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, November 1 and Wednesday, November 30, 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 November 2022 New Grant Awards |
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PI Name |
PI College/Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Dougal, Roger |
College of Engineering & Comp. Electrical Engineering |
Phase III - Digital Twins for Resilient Power and Energy Systems | Office of Naval Research (ONR)/DOD | $9,964,825 |
| Marlowe, Bruce |
University of SC Beaufort BFT Education |
Melding Academics, Support, and Training of Educators for higher Retention Yields (MASTERY) | U.S. Department of Education (USDE) | $4,737,917 |
| Googe, Heather |
College of Education Child Development Res. Center |
Building a Statewide System for Inclusion 2022-23 | SC Department of Social Services (DSS)/HHS | $1,505,525 |
| Monrad, Diane |
College of Education SC Educational Policy Center |
Evaluation of Georgetown County School District’s Pathways to Success Magnet Program | Georgetown County School District/USDE | $1,000,000 |
| Donaldson, Bobby |
College of Arts and Sciences History |
NPS AACR: Booker T. Washington High School Auditorium Building | National Park Service/DOI | $500,000 |
| Jalilvand, Golareh |
College of Engineering & Comp. Chemical Engineering |
High Capacity and Longevity Cathodes for Li-S batteries | NantG Power, LLC | $350,000 |
| Crouch, Elizabeth |
Arnold School of Public Health Health Services Policy & Mgmt |
FY22 MIECHV Coordinated Evaluation Proposal | Children's Trust of South Carolina/HRSA | $322,680 |
| Besmann, Theodore |
College of Engineering & Comp. Mechanical Engineering |
Development of Thermochemical Database for Predicting UN Fuel Systems Under Irradiation | Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC/DOE | $211,440 |
| Black, Shelandra |
School of Law Children's Law Center |
De-Institutionalizing South Carolina's Status Offenders | South Carolina Department of Public Safety/DOJ | $199,044 |
| Von Nessen, Joseph |
Darla Moore School of Business Moore Sch - Div. of Research |
NIWC Atlantic: Economic Impact Analysis | NIWC Atlantic/US Navy/DOD | $176,000 |
November 2022 Awards by College
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Workman, Lauren | Applied Research & Evaluation (CARE) | SC MIECHV FY22 Coordinated State Evaluation (2022-2024) | Children's Trust of South Carolina/HRSA | $150,896 |
| Porter, Dwayne | Environmental Health Sciences | Habitat Mapping in Support of Resiliency and Adaptation Planning within the National
Estuarine Research Reserve System |
Pew Charitable Trusts | $175,472 |
| Fraley, Amy | Exercise Science | Yoga Practices on Improving Balance, Performance, and Anxiety in Collegiate Athletes | National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) Research and Education Foundation |
$1,000 |
| Fraley, Amy | Exercise Science | Who Serves Those Who Serve? The Availability of Athletic Trainers to ROTC Programs Across the United States | National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) Research and Education Foundation |
$1,000 |
| Moore, Robert | Exercise Science | IPA Agreement with Dorn VA Medical Center - Robert Davis Moore | WJB Dorn VA Medical Center/VA | $7,700 |
| Thrasher, James | Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior | Removing the marketing power of cigarettes: A multi-method study aimed at protecting
the health of adolescents in Latin America |
University of Stirling/Medical Research Council (MRC), UK | $40,448 |
| Crouch, Elizabeth | Health Services Policy & Mgmt | FY22 MIECHV Coordinated Evaluation Proposal | Children's Trust of South Carolina/HRSA | $322,680 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| King, Adam | Archaeology & Anthropology | Administrative Services for ArchSite II, 2022-2024 | SC Department of Transportation (SC DOT) | $139,877 |
| Strosnider, William | BARUCH COASTAL LABORATORY | Quantifying ecological responses following floating treatment wetland application in brackish stormwater ponds | Clemson University (South Carolina Water Resources Center - SCWRC)/DOI | $33,545 |
| Li, Jie | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Improving PMP models for pre-clinical testing and evaluating PMP-associated bacterial functional metabolites in PMP progression and treatment | National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)/ACPMP | $50,000 |
| Shimizu, Ken | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Hydrogen bonding protecting groups | Petroleum Research Fund (PRF)/American Chemical Society (ACS) | $110,000 |
| Ellis, Jean | Geography | RAPID: Impacts and recovery of natural and managed coastal dunes on a South Carolina barrier island from Hurricane Ian | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $25,610 |
| Donaldson, Bobby | History | NPS AACR: Booker T. Washington High School Auditorium Building | National Park Service/DOI | $500,000 |
| Elfenbein, Jessica | History | Wood Basket of the World: Lumbering, Manufacturing, and Conserving South Carolina's Forests | SC Humanities/NEH | $2,000 |
| Wang, Zhu | Mathematics | Nonlinear Hamiltonian and Lagrangian Model Reduction for Ocean Simulation and Tethered Air-Surface Vehicle Control | University of California - San Diego/ONR | $69,099 |
| Przybysz, Jane | McKissick Museum | SCAC Folklife Partnership Grant Renewal | SC Arts Commission | $70,517 |
| Barra, Monica | School of Earth, Ocean & Env. | SSRC Arts Research with Communities of Color (ARCC) Fellowship | Social Science Research Council (SSCR)/Wallace Foundation | $70,000 |
| Frost, Daniel (Dan) | School of Earth, Ocean & Env. | Collaborative Research: RAPID: Capturing the Elgin-Lugoff earthquake swarm with a dense nodal array | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $7,390 |
| Henderson-Platt, Andrea | Sociology | Science and Religion of the Human Body | Rice University/The Issachar Fund | $42,054 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Googe, Heather | Child Development Res. Center | Building a Statewide System for Inclusion 2022-23 | SC Department of Social Services (DSS)/HHS | $1,505,525 |
| Dickenson, Tammiee | Research, Eval., & Measurement | Evaluation of Young Men United Pilot Program | United Way of the Midlands/SCDE | $35,000 |
| Monrad, Diane | SC Educational Policy Center | Evaluation of Georgetown County School District’s Pathways to Success Magnet Program | Georgetown County School District/USDE | $1,000,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Jalilvand, Golareh | Chemical Engineering | High Capacity and Longevity Cathodes for Li-S batteries | NantG Power, LLC | $350,000 |
| Qian, Yu | Civil & Environmental Eng. | Matching Funds for 10011055 Quantitative Assessment of the Influence of Drainage on Track Support | Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc. | $30,000 |
| Dougal, Roger | Electrical Engineering | Phase III - Digital Twins for Resilient Power and Energy Systems | Office of Naval Research (ONR)/DOD | $9,964,835 |
| Besmann, Theodore | Mechanical Engineering | Development of Thermochemical Database for Predicting UN Fuel Systems Under Irradiation | Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC/DOE | $211,440 |
| Besmann, Theodore | Mechanical Engineering | Determining Uncertainties in Computed Vapor Pressures and Solubilities in Values Computed
from the MSTDBTC Library of Relation |
Terrestrial Energy, LLC/DOE | $154,911 |
| Reynolds, Anthony | Mechanical Engineering | University of South Carolina subcontract in support of Thrust 1, Project 5 Solid Phase
Processing at the Extreme associated with LDRD award: 73950 SPP Discovering Thermomechanical Pathways. |
Battelle Memorial Institute (Pacific Northwest Division)/DOE | $60,000 |
| Reynolds, Anthony | Mechanical Engineering | Support for Friction Extrusion of Titanium at PNNL | Battelle Memorial Institute (Pacific Northwest Division)/DOE | $42,572 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Cooke, Nicole | School of Information Sciences | Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship | American Library Association (ALA)/Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) | $107,886 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Davis, Sarah | Drug Discovery & Biomed Sci. | The role of VMAT-2 in mediating the impact of HIV-1 protein Tat and methamphetamine on dopamine neurotransmission and behavior | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)/NIH | $77,416 |
| Lu, Kevin | Pharm - Clin Pharm & Outcomes Sciences | Repurposing Antihypertensive Drugs in Routine Care to Reduce Dementia Risk | Alzheimer's Association | $150,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Browne, Teri | Social Work - Dean's Office | Helping Patients Achieve Kidney Transplants through Health System Change | Duke University/PCORI | $72,434 |
| Flynn, Cynthia | Social Work - Dean's Office | Fatherhood FIRE/H2O Evaluation Year 3 | SC Center for Fathers and Families (SCCFF)/HHS | $110,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Von Nessen, Joseph | Moore Sch - Div. of Research | South Carolina Arts Commission: Economic Impact Analysis | SC Arts Commission | $15,000 |
| Von Nessen, Joseph | Moore Sch - Div. of Research | NIWC Atlantic: Economic Impact Analysis | NIWC Atlantic/US Navy/DOD | $176,000 |
| Von Nessen, Joseph | Moore Sch - Div. of Research | Midlands Business Leadership Group: 2022-2023 Competitiveness Report | Midlands Business Leadership Group | $20,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Hardaway, Chad | Ofc of Economic Engagement | University of South Carolina OEE PTAC 2022-2023 | Defense Logistics Agency(DLA)/DOD | $616,086 |
| Hardaway, Chad | Ofc of Economic Engagement | USC OEE PTAC - Matching Funds 2022-2023 | SC Department of Commerce (SCDOC) | $170,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Harrill, Richard | Hotel, Restaurant & Tour Mgmt | An Investigation of Visitor Profile and Economic Impact of the Five Points District, Columbia, South Carolina | Five Points Association | $25,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Birnie, Stephen | UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT | Bulletproof Vest Partnership 2022 | Office of Highway Safety and Justice Programs (OHSJP)/SCDPS/DOJ | $7,716 |
| Birnie, Stephen | UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT | Body Worn Camera Fund 2023 | SC Department of Public Safety | $65,340 |
| Birnie, Stephen | UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT | In Car Camera Video Program 2023 | SC Department of Public Safety | $10,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Black, Shelandra | Children's Law Center | De-Institutionalizing South Carolina's Status Offenders | South Carolina Department of Public Safety/DOJ | $199,044 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| J da Costa, Tiago | Cardiovascular Translational Research Center |
Decoding the impact of O-GlcNAc, Sex, and Age on Cardiovascular Disease | American Heart Association (AHA) | $145,020 |
| Yates-Wilson, Beverly | Internal Medicine | Prisma Annual Support 2022-2023 | SC Research Foundation (SCRF)/Prisma Health: Office of Community Health | $50,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Stevens, Margie | Medicine Greenville | Harm Reduction Academic Detailing | National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)/CDC | $35,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Marlowe, Bruce | BFT Education | Melding Academics, Support, and Training of Educators for higher Retention Yields (MASTERY) | U.S. Department of Education (USDE) | $4,737,917 |
| Epstein, Sheldon | BFT Law Enforcement | South Carolina DPS Body Worn Cameras | SC Department of Public Safety | $11,500 |
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