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 October 1 and October 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 October 2024 New Grant Awards
PI Name |
PI College/Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Donaldson, Bobby |
College of Arts and Sciences History |
African American Civil Rights Network Programmatic Initiatives for the Center for Civil Rights History and Research | National Park Service (NPS)/DOI | $3,362,100 |
| Mactutus, Charles |
College of Arts and Sciences Psychology |
Executive Function Impairments in HAND and Aging | National Institute on Aging (NIA)/NIH | $2,871,255 |
| Catledge, Courtney |
University of SC Lancaster LAN PALMETTO COLLEGE |
USC Lancaster Center for Healthcare Workforce Development | Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)/HHS | $2,800,000 |
| Thrasher, James |
Arnold School of Public Health Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior |
Building Stochastic Actor-Oriented Models to investigate social network influences on youth nicotine product use transitions and to simulate different intervention effects across contexts | National Cancer Institute (NCI)/NIH | $2,769,942 |
| Natafgi, Nabil |
Arnold School of Public Health Health Services Policy & Mgmt |
PRIDE-CARES Center: Patient-Responsive Initiatives for Diverse Engagement - LGBTQ+ Community Action in Research to Eliminate Substance Use Disorder Center | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)/NIH | $2,507,004 |
| Adams, Swann |
College of Nursing Biobehavioral Health & Nursing Science |
A Systems Theory Approach to the Study of Colon and Lung Cancer Health Disparities using Novel Data Linkages | National Cancer Institute (NCI)/NIH | $1,686,315 |
| Imran, Jasim |
Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing Civil & Environmental Eng. |
An Antifragile Future for Naval Installations and Coastal Host Communities | Office of Naval Research (ONR)/DOD | $1,625,000 |
| White, Ralph |
Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing Chemical Engineering |
A Coupled Experimental and Mechanistic Modeling Approach to Virtual Prototyping Lithium-Sulfur Batteries | US Department of Energy (DOE) | $1,580,020 |
| Dunlap, Shirleatha |
University of SC Upstate UPS Nursing |
Nursing Equipment and Technology Initiative | HRSA/HHS | $1,331,000 |
| Beach, Tracy |
University of SC Salkehatchie SA PALMETTO COLLEGE |
USC Salk DRIVES: University of South Carolina Salkehatchie Driving Rural Innovators into Visions of Employment in STEM | Department of Energy (DOE) | $1,091,809 |
October 2024 Awards by College
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Workman, Lauren | Applied Research & Evaluation (CARE) | SC Title V Maternal and Child Health Needs Assessment | SC Department of Public Health (SCDPH)/HRSA | $72,751 |
| Langan, Laura | Environmental Health Sciences | Phase III wastewater testing | Baylor University/HHS | $43,750 |
| Sabo-Attwood, Tara | Environmental Health Sciences | Harmonizing Wastewater Generated Drug Consumption Trends with Epidemiological Indicators in NDEWS | University of Florida/NIDA/NIH | $13,495 |
| Brown, Monique | Epidemiology & Biostatistics | Optimizing PrEP uptake for African American women in the South by empowering women to make informed HIV prevention and sexual health choices | University of Georgia Research Foundation (UGRF), Inc./NIMH/NIH | $105,420 |
| Kim, Minji | Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior | Evaluating culturally appropriate anti-smoking messages for high-risk Asian ethnic subgroups | National Institute on Minority Health and Health (NIMH)/NIH | $409,750 |
| Larson, Leila | Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior | Meta-analysis of the effects of double fortified salt | Iodine Global Network (IGN) | $10,000 |
| Thrasher, James | Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior | Building Stochastic Actor-Oriented Models to investigate social network influences on youth nicotine product use transitions and to simulate different intervention effects across contexts | National Cancer Institute (NCI)/NIH | $2,769,942 |
| Yang, Xueying | Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior | Sex Differences of Cardiovascular Diseases among People with HIV: utilization of data from All of Us research program | Augusta University/NHLBI/NIH | $20,000 |
| Natafgi, Nabil | Health Services Policy & Mgmt | PRIDE-CARES Center: Patient-Responsive Initiatives for Diverse Engagement - LGBTQ+ Community Action in Research to Eliminate Substance Use Disorder Center | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)/NIH | $2,507,004 |
| Ostermann, Jan | Health Services Policy & Mgmt | Confidential Social Network Referrals for HIV Testing (CONSORT) | Fogarty International Center (FIC)/NIH | $814,931 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Schreiner, Nina | Anthropology | Documenting Collections from 38KE12 for Consultation and Repatriation | National Park Service (NPS)/DOI | $96,903 |
| King, Adam | Archaeology & Anthropology | NPS Save America's Treasures: SCIAA Collections | Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) | $629,001 |
| Donaldson, Bobby | History | African American Civil Rights Network Programmatic Initiatives for the Center for Civil Rights History and Research | National Park Service (NPS)/DOI | $3,362,100 |
| Matthews, Marty | History | THE PAPERS OF WILLIAM SHORT: A DIGITAL SELECTIVE DOCUMENTARY EDITION 2024-2025 | The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) | $125,000 |
| Ju, Lili | Mathematics | DyGenAI: Dynamic Generative Artificial Intelligence for Prediction and Control of High-Dimensional Nonlinear Complex Systems | US Department of Energy (DOE) | $450,000 |
| Lopez Rodriguez, Enrique | Physics & Astronomy | Baselines: Revealing the central extended emision of Circinus with interferometric mode | Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)/NASA | $139,980 |
| Lopez Rodriguez, Enrique | Physics & Astronomy | AGN and their outflows: probing fragmentation and survival of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)/NASA | $93,238 |
| Harrison, Sayward | Psychology | Integrated Care for Recovery (I-CaRe) Paraprofessional Training for Supporting Youth and Families affected by the Opioid Crisis | Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | $599,828 |
| Mactutus, Charles | Psychology | Executive Function Impairments in HAND and Aging | National Institute on Aging (NIA)/NIH | $2,871,255 |
| Wilson-King, Dawn | Psychology | Are Interventions Supporting Physical ACtivity modified by the Environment (InSPACE)? | Seattle Children's Hospital d/b/a Seattle Children's Research Institute/NIH | $8,940 |
| Fuente, David | School of Earth, Ocean & Env. | Applied Implementation Research for Clean Cooking in Cambodia (AIR-C3): equity, exposure, | Emory University/NIEHS/NIH | $25,832 |
| Hardy, Dean | School of Earth, Ocean & Env. | Oyster Reef Restoration on Sapelo Island for Coastal Hazard Protection and Multiple Benefits | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc./NOAA/DOC | $30,883 |
| Meyer-Gutbrod, Erin | School of Earth, Ocean & Env. | Collaborative Proposal, Real-time Acoustic Detections of right whales in the Southeast US to mitigate vessel strikes.. | USC Educational Foundation/Maine Community Foundation | $65,715 |
| Voulgaris, George | School of Earth, Ocean & Env. | Disaster Relief Supplemental Act (DRSA) - Repair and Replacement of Observing Assets, Real Property, and Equipment in the Gulf of Mexico, Southeast, and Caribbean Regions Non-competitive Request for Applications (RFA) - NOAA-NOS-IOOS-2023-2008259 Disaster | Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Research Association (SECOORA)/NOAA | $137,596 |
| Wilson, Alicia | School of Earth, Ocean & Env. | RII Track-2 FEC: Risks, Impacts, and Strategies for Coastal Communities (RISCC): Advancing Convergent Science to Support Climate Change Adaptation and Community Resilience | College of Charleston/NSF | $398,419 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Wolfe, Katie | Educational & Developmental Science | Family Training and Support Service: Development and Pilot | SC Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (DDSN) | $606,726 |
| D'Amico, Leigh | Research, Eval., & Measurement | Countdown to Kindergarten Multilingual Learners Project | South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness | $10,800 |
| Lewis, Ashlee | Research, Eval., & Measurement | South Carolina Arts Assessment Program (FY25) | South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) | $84,000 |
| Cook, Daniella | Teacher Education | Sustaining Culturally Relevant Teaching: A Survey of Educator Use and Choice of Primary Sources | TPS Eastern Region/Waynesburg University | $2,500 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Adams, Swann | Biobehavioral Health & Nursing Science | A Systems Theory Approach to the Study of Colon and Lung Cancer Health Disparities using Novel Data Linkages | National Cancer Institute (NCI)/NIH | $1,686,315 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Xu, Peisheng | Drug Discovery & Biomed Sci. | Develop a novel strategy to deliver N-acetylcysteine for AD treatment | AcePre, LLC./NIA/NIH | $274,927 |
| Hastings, Tessa | Pharm - Clin Pharm & Outcomes Sciences | (PI: Abby Davies) Improving Pharmacy Based Contraceptive Prescribing using an Implementation Science Approach | American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) | $20,000 |
| Cutler, Stephen | Pharmacy - Dean's Office | USC FAST Center | US Small Business Administration (SBA) | $196,112 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Levkoff, Sue | Social Work - Dean's Office | Hevolution Foundation Supplemental Funding | American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) | $10,000 |
| Reese, Lenora | Social Work - Dean's Office | First 5 SC Interactive Training Development | SC First Steps | $29,118 |
| Soto-Ramirez, Nelis | Social Work - Dean's Office | Relations between Teachers’ Professional Development in Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Programs and Children’s Cognitive and Academic Outcomes, Parent Engagement, and Teachers' Mental Health | ACF/OPRE Office of Discretionary Grant/HHS | $99,998 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Powers, Eric | Moore Sch - Div. of Research | DMSB - Quantathon | SC Quantum | $24,304 |
| Von Nessen, Joseph | Moore Sch - Div. of Research | SCRA: Economic Impact Analysis - FY24 | SC Research Authority (SCRA) | $10,000 |
| Von Nessen, Joseph | Moore Sch - Div. of Research | NIWC Atlantic: Economic Impact Analysis (FY24) | NIWC Atlantic/US Navy/DOD | $242.000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Hourigan, Aimee | Substance Abuse and Prevention | Collegiate Community Recovery Programs 2024-2025 | SC Department of Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse Services (SC DAODAS) | $180,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Samuels, Joel | Law - Dean's Office | Advancing Justice for Workers (AJW) in Zambia and Malawi | US Department of State (DOS) | $900,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Terracio, Nathan | Koger Center | Arts for All SC: Koger Center Expanded Access Restrooms | SC Arts Commission | $50,000 |
| Terracio, Nathan | Koger Center | Richland County Hospitality Grant | SC Research Foundation (SCRF)/Richland County Administration | $4,833 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| White, Ralph | Chemical Engineering | A Coupled Experimental and Mechanistic Modeling Approach to Virtual Prototyping Lithium-Sulfur Batteries | US Department of Energy (DOE) | $1,580,020 |
| Gaillard, Jay | Civil & Environmental Eng. | Intensified Dynamic Non-Equilibrium Reactions by Pulsed Microwave Heating for Efficient Chemical Processing | West Virginia University (WVU)/DOE | $184,617 |
| Imran, Jasim | Civil & Environmental Eng. | An Antifragile Future for Naval Installations and Coastal Host Communities | Office of Naval Research (ONR)/DOD | $1,625,000 |
| Qian, Yu | Civil & Environmental Eng. | Track Lateral Stability Assessment under Climate Change and Extreme Weather Conditions | Federal Railroad Administration/DOT | $155,000 |
| Qian, Yu | Civil & Environmental Eng. | UAV-Imagery Based Track Component Health Condition Inspection | National Academies of Sciences (NAS)/FRA/DOT | $100,000 |
| Rizos, Dimitris | Civil & Environmental Eng. | Qualification of a Mobile, Non-Contacting System for RNT and Longitudinal Rail Stress Measurements | Federal Railroad Adminstration/DOT | $398,213 |
| Sasanakul, Inthuorn | Civil & Environmental Eng. | (PI: Sufal Biswas) Geosynthetic Institute Fellowship | Geosynthetic Institute | $5,000 |
| Schmitz, Nicole Berge | Civil & Environmental Eng. | Development of Database and Analytic Tools for Identification of Causal Factors Associated with Fatalities for Solid Waste Collection and Post Collection Processes | Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF) | $198,966 |
| Khan, Asif | Electrical Engineering | A New Nitride Era (ANNE): AlN vertical conduction pn-diodes | Georgia Tech/DARPA/DOI | $106,480 |
| Khan, Asif | Electrical Engineering | An integrated microsystem-on-a-chip to enable ultra-fast ultra-wide bandgap (UWBG) power electronics | University of Wisconsin/ARPA-E DOE | $199,745 |
| Bayoumi, Abdel | Mechanical Engineering | Advanced Electric Rim Drive for Ultra-Heavy Vertical Lift (UHVL) | KRyanCreative, LLC/SC EPSCoR/NSF | $2,300 |
| Farouk, Tanvir | Mechanical Engineering | Fundamental Understanding of Self-Organizing Pattern Formation During Plasma-Liquid Interface Interaction - Multiphysics Simulations and Experiments | US Department of Energy (DOE) | $784,049 |
| Huang, Kevin | Mechanical Engineering | Membrane-Based Catalytic CO2 Hydrogenation Reactors | Save Mother Earth LLC | $50,000 |
| Yu, Lingyu | Mechanical Engineering | laser induced wideband ultrasonic guided waves modeling and machine learning driven interpretation | US Department of Energy (DOE) | $1,000,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| McCarthy, Cameron | Basic Science Research | The Janus face of O-GlcNAcylation in female aortic compliance and stiffening | Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia on behalf of Augusta University/NHLBI/NIH | $20,000 |
| McCarthy, Cameron | Basic Science Research | Cerebrovascular O-GlcNAcylation Worsens Diabetes-associated Neurovascular Injury and Recovery Post-stroke | NHLBI/NIH | $511,702 |
| Azhar, Mohamad | Cell Biology & Anatomy | Develop natural compound emodin as a novel therapy for calcific aortic valve disease | AcePre, LLC/NHLBI/NIH | $178,800 |
| Al-hasan, Majdi | Internal Medicine | Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) | City of Columbia/HUD | $530,480 |
| Rotholz, David | MDC Ctr Disability Resources | Team for Early Childhood Solutions Data System Management and Compliance Indicator Analysis | SC Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) | $445,000 |
| Rotholz, David | MDC Ctr Disability Resources | 2024 SC Assistive Technology Leadership Conference | SC Developmental Disabilities Council (SCDDC)/HHS | $5,000 |
| Hollis, Fiona | Pharm., Physiology & Neuroscience | Antioxidant supplementation as a therapeutic intervention for chronic stress-induced pathologies | MitoQ Ltd./Antipodean Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $195,876 |
| Pocivavsek, Ana | Pharm., Physiology & Neuroscience | Pilot Project: Interplay between prenatal sleep fragmentation and kynurenine pathway metabolism in utero (Pilot under 10012968) | University of Maryland/NIH | $25,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Beck, Judy | AK School of Education | Project CREATE 2024-25 | SC Department of Education (SCDE) | $227,845 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Madden, Kathryn | BFT Natural Sciences | USCB's Life Science Education Living Laboratory - (Grant Making Partners Fund - Assoc. with account 10014304) | SC Research Foundation(SCRF)/Hilton Head Island Foundation Endowment Fund/Community Foundation of the Lowcountry (CFL) | $67,500 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Catledge, Courtney | LAN PALMETTO COLLEGE | University of South Carolina Lancaster Updated Simulation Equipment | Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)/HHS | $110,000 |
| Catledge, Courtney | LAN PALMETTO COLLEGE | USC Lancaster Center for Healthcare Workforce Development | Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)/HHS | $2,800,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Beach, Tracy | SA PALMETTO COLLEGE | USC Salk DRIVES: University of South Carolina Salkehatchie Driving Rural Innovators into Visions of Employment in STEM | Department of Energy (DOE) | $1,091,809 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Marshall, Elaine | UPS Achieve | ACHIEVE - Professional Development Supplement | Upstate Workforce Board/DOL | $12,775 |
| Hardin, Brooke | UPS College of Education | Center of Excellence for Reading and Engagement for All Learners (REAL) | SC Commission on Higher Education | $141,405 |
| Pae, Holly | UPS Human Perform and Hlth | Project CREATE 2024-25 | SC Department of Education (SCDE) | $44,389 |
| Dunlap, Shirleatha | UPS Nursing | Nursing Equipment and Technology Initiative | HRSA/HHS | $1,331,000 |
| Gray, Jennifer | UPS Psychology | Miranda Graves: Community-Based Perceptions of People Experiencing Homelessness: Contributions of Race and Gender on Bias and Discrimination | Psi Chi | $1,500 |
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