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 Wednesday, February 1 and Tuesday, February 28, 2023. 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 2023 Grant Awards
PI Name |
PI College/Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Ohrt, Jonathan |
College of Education Educational Studies |
Providing Resources to Increase School Mental Health Supports | US Department of Education (USDE) | $5,003,361 |
| Von Nessen, Joseph |
Darla Moore School of Business Moore Sch - Div. of Research |
SC Housing Finance and Development Authority: FY22-FY26 Economic Impact Analysis | SC Housing Finance and Development Authority | $478,750 |
| Ziehl, Paul |
College of Engineering & Comp. Civil & Environmental Eng. |
HiCam P1.TCP.GEN.01 | National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) | $433,649 |
| Pocivavsek, Ana |
School of Medicine Pharm., Physiology & Neuroscience |
Aging, sleep, and kynurenic acid | National Institute on Aging (NIA)/NIH | $409,750 |
| Tan, Changhui |
College of Arts and Sciences Mathematics |
CAREER: Nonlocal partial differential equations in collective dynamics and fluid flow | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $404,193 |
| Keup, Jennifer |
University 101 U101 and National Resource Ctr. |
National Advising Success Network_Investment Grant: Continuation Funding | NASPA-Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA)/BMGF | $280,878 |
| Hung, Peiyin |
Arnold School of Public Health Health Services Policy & Mgmt |
Addressing Rural Cancer Disparities via Proactive Smoking Cessation Treatment within Primary Care: A Hybrid Type 1 Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of a Scalable Smoking Cessation Electronic Visit | Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)/NCI/NIH | $203,986 |
| Ritter, James |
College of Engineering & Comp. Chemical Engineering |
Evaluation of Adsorbents for Hydrocarbon Adsorption | ColdStream Energy, LLC | $175,000 |
| Whitehead, Dustin |
College of Arts and Sciences Theatre and Dance |
The South Carolina Film Training Partnership (GOS - Get on Set) | SC Film Commission - SC Department of Parks Recreation and Tourism | $150,000 |
| Frizzell, Norma |
School of Medicine Pharm., Physiology & Neuroscience |
Developing Tools to Understand an Alternative Fate of Urate in Neurodegenerative Diseases | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)/NIH | $149,000 |
February 2023 Awards by College
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Moran, Robert | Epidemiology & Biostatistics | International -GRADUATE STUDENT WORK EXPERIENCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNIVERSITY of SOUTH CAROLINA AND BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD of SOUTH CAROLINA | Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina | $9,624 |
| Hair, Nicole | Health Services Policy & Mgmt | COVID-19 Health Disparities and the Economic Security of Families with Children | University of Wisconsin-Madison/SSA | $83,501 |
| Hung, Peiyin | Health Services Policy & Mgmt | Addressing Rural Cancer Disparities via Proactive Smoking Cessation Treatment within Primary Care: A Hybrid Type 1 Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of a Scalable Smoking Cessation Electronic Visit | Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)/NCI/NIH |
$203,986 |
| Natafgi, Nabil | Health Services Policy & Mgmt | Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program | SC Broadband Office (SCBBO) | $125,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| King, Adam | Archaeology & Anthropology | Spanish Mount Archaeological Artifact Processing | SC Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) | $5,804 |
| Senner, Nathan | Biological Sciences | Revealing Unknown Links in the Life Cycle of Shorebirds | Universidad Austral de Chile/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/DOI | $39,490 |
| Cutter, Susan | Geography | Strengthening Charitable Food Systems Capability | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)/Feeding America |
$51,400 |
| Tan, Changhui | Mathematics | CAREER: Nonlocal partial differential equations in collective dynamics and fluid flow | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $404,193 |
| Becker, Kimberly | Psychology | Addressing Conceptual and Pragmatic Challenges to Measuring Use of Research Evidence In Children’s Mental Healthcare by Leveraging Clinical Documentation | William T. Grant Foundation | $50,000 |
| Serang, Sarfaraz | Psychology | Longitudinal Impacts of Pandemic-Induced Disruptions on Adolescent Siblings’ and Parents’
Alcohol Use: A Family Life Course Perspective |
Utah State University/NIAAA/NIH | $61,755 |
| Whitehead, Dustin | Theatre and Dance | The South Carolina Film Training Partnership (GOS - Get on Set) | SC Film Commission - SC Department of Parks Recreation and Tourism |
$150,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Berry, Barnett | Education - Dean's Office | Redefining Professional Learning and Leadership for Deeper, Student-Led Learning and
Career and College-Readiness in South Carolina |
Edu21C Foundation (What School Could Be) | $50,000 |
| Ohrt, Jonathan | Educational Studies | Providing Resources to Increase School Mental Health Supports | US Department of Education (USDE) | $5,003,361 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Mustain, William | Chemical Engineering | Baseline Performance of Commercial AEM Materials | Plug Power Inc. | $100,000 |
| Ritter, James | Chemical Engineering | Evaluation of Adsorbents for Hydrocarbon Adsorption | ColdStream Energy, LLC | $175,000 |
| Shimpalee, Sirivatch | Chemical Engineering | FC MEA Single Cell Characterization, Sensitivity, and Durability Tests | Hyzon Motors USA Inc. | $50,000 |
| Ziehl, Paul | Civil & Environmental Eng. | HiCam P1.TCP.GEN.01 | National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) | $433,649 |
| Ziehl, Paul | Civil & Environmental Eng. | Tooling and Process to fold Carbon Fiber/PPS Panels | Collins Aerospace | $70,943 |
| Harik, Ramy | Mechanical Engineering | HiCAM P1.RIF.DFM.01 | National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) | $26,640 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Wu, Jungmi | Journalism & Mass Comm. | Cancer Communication Ecologies of Asian Americans in the United States | Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) | $5,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Custer, Sabra | Nursing | Interprofessional Education in Infection Prevention: Establishing the South Carolina Regional Infection Prevention Training (SCRIPT) Center | Prisma Health/CDC | $16,676 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Buckhaults, Phillip | Drug Discovery & Biomed Sci. | Inhibiting tumor growth and metastasis in highly aggressive breast cancers with centrosome amplification | Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)/NCI/NIH |
$92,728 |
| Blake, Betsy | Pharm - Clin Pharm & Outcomes Sciences | Model State-Supported AHEC Program | Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) | $46,655 |
| Hastings, Tessa | Pharm - Clin Pharm & Outcomes Sciences | Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Rural Community Pharmacies: Reducing Disparities Through an Implementation Science Approach | UNC Chapel Hill/NIMHD/NIH | $115,369 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Von Nessen, Joseph | Moore Sch - Div. of Research | SC Housing Finance and Development Authority: FY22-FY26 Economic Impact Analysis | SC Housing Finance and Development Authority |
$478,750 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| McCarthy, Cameron | Basic Science Research | Shih‐Chun Wang Young Investigator Award | American Physiological Society | $10,000 |
| Rotholz, David | MDC Ctr Disability Resources | SC Assistive Technology Expanding the Public Health Workforce | Administration on Community Living/HHS |
$80,000 |
| Rotholz, David | MDC Ctr Disability Resources | South Carolina Assistive Technology Program | Administration on Community Living/HHS |
$124,017 |
| Frizzell, Norma | Pharm., Physiology & Neuroscience | Developing Tools to Understand an Alternative Fate of Urate in Neurodegenerative Diseases | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)/NIH |
$149,000 |
| Pocivavsek, Ana | Pharm., Physiology & Neuroscience | Aging, sleep, and kynurenic acid | National Institute on Aging (NIA)/NIH | 409,750 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| O'Rourke, Mark | Medicine Greenville | Sleep Hygiene Education, ReadiWatch actigraphy, and telehealth cognitive behavioral
training for insomnia Effect, on Symptom Relief for Men with Prostate Cancer Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy |
University of Kansas Medical Center, Research Institute, Inc./Oncology Nursing Foundation |
$5,812 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Keup, Jennifer | U101 and National Resource Ctr. | Guided Pathways as a Framework for Institutional Transformation and Five 'Capacity Areas' | NASPA-Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA)/BMGF | $75,000 |
| Keup, Jennifer | U101 and National Resource Ctr. | National Advising Success Network Investment Grant: Continuation Funding | NASPA-Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA)/BMGF | $280,878 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Burns, Francis | SA PALMETTO COLLEGE | Forensic Lab Equipment for Salkehatchie | Western Carolina Higher Education Commission (WCHEC)/USDA | $49,800 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Ruppel, Joshua | UPS Science & En | Power:Ed - ER(Up)T Expansion | Power:Ed | $50,000 |
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