) | $40,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Nair, Sharad | Cell Biology & Anatomy | IPA Assignment Agreement for Sharad Nair | WJB Dorn VA Medical Center/VA | $71,102 |
| Nagarkatti, Prakash | Path, Microbio. & Immunology | BSRA Board Meeting | Battelle Savannah River Alliance/DoE | $869 |
| Reagan, Lawrence | Pharm., Physiology & Neuroscience | Personal services contract for Dr. Claudia Grillo | Department of Veterans Affairs | $265,174 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| O'Rourke, Mark | MDG OFFICE OF FACULTY AFFAIRS | SWOG NCORP RESEARCH BASE | Oregon Health & Science University/NCI/NIH | $99,173 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Montie, Eric | BFT Natural Sciences | Bottlenose Dolphin Monitoring in the Port Royal Sound Area – Establishing a Flagship Program for the Port Royal Sound Foundation | Port Royal Sound Foundation | $37,500 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Webb, Ginny | UPS Science & Eng | CoVAC Mini Grant | American College Health Association (ACHA)/CDC | $3,000 |
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