The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to share our monthly report listing new grant awards USC faculty researchers across the university system received between January 1 and January 30. 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 January 2024 New Grant Awards |
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PI Name |
PI College/Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Santi, Enrico |
College of Engineering & Comp. Electrical Engineering |
Advanced Controls and Decision Aids Based on Digital Twins for Power and Energy Systems | Office of Naval Research (ONR)/DOD | $9,997,059 |
| Stephenson, Donald |
College of Arts and Sciences Archaeology & Anthropology |
South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology/Savannah River Archaeological Research Program Cooperative Agreement: United States Department of Energy for FY2023 - FY2028 | Savannah River Operations (Administrator)/US Department of Energy (DOE) | $4,964,015 |
| Abraham, Michele |
Darla Moore School of Business Small Business Development |
SSBCI Technical Assistance Grant | JEDA/USDOT | $3,102,893 |
| Waldrop, Susannah |
University of SC Upstate UPS Academic Affairs Admin |
POWER UP | US Department of Education (USDE) | $2,250,000 |
| Suski, Emily |
School of Law Dean's Office |
Medical-Legal Partnerships (MLPs) As an Equitable Child Welfare Prevention Model | USC Educational Foundation/The Duke Endowment | $1,498,000 |
| Boehme, Hunter |
College of Arts and Sciences Criminology & Criminal Justice |
A longitudinal cohort mixed methods study of the impact of mental health on retention and turnover among early career police officers in South Carolina | US Department of Justice (DOJ) | $1,000,000 |
| Leighton, Elizabeth |
College of Education Research, Eval., & Measurement |
Evaluation of School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties Project Aspire Magnet Program | School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties/USDE | $875,000 |
| Smithwick, Julie |
Arnold School of Public Health Center for Community Health Alignment |
Envision Healthy Equitable Communities Year 3 | Wisconsin Department of Health Services/CDC | $858,583 |
| Lopez-DeFede, Ana |
College of Social Work Families in Society, Institute |
Implementing doula care in Medicaid to advance racial equity in severe maternal morbidity | Academy Health/PCORI | $767,990 |
| Rotholz, David |
School of Medicine MDC Ctr Disability Resources |
Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program | Office of Highway Safety and Justice Programs (OHSJP)/SCDPS/DOJ | $765,325 |
January 2024 Awards by College
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Gillam, Pamela |
Applied Research & Evaluation (CARE) |
Aiken County Needs Assessment to Address the Opioid Crisis |
Aiken Center for Substance Use Services |
$61,006 |
|
Workman, Lauren |
Applied Research & Evaluation (CARE) |
Healthy Palmetto Community Focus Groups |
SC Hospital Association Foundation (SCHAF) |
$19,842 |
|
Rawlinson, Kimberly |
Center for Community Health Alignment |
Johnson & Johnson ORTHE CCHA 2024 |
SC Research Foundation (SCRF)/Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc. |
$319,000 |
|
Smithwick, Julie |
Center for Community Health Alignment |
Envision Healthy Equitable Communities Year 3 |
Wisconsin Department of Health Services/CDC |
$858,583 |
|
Fitton, Lisa |
Communication Sci & Disorders |
Reach Every Reader: Dyslexia Screener Validation Program in South Carolina |
Learning Ally (with original funding from the South Carolina Department of Education) |
$190,000 |
|
Liu, Jihong |
Epidemiology & Biostatistics |
Upstate Healthy Start 2023 - 2028 |
Prisma Health - Midlands/HRSA/HHS |
$578,385 |
|
Byers, Megan |
Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior |
Master Plan on Aging Infographics Library |
The Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. |
$10,000 |
|
Draper, Carrie |
Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior |
Project 1: Library Nutrition Support Implementation |
SC Department of Social Services (SCDSS)/USDA |
$141,071 |
|
Draper, Carrie |
Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior |
Project 2: 5-2-1-0 Social Marketing Campaign |
SC Department of Social Services (SCDSS)/USDA |
$181,871 |
|
Draper, Carrie |
Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior |
Project 3: State-Level Food Policy Council |
SC Department of Social Services (SCDSS)/USDA |
$199,916 |
|
Draper, Carrie |
Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior |
Project 4: Local Food Policy Councils |
SC Department of Social Services (SCDSS)/USDA |
$176,093 |
|
Draper, Carrie |
Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior |
Project 5: Transportation and Planning |
SC Department of Social Services (SCDSS)/USDA |
$199,205 |
|
Draper, Carrie |
Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior |
Project 6: Statewide SNAP-Ed Evaluation |
SC Department of Social Services (SCDSS)/USDA |
$196,301 |
|
Draper, Carrie |
Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior |
Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign |
Share Our Strength |
$50,000 |
|
Frongillo, Edward |
Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior |
Healthy Diets Monitoring Initiative (HDMI): Advancing Decision Support Tools |
Trustees of Tufts College/Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
$50,944 |
|
Yang, Xueying |
Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior |
Transitioning youth living with HIV to adult-oriented care: a statewide population-based study |
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)/NIH |
$398,311 |
|
Andrews, Christina |
Health Services Policy & Mgmt |
South Carolina Center for Excellence in Addiction |
South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund (SCORF) |
$352,050 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Goodyear, Albert |
Archaeology & Anthropology |
23-24 Continuation of Analysis and Cataloging of Topper Site Artifacts |
SC Research Foundation/Felburn Foundation |
$30,000 |
|
Stephenson, Donald |
Archaeology & Anthropology |
South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology/Savannah River Archaeological Research Program Cooperative Agreement: United States Department of Energy for FY2023 - FY2028 |
Savannah River Operations (Administrator)/US Department of Energy (DOE) |
$4,964,015 |
|
Morris, James |
Baruch Institute |
Jekyll Creek Thin Layer Placement Monitoring and Analysis of Ecosystem Response |
Georgia Southern University/ERDC-Army/DOD |
$57,597 |
|
Chen, Hui |
Biological Sciences |
Hierarchical Onset of Germ Layer Specification |
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)/NIH |
$36,189 |
|
Walters, Wendell |
Chemistry & Biochemistry |
Assessment of Multiscale Air Quality Model (CMAQ) Representation of Spatiotemporal Atmospheric Nitrate Chemical Production in New England |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$168,980 |
|
Alpert, Geoffrey |
Criminology & Criminal Justice |
Evaluating Artificial Intelligence Interventions in Police Body-Cameras: Truleo + Police Supervision |
Laura and John Arnold Foundation |
$213,603 |
|
Boehme, Hunter |
Criminology & Criminal Justice |
A longitudinal cohort mixed methods study of the impact of mental health on retention and turnover among early career police officers in South Carolina |
US Department of Justice (DOJ) |
$1,000,000 |
|
Kupfer, John |
Geography |
A Proposal to Host the USGS Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center |
NC State University/US Geological Survey/DOI |
$162,899 |
|
Stuckey, Melissa |
History |
2022 HPF AACR - Elizabeth City State University (NPS AACR Historic Preservation Grant) |
Elizabeth City State University/NPS/DOI |
$44,952 |
|
Stuckey, Melissa |
History |
2022 HPF Elizabeth City Sate University - Principal's House Rehabilitation (NPS HBCU Grant) |
Elizabeth City State University/NPS/DOI |
$49,498 |
|
Burgess, Lana |
McKissick Museum |
SCAC Folklife Partnership Grant Renewal FY23-24 |
SC Arts Commission |
$70,517 |
|
Liu, Howard (Hao) |
Political Science |
Informant Networks, Intelligence Selection, and State Repression |
National Cheng Kung University/Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (CCKF) |
$65,700 |
|
Lunz Trujillo, Kristin |
Political Science |
Assessing the Effectiveness of Common Health Messaging Tactics on Self-Reported and Validated Vaccine Uptake – A Multi-Method Approach |
Boston University/NSF |
$17,999 |
|
Smith, Courtnie |
Psychology |
John H. Magill School Mental Health Certificate Program |
SC Department of Mental Health (SCDMH) |
$37,500 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Harshe, Gaurav |
Leadership, Learning Design, & Inquiry |
Building Interfaith America Grant |
Interfaith America |
$4,000 |
|
Leighton, Elizabeth |
Research, Eval., & Measurement |
Evaluation of School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties Project Aspire Magnet Program |
School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties/USDE |
$875,000 |
|
Lewis, Ashlee |
Research, Eval., & Measurement |
Impact Evaluation of Engaging Creative Minds (ECM) Summer and Afterschool Programs - 2023-2024 |
Engaging Creative Minds |
$95,000 |
|
Yow, Jan |
Teacher Education |
Using Research Practice Partnerships to Take Preliminary Steps towards a Full-fledged Investigation of the Influence of Teacher Leaders on STEM Teacher Effectiveness and Retention - Advancing Teacher Leadership by Advantaging Systems: Capacity Building A |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln/NSF |
$20,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Ritter, James |
Chemical Engineering |
Evaluation of Adsorbents for Hydrocarbon Adsorption |
ColdStream Energy, LLC |
$175,000 |
|
Wei, Tao |
Chemical Engineering |
Simulation Studies of New Zwitterionic and Amphiphilic Polymer Surfaces |
Office of Naval Research (ONR)/DOD |
$384,819 |
|
Dykstra, Steven |
Civil & Environmental Eng. |
Using Historical Water-Level Records to Predict the Effects of Relative Sea-Level Rise and Habitat Changes in the SF Bay Delta-Y2 |
California Polytechnic State University/US Bureau of Reclamation/DOI |
$9,741 |
|
Imran, Jasim |
Civil & Environmental Eng. |
NSF Convergence Accelerator Track K: COMPASS: Comprehensive Prediction, Assessment, and Equitable Solutions for Storm-Induced Contamination of Freshwater Systems |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$650,000 |
|
Santi, Enrico |
Electrical Engineering |
Advanced Controls and Decision Aids Based on Digital Twins for Power and Energy Systems |
Office of Naval Research (ONR)/DOD |
$9,997,059 |
|
Crichigno, Jorge |
IIT - Engineering |
DARPA SBIR: CIREN-5G: A novel cybersecurity, resiliency and performance assurance technology for private-5G networks” |
OPEX Systems, LLC/SBIR - DARPA/DOD |
$120,000 |
|
Hikmet, Neset |
IIT - Engineering |
IMAGINE R&D Phase 2 |
Connecting Health Innovations LLC |
$20,730 |
|
Besmann, Theodore |
Mechanical Engineering |
DOE: Effect of Multiple Uranium Complexes on Chloride Fast Reactor Molten Salt Properties |
University of Connecticut/DOE |
$294,657 |
|
Ling, Yue (Stanley) |
Mechanical Engineering |
NASA: Multi-scale simulations of two-phase flows and heat transfer in confined geometries using embedded thin-film models |
NASA |
$224,934 |
|
Sockalingam, Subramani |
Mechanical Engineering |
A-006 Characterization of Composite Material Properties for the LS-DYNA MAT213 Model |
College of Charleston/NASA (EPSCoR) |
$87,415 |
|
Won, Sang Hee |
Mechanical Engineering |
Basic Research on Coke Characteristics of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures and Fuels |
Kyonggi University/Agency for Defense Development of Korea |
$106,060 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Dawson, Robin |
Nursing |
(Mia Barron) Assessing and Improving Communication Strategies Among African American Individuals with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
Rheumatology Research Foundation |
$15,000 |
|
Inman, Dianna |
Nursing |
Improving Access to Care: Early Identification and Treatment of Children and Adolescents in rural underserved communities with ADHD and behavioral disturbances through school-based telehealth |
USC Educational Foundation/The Duke Endowment |
$730,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Porcu, Alessandra |
Drug Discovery & Biomed Sci. |
Circadian regulation of dopamine 1 receptor signaling in the Nucleus Accumbens |
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)/NIH |
$409,750 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Lopez-DeFede, Ana |
Families in Society, Institute |
Implementing doula care in Medicaid to advance racial equity in severe maternal morbidity |
Academy Health/PCORI |
$767,990 |
|
Levkoff, Sue |
Social Work - Dean's Office |
Mobile application for early detection and intervention to reduce psychological distress in informal family caregivers of community dwelling adults with chronic disorders in Thailand |
Brigham and Women's Hospital/NIH |
$40,812 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Von Nessen, Joseph |
Moore Sch - Div. of Research |
MUSC: Economic Impact Analysis |
Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)/MUSC |
$50,000 |
|
Von Nessen, Joseph |
Moore Sch - Div. of Research |
Dorchester Heritage Center: Economic Impact Analysis |
Dorchester Heritage Center |
$30,000 |
|
Abraham, Michele |
Small Business Dev. Ctr. |
SSBCI Technical Assistance Grant |
JEDA/USDOT |
$3,102,893 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Hourigan, Aimee |
Substance Abuse and Prevention |
Harm Reduction Services - State 2024 |
Department of Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS) |
$16,000 |
|
Hourigan, Aimee |
Substance Abuse and Prevention |
Great Plays at Carolina 2024 |
International Town and Gown Association (ITGA) |
$14,999 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Koesters, Todd |
Sport & Entertainment Mgmt |
FC Cincinnati (FCC) Fan Panel Proposal |
Fussball Club (FC) Cincinnati, LLC |
$172,500 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Dhunjishah, L Michelle |
Children's Law Center |
S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice Contract |
SC Department of Juvenile Justice |
$225,000 |
|
Suski, Emily |
Law - Dean's Office |
Medical-Legal Partnerships (MLPs) As an Equitable Child Welfare Prevention Model |
USC Educational Foundation/The Duke Endowment |
$1,498,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Potts, Jay |
Cell Biology & Anatomy |
A novel therapuetic approach to treat cardiovascular disease |
XLerate Health, LLC/NIH |
$25,000 |
|
Rhodes, Morgan |
Family & Preventive Medicine |
Group Education and Diabetes Care: Piloting a New Model within a High-Need Family Medicine Residency Program |
USC Educational Foundation/The Duke Endowmnent |
$575,000 |
|
Rotholz, David |
MDC Ctr Disability Resources |
Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program |
Office of Highway Safety and Justice Programs (OHSJP)/SCDPS/DOJ |
$765,325 |
|
Rahemtullah, Omme-Salma |
MDC Office of Dean |
Improving Fresh Food Access in Rural South Carolina (CRPH) |
SC Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare/SCDHHS |
$150,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Quesnelle, Kelly |
Medicine Greenville |
Sex and Gender Curricular Assessment and Revision (SG-CAR) |
Prisma Health Upstate/NIH |
$253,838 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Cato, Emily |
Health Services |
Choose Well Grant |
New Morning Foundation |
$110,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Britton, Jeanne |
Univ Libraries - Dean's Office |
Library Exhibition -- Letters, Music, and the First Black British Vote: Ignatius Sancho’s Life and Times |
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation |
$10,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Borders, Bryan |
AK Chemistry |
MOF-Based Mercury Sensor Development |
Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC (BSRA)/SRNL/DOE |
$249,548 |
|
Marshall, Nicholas |
AK Chemistry |
Synthesizing, Compounding, and Characterizing a Heat Labile Foam |
Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC (BSRA)/SRNL/DOE |
$210,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Waldrop, Susannah |
UPS Academic Affairs Admin |
POWER UP |
US Department of Education (USDE) |
$2,250,000 |
To request a PDF copy of this report, please contact Elizabeth Renedo at renedoe@mailbox.sc.edu