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 May 1 and May 31. 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 May 2024 New Grant Awards
| PI Name | PI College/Dept. | Award Title | Sponsor | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wang, Yi |
College of Engineering & Comp. Mechanical Engineering |
Precision Processing of Autonomous Maritime Perception System Data - Phase III | Office of Naval Research (ONR)/DOD | $7,040,000 |
| Velazquez, Kandy |
School of Medicine Path, Microbio. & Immunology |
The role of TGFβ2 and Macrophages in Cancer Cachexia | National Cancer Institute (NCI)/NIH | $2,628,525 |
| Beets, Michael |
Arnold School of Public Health Exercise Science |
Contextual Determinants of Accelerated Weight Gain During Summer Among Preschoolers from Low-income Households | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)/NIH | $2,553,276 |
| Lu, Qun |
College of Arts and Sciences Chemistry & Biochemistry |
Homeostatic Reset as a New Therapeutic Paradigm for Slow Progression Diseases | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)/NIH | $1,865,363 |
| Steinke, Pamela |
University of SC Upstate UPS Academic Affairs Admin |
Movement 2030 | USC Upstate Foundation (UF)/Spartanburg Academic Movement (SAM) | $1,173,049 |
| Outten, Franklin |
College of Arts and Sciences Chemistry & Biochemistry |
Unraveling the novel functions of E. coli GrxD and its BolA and IbaG partners in Fe-S cluster and cell envelope biogenesis | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $1,117,707 |
| Tam, Cheuk |
Arnold School of Public Health Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior |
Theory-based social media intervention for non-medical use of prescription opioids in young adults | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)/NIH | $777,368 |
| Mohammadizand, Ramtin |
College of Engineering & Comp. Computer Science & Engineering |
SHF: Small: Cross-Layer Design Automation for In-Memory Analog Computing | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $588,801 |
| Bizimis, Michael |
College of Arts and Sciences School of Earth, Ocean & Env. |
Collaborative Research: Investigation of Volcanism and Tectonics in the Bight Transform Region (55.5°N-57.0°N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge) | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $390,747 |
| Heyden, Andreas |
College of Engineering & Comp. Chemical Engineering |
Collaborative Research: Resolving the Contributions of Lattice Oxygen, Dioxygen, Acid Sites, Base Sites, and Redox Sites during the Oxidative Scission of Ketones on Metal Oxides | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $300,000 |
May 2024 Awards by College
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Workman, Lauren | Applied Research & Evaluation (CARE) | AccessHealth & Healthy People Healthy Carolinas Evaluation 2024 | SC Hospital Association Foundation (SCHA) | $44,846 |
| Bryant, Taylor | Communication Sci & Disorders | (PI - Taylor Berrier) Emotion Regulation in Children with Developmental Language Disorder | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)/NIH | $146,922 |
| Porter, Dwayne | Environmental Health Sciences | A Proposal to Scale from a Regional to a National Webcam Coastal Observation System (WebCOOS) | Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA)/NOAA | $26,834 |
| Beets, Michael | Exercise Science | Contextual Determinants of Accelerated Weight Gain During Summer Among Preschoolers from Low-income Households | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)/NIH | $2,553,276 |
| Silfies, Sheri | Exercise Science | Characterizing the Influences of Multi-Site Musculoskeletal Pain among Service Members and Veterans Referred to Physical Therapy for Low Back Pain - Sub-contract with the Henry M. Jackson Foundation | Henry M. Jackson Foundation/USAMRAA/DOD | $99,541 |
| Rudisill, Anne | Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior | MOMs in Control of Diabetes in Pregnancy | Prisma Health Upstate | $8,139 |
| Tam, Cheuk | Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior | Theory-based social media intervention for non-medical use of prescription opioids in young adults | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)/NIH | $777,368 |
| Thrasher, James | Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior | Communicating about Nicotine and Differential Risks of Tobacco Products in Priority Populations | Georgia State University/NIH | $77,477 |
| Lubov, Mayra | PASOS | PASOs Sisters of Charity - Breaking the Cycle 2024-2025 | Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina | $25,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| King, Adam | Archaeology & Anthropology | US Forest Service Curation and Prescribed Burn Graduate Research Assistantship | US Forest Service | $33,016 |
| Lu, Qun | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Homeostatic Reset as a New Therapeutic Paradigm for Slow Progression Diseases | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)/NIH | $1,865,363 |
| Outten, Franklin | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Unraveling the novel functions of E. coli GrxD and its BolA and IbaG partners in Fe-S cluster and cell envelope biogenesis | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $1,117,707 |
| Adams, Ian | Criminology & Criminal Justice | 2025 Interdisciplinary Policing Workshop | Arnold Ventures LLC (Laura and John Arnold Foundation) | $63,628 |
| Wright, Parrish | Languages, Literatures, & Cult. | Mythology, Identity, and Diplomacy in Pre-Roman Italy | Loeb Classical Library Foundation | $35,000 |
| Thorne, Frank | Mathematics | Number Theory Meetings in the Southeast | Maryland Procurement Office/ONR/NSA | $22,222 |
| Kunchur, Milind | Physics & Astronomy | Psychoacoustic study of audio speaker cables | Wireworld by David Salz, Inc. | $39,999 |
| Schatz, Jeffrey | Psychology | Professional Services Agreement: 17553 LRRF - Psychology Services for Pediatric Hematology Oncology | Prisma Health - Midlands | $22,266 |
| Bizimis, Michael | School of Earth, Ocean & Env. | Collaborative Research: Investigation of Volcanism and Tectonics in the Bight Transform Region (55.5°N-57.0°N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge) | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $390,747 |
| Milling, Stephanie | Theatre and Dance | Contemporary Dance Pedagogy Institute | SC Department of Education (SCDE) | $35,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Plotner, Tony | Educational & Developmental Science | South Carolina Pathways Project Evaluation | SC Department of Education (SCDE)/USDE | $96,963 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Heyden, Andreas | Chemical Engineering | Collaborative Research: Resolving the Contributions of Lattice Oxygen, Dioxygen, Acid Sites, Base Sites, and Redox Sites during the Oxidative Scission of Ketones on Metal Oxides | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $300,000 |
| Meekins, Benjamin | Chemical Engineering | Nuvera Fuel Cells - Bryan Giard - April 2024 (2 samples) | Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC | $1,700 |
| Sadati, Monirosadat | Chemical Engineering | Enhancing Structural Battery Efficiency through Microstructural Tuning of Solid Polymer Electrolytes | College of Charleston/SC Space Grant Consortium/NASA EPSCoR | $20,000 |
| Taheri-Qazvini, Nader | Chemical Engineering | Empowering URM Undergraduate Students in MXene-based Advanced Materials Research | SC EPSCoR/Clemson University | $15,000 |
| Taheri-Qazvini, Nader | Chemical Engineering | Engineering Resilient Iontronics: MXene/Ionic Polymer Assemblies for Advanced Ionic Device Durability and Adaptability | College of Charleston/SC Space Grant Consortium/NASA EPSCoR | $15,000 |
| White, Ralph | Chemical Engineering | Investigation of electrochemical performance for Na-ion Structural Batteries | College of Charleston/SC Space Grant/NASA EPSCOR | $23,500 |
| Mohammadizand, Ramtin | Computer Science & Engineering | SHF: Small: Cross-Layer Design Automation for In-Memory Analog Computing | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $588,801 |
| Barazanchy, Darun | Mechanical Engineering | Application to fund Farnborough International Air Show attendance | SC Department of Commerce (SC DOC) | $5,500 |
| Chen, Fanglin | Mechanical Engineering | Producing Oxygen from Martian Atmosphere to Support NASA’s Manned Mission to Mars | College of Charleston/SC Space Grant Consortium/NASA | $15,000 |
| Chen, Fanglin | Mechanical Engineering | Developing Advanced Materials for NASA’s Mars Oxygen Module | College of Charleston/SCSGC/NASA | $20,000 |
| Lee, Junsoo | Mechanical Engineering | Implicit Discretization for Optimal Convex Covariance Control | College of Charleston/SC Space Grant Consortium/NASA EPSCoR | $20,000 |
| Wang, Yi | Mechanical Engineering | Precision Processing of Autonomous Maritime Perception System Data - Phase III | Office of Naval Research (ONR)/DOD | $7,040,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Doering-white, John | Social Work - Dean's Office | Anticipation of Humanitarian Climate Futures Along the Central American Migrant Trail through Mexico | Wenner-Gren Foundation | $24,750 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Park, Bryant | Law - Dean's Office | SC Bar Foundation Public Interest Fellowship | South Carolina Bar Foundation | $10,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Dixon, Rita | MDC PA Program | Empowering Wellness: Establishing a Self-Monitored Blood Pressure Clinic for Employee Health | nccPA Health Foundation | $2,500 |
| Velazquez, Kandy | Path, Microbio. & Immunology | The role of TGFβ2 and Macrophages in Cancer Cachexia | National Cancer Institute (NCI)/NIH | $2,628,525 |
| Reagan, Lawrence | Pharm., Physiology & Neuroscience | IPA for Dr. Jim Fadel | WJB Dorn VA Medical Center/VA | $50,848 |
| Reagan, Lawrence | Pharm., Physiology & Neuroscience | IPA for Dr. Fiona Hollis | WJB Dorn VA Medical Center/VA | $46,758 |
| Reagan, Lawrence | Pharm., Physiology & Neuroscience | IPA for Joseph McQuail | WJB Dorn VA Medical Center/VA | $45,132 |
| Reagan, Lawrence | Pharm., Physiology & Neuroscience | IPA for Dr. Marlene Wilson | WJB Dorn VA Medical Center/VA | $50,572 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Quesnelle, Kelly | Medicine Greenville | Assessment methods and curricular integration of professional and interpersonal skills in undergraduate medical education | International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) | $2,500 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Bunny, Michael | Music | (PI - Bunny, Michael) USC Guitar Spheres | SC Research Foundation (SCRF)/South Carolina Arts Commission | $2,500 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Gibson, Kelly Ann | AK Biology & Geology | Collaborative Research: Documenting Variations in the Southern Hemisphere Influence on the Western Pacific Warm Pool Thermocline Since 1.5 Ma | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $186,352 |
| Paul, Titan | AK Mathematical Sciences | SAN Program - Effect of Synthesis Parameter on Thermophysical Properties of Ionic Liquids (ILs) based Nanofluids for Solar Thermal Applications | SC EPSCoR/Clemson/CHE | $14,921 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Pettay, Daniel | BFT Natural Sciences | Understanding nutrient cycling and its influence on phytoplankton abundance in the PRS | Spring Island Trust and LowCountry Institute | $10,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Steinke, Pamela | UPS Academic Affairs Admin | Movement 2030 | USC Upstate Foundation (UF)/Spartanburg Academic Movement (SAM) | $1,173,049 |
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