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 June 1-31 and July 1-31, respectively. 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 June 2024 New Grant Awards Report (pdf).
Summary of Large June 2024 New Grant Awards
| PI Name | PI College/Dept. | Title | Sponsor | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong, Bridget | Arnold School of Public Health - Exercise Science | Causes and Consequences of Preschooler's Digital Media Use: The Role of Sleep, Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior and Social Emotional Health | National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)/NIH | $3,205,244 |
| Ellermann, Melissa | College of Arts and Sciences - Biological Sciences | Effects of host endocannabinoid signaling on Enterobacteriaceae infection | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)/NIH | $2,836,269 |
| Abraham, Michele | Darla Moore School of Business - Small Business Dev. Ctr. | SC Small Business Development Centers Program Announcement - SBA 2024 Funding Opportunity (State Director's Office - Lead Center) |
US Small Business Administration (SBA) | $1,994,745 |
| Liu, Chang | Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing - Chemical Engineering | Rapid Culture-Independent Detection of Sepsis Causing Microorganism Directly from Blood | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)/NIH | $1,783,876 |
| Matta, Fabio | Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing - Civil & Environmental Eng. | Durability and Cost-Benefit Assessment of Innovative Materials for Bridge Deck Maintenance and Construction |
SC Department of Transportation (SCDOT)/FHWA | $904,138 |
| Lee, Dongkyu | Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing - Mechanical Engineering | CAREER: Overcoming the trade-off between thermopower and conductivity in transition metal oxides | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $619,214 |
| Meekins, Benjamin | Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing - Chemical Engineering | Direct Seawater Electrolysis using Polybenzimidazole Membranes | Office of Naval Research (ONR)/DOD | $615,000 |
| Bonilha, Leonardo | School of Medicine - Basic Science Research | Brain Connectivity Supporting Language Recovery in Aphasia | National Intitute of Health (NIH) | $545,747 |
| Greytak, Andrew | College of Arts and Sciences - Chemistry & Biochemistry | Achieving structurally indexed measures of nanocrystal surface reactivity toward advanced applications | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $530,909 |
| Banerjee, Sourav | Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing - Mechanical Engineering | Physics Deep-link and Digital Twin for Structural Health Monitoring of Naval Structures | Office of Naval Research (ONR)/DOD | $450,000 |
Get the July 2024 New Grant Awards Report (pdf).
Summary of Large July 2024 New Grant Awards
| PI Name | PI College/Dept. | Title | Sponsor | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nagarkatti, Mitzi | School of Medicine - Path, Microbio. & Immunology | Center for Dietary Supplements and Inflammation (CDSI) COBRE - (Phase III) | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)/NIH | $5,580,915 |
| Wilcox, Sara | Arnold School of Public Health - Exercise Science | The USC PRC: Community-Based Participatory Research to Study Church Implementation of an Evidence-Based Social Support Intervention to Increase Physical Activity among Older African American Adults |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/HHS | $4,992,232 |
| Donaldson, Bobby | College of Arts and Sciences - History | Florence C. Benson Elementary School Building Preservation Project | National Park Service (NPS)/DOI | $4,250,000 |
| Potter, Elizabeth | Arnold School of Public Health - Exercise Science | Increasing Use of SNAP Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Programs for Families with Food Insecurity | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)/NIH | $3,220,739 |
| Pocivavsek, Ana | School of Medicine - Pharm., Physiology & Neuroscience | Kynurenic Acid and Sleep: Focus on Maternal and Offspring Health | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/NIH | $2,642,160 |
| Nasiri, Adel | Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing - Electrical Engineering | A Compact Direct Medium Voltage Megawatt Charger | Charge America, Inc. | $1,264,550 |
| Wang, Qian | College of Arts and Sciences - Chemistry & Biochemistry | Biomanufacturing of bioactive glycolipids and glycolipids-based liposomal for pharmaceutics applications | SC Research Authority (SCRA) | $859,791 |
| Kfoury, Elie | Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing - IIT - Engineering | Collaborative Research: CyberTraining: Implementation: Medium: CyberTraining on Accelerating Infrastructure Workloads using Next-Generation SmartNICs/DPUs | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $790,000 |
| Morris, James | College of Arts and Sciences - Baruch Institute | LTREB Long Term Studies of Salt Marsh Primary Production | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $599,999 |
| Narayanan, Vignesh | Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing - Computer Science & Engineering | Learning-Enabled Collaborative Autonomy for Networked CPS | AFOSR/USAF/DOD | $599,996 |
8 August 2024