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 September 1 and September 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 September 2024 New Grant Awards
PI Name |
PI College/Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Khan, Asif |
Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing Electrical Engineering |
Semiconductor Wafers Manufacturing Technology for Extreme Chips |
Department of Commerce (DOC) |
$4,500,000 |
|
Weist, Mark |
College of Arts and Sciences Psychology |
Expanding the John H. Magill School Behavioral Health Academy (SBHA) |
South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) |
$3,052,429 |
|
Lopez-DeFede, Ana |
College of Social Work Families in Society, Institute |
State Maternal Health Innovation & Data Capacity Program |
SC Department of Health & Environmental Control (DHEC)/HRSA/HHS |
$2,978,788 |
|
Smith, Erik |
College of Arts and Sciences Baruch Institute |
Mingo Creek Tract for Black River State Park |
NOS Office for Coastal Management (OCM)/NOAA/DOC |
$1,500,000 |
|
Ilieva, Yordanka |
College of Arts and Sciences Physics & Astronomy |
NSF-BSF: The Study of Nuclear Physics with Intermediate Energy Probes |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$1,500,000 |
|
Adams, Swann |
College of Nursing Nursing |
SIP 24-003: The South Carolina Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network IV - SCCPCRN IV |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/HHS |
$1,499,997 |
|
Bradshaw, Jessica |
College of Arts and Sciences Psychology |
Equipment: MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a Mobile Observation System for Neurodevelopment Research |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$1,399,302 |
|
Pellegrini, Christine |
Arnold School of Public Health Exercise Science |
Examination of the Dose-Response Relationship Between Physical Activity and Arthritis-Attributable Outcomes (SIP 24-009) |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDD)/HHS |
$1,247,498 |
|
Smithwick, Julie |
Arnold School of Public Health Center for Community Health Alignment |
SC Roadmap to Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) Phase 2 |
USC Educational Foundation/The Duke Endowment |
$1,237,000 |
|
Khan, Asif |
Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing Electrical Engineering |
Enabling Extreme Bandgap Electronics - EXBE - (Doping and Defect Control in Extreme Bandgap (EBG) Semiconductor AlxGa1-xN) |
North Carolina State University (NC State)/ AFOSR/DOD |
$1,186,588 |
September 2024 Awards by Department
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Cook, Larry |
Office of Sustainability |
S.C. DHEC Collegiate Recycling Grant for Fiscal Year 2025 |
|
|
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Smithwick, Julie |
Center for Community Health Alignment |
SC Roadmap to Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) Phase 2 |
USC Educational Foundation/The Duke Endowment |
$1,237,000 |
|
Neils-Strunjas, Jean |
Communication Sci & Disorders |
SC CREATE 2025 |
SC Department of Education (SCDE) |
$309,996 |
|
Porter, Dwayne |
Environmental Health Sciences |
Continuing Support of the NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve System Centralized Data Management Office |
NOS Office for Coastal Management (OCM)/NOAA/DOC |
$880,967 |
|
Liu, Jihong |
Epidemiology & Biostatistics |
Healthy Start Initiative – Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health (Subcontract to Prisma Health) |
Prisma Health-Midlands/HRSA |
$641,587 |
|
Pellegrini, Christine |
Exercise Science |
Examination of the Dose-Response Relationship Between Physical Activity and Arthritis-Attributable Outcomes (SIP 24-009) |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDD)/HHS |
$1,247,498 |
|
Friedman, Daniela |
Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior |
NIA Academic Leadership Career Award |
National Institute on Aging (NIA)/NIH |
$810,000 |
|
Brooks, John |
Health Services Policy & Mgmt |
IPA_John M. Brooks, PhD Assignment Agreement: 24IPA2421327DPH |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/HHS |
$29,488 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Goldberg, Katherine |
Anthropology |
Cultural Map and Ethnographic Inventory of Reconstruction Era National Historical Park on St. Helena Island Proposal |
National Park Service (NPS)/DOI |
$76,440 |
|
Smith, Erik |
Baruch Institute |
Mingo Creek Tract for Black River State Park |
NOS Office for Coastal Management (OCM)/NOAA/DOC |
$1,500,000 |
|
Patel, Rekha |
Biological Sciences |
Investigating PKR inhibitory activity of chemical compounds provided by Protekt Therapeutics using cell-based assays with dystonia cells. |
ProteKt Therapeutics Ltd. |
$45,000 |
|
Richardson, Tammi |
Biological Sciences |
CHIRRP: Exploring a Gullah-Geechee Community-Driven Effort to Mitigate Risks and Impacts of Coastal Flooding |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$94,053 |
|
Shustova, Natalia |
Chemistry & Biochemistry |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship: Grace Thaggard |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$111,690 |
|
Walters, Wendell |
Chemistry & Biochemistry |
Unraveling NH3 Chemical Sink Processes: Insights from Stable Isotopes |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$409,519 |
|
Wilder, Colin |
History |
Constitution Day lecture |
Jack Miller Center |
$2,500 |
|
Thorne, Frank |
Mathematics |
Conference: Number Theory Meetings in the Southeast |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$22,508 |
|
Yee, Sean |
Mathematics |
Supporting the Faculty Who Provide Teaching-Focused Professional Development to the Next Generation of College Mathematics Instructors |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$70,449 |
|
Ilieva, Yordanka |
Physics & Astronomy |
NSF-BSF: The Study of Nuclear Physics with Intermediate Energy Probes |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$1,500,000 |
|
Bradshaw, Jessica |
Psychology |
Equipment: MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a Mobile Observation System for Neurodevelopment Research |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$1,399,302 |
|
Bradshaw, Jessica |
Psychology |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship: Tessa Djiko |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$123,670 |
|
Vento, Peter |
Psychology |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship: Jacob Watson |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$123,670 |
|
Weist, Mark |
Psychology |
Expanding the John H. Magill School Behavioral Health Academy (SBHA) |
South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) |
$3,052,429 |
|
Bourbonnais, Annie |
School of Earth, Ocean & Env. |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship: Melissa Shugart |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$130,965 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Googe, Heather |
Child Development Res. Center |
2024 SC Early Childhood Inclusion Conference |
SC Developmental Disabilities Council (SCDDC)/ACL/HHS |
$10,000 |
|
Lewis, Ashlee |
Research, Eval., & Measurement |
Evaluation of Arts Grow SC 24-25 (FY25) |
SC Arts Commission |
$275,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Adams, Swann |
Nursing |
SIP 24-003: The South Carolina Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network IV - SCCPCRN IV |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/HHS |
$1,499,997 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Lopez-DeFede, Ana |
Families in Society, Institute |
State Maternal Health Innovation & Data Capacity Program |
SC Department of Health & Environmental Control (DHEC)/HRSA/HHS |
$2,978,788 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Brown, Jessica |
Moore Sch - Dean's Office |
Big Daycare |
Washington Center for Equitable Growth |
$30,000 |
|
Ozturk, Orgul |
Moore Sch - Div. of Research |
Evaluation of the Economic and Social Costs of Poor Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes for South Carolina |
SC Institute of Medicine and Public Health |
$30,000 |
|
Von Nessen, Joseph |
Moore Sch - Div. of Research |
South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority: Economic Impact Analysis (2024-2029) |
SC State Housing Finance and Development Authority |
$250,000 |
|
Featheringill, Paul |
Small Business Dev. Ctr. |
2023 Rural Microentrepreneuer Assistance Program Grant |
Clemson University/USDA |
$44,650 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Black, Shelandra |
Children's Law Center |
South Carolina Senate Contract |
South Carolina Senate |
$475,000 |
|
Black, Shelandra |
Children's Law Center |
Court Improvement Data FY25 |
SC Court Administration/DHHS |
$147,000 |
|
Black, Shelandra |
Children's Law Center |
Court Improvement Training FY25 |
SC Court Administration/DHHS |
$160,000 |
|
Black, Shelandra |
Children's Law Center |
Court Improvement Basic FY25 |
SC Court Administration/DHHS |
$183,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Meekins, Benjamin |
Chemical Engineering |
Nuvera Fuel Cells - 2 Samples - August 2024 |
Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC |
$1,700 |
|
Money, Jeremy |
Chemical Engineering |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship: Jeremy Money |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$117,710 |
|
Mustain, William |
Chemical Engineering |
Fraunhofer: High Fidelity Digital Twins for Large Scale Energy Storage Batteries -- Pomega |
Pomega Energy Storage Technologies, Inc |
$136,474 |
|
Qian, Yu |
Civil & Environmental Eng. |
Discover Influential Geosocial Factors Aggravating Crossing Trespassing (DIGFACT) |
Federal Railroad Administration/DOT |
$455,000 |
|
Agostinelli, Forest |
Computer Science & Engineering |
NSF-BSF: RI: Small: Scalable Learning in Heuristic Search |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$339,482 |
|
Farkas, Csilla |
Computer Science & Engineering |
Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program 2024-2025 |
Department of Defense (DOD) |
$284,126 |
|
Sheth, Amit |
Computer Science & Engineering |
SaTC: CORE: Small: Enhancing the Security and Mitigating Bias in Vision Language Models to Combat Hateful Image Generation and Detoxify Hateful Images |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$600,000 |
|
Zhang, Qi |
Computer Science & Engineering |
Collaborative Research: RI: Small: Adapting Foundation Models for Multimodal Sequential Decision Making: New Focuses, Formalisms, and Methods |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$279,399 |
|
Khan, Asif |
Electrical Engineering |
Semiconductor Wafers Manufacturing Technology for Extreme Chips |
Department of Commerce (DOC) |
$4,500,000 |
|
Khan, Asif |
Electrical Engineering |
Enabling Extreme Bandgap Electronics - EXBE - (Doping and Defect Control in Extreme Bandgap (EBG) Semiconductor AlxGa1-xN) |
North Carolina State University (NC State)/AFOSR/DOD |
$1,186,588 |
|
Nasiri, Adel |
Electrical Engineering |
Development of a Miniaturized AC/DC Converter-Phase III |
DEFENSEWERX - ICWERX |
$171,400 |
|
Crichigno, Jorge |
IIT - Engineering |
Collaborative Research: Cyber-Con2: Multi-sector Convergence to Advance the Preparation of Learners for OT and IT Cybersecurity Convergence Workforce |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$650,000 |
|
Chen, Fanglin |
Mechanical Engineering |
Efficient Electrochemical Denitration and Caustic Generation (EDCGe) System for Direct-Feed Waste Pretreatment to Accelerate the Hanford Mission and Operations |
Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BSRA)/SNRL/DOE |
$175,000 |
|
De Backer, Wout |
Mechanical Engineering |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship: Patrick Bailey |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
$123,760 |
|
Hu, Ming |
Mechanical Engineering |
AI Assisted Microfluidics for Precise Exosome Characterization in Cancer Diagnosis |
College of Charleston/SC EPSCoR/NSF |
$25,000 |
|
Sockalingam, Subramani |
Mechanical Engineering |
RFA-005 A Combined Digital Image Correlation + Explicit Finite Element Method Approach to Determine Rate Dependent Composite Material Properties for the LS-DYNA MAT213 Model |
College of Charleston/NASA |
$87,500 |
|
Wang, Yi |
Mechanical Engineering |
Enabling Trust in Engine Health Monitoring through Model Ensembles |
CFD Research Corporation/US Navy |
$40,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Coggins, Thomas |
Sponsored Awards Management |
IACUC Program Support for Research Animal Facility |
US Department of Veterans Affairs |
$178,845 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Toriello, Paul |
Basic Science Research |
Addictions Counselors for Rural Recovery (AC4RR) |
SC Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare (SCCRPH)/SCDHHS |
$199,998 |
|
Rhodes, Morgan |
Family & Preventive Medicine |
Learning Together: The I3 Collaborative to Support Family Medicine Residency Excellence |
ABFM Foundation, Inc. |
$75,000 |
|
Cardaci, Thomas |
Path, Microbio. & Immunology |
(PI - Thomas Cardaci) Impact of Obesity on Chemotherapy-induced muscle mitochondrial dysfunction |
National Cancer Institute (NCI)/NIH |
$78,898 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Hoskins, Katherine (Katie) |
Univ Libraries - Dean's Office |
South Carolina Digital Newspaper Program |
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) |
$320,863 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
DeLaurier, April |
AK Biology & Geology |
Understanding the role of Hdacs in zebrafish craniofacial development |
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)/NIH |
$689,996 |
|
Mckay, Scott |
AK College of Sciences and Eng |
Cyber Workforce Pipeline to SRNS Phase I: Increase USCA Capacity to build a stronger cyber workforce |
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), LLC/DOE |
$234,997 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Ammons, Robert |
LAN PALMETTO COLLEGE |
Lancaster Promise Neighborhood |
Lancaster County Partners for Youth/USDE |
$161,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Herzberg, Tina |
UPS Dept of Education |
Project INSPIRE 2: Access and Equity in STEM Learning for Individuals who Read Braille |
US Department of Education (USDE) |
$1,034,983 |
|
Karls, Amanda |
UPS INSTIT EFFECTIVENESS & RESEARC |
Collegiate Recycling Grant FY25 |
Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling - SC Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) |
$10,000 |
|
Karls, Amanda |
UPS INSTIT EFFECTIVENESS & RESEARC |
Harvest Gardens & Urban Teaching Farm |
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)/USDA |
$90,000 |
To request a PDF copy of this report, please contact Elizabeth Renedo at renedoe@mailbox.sc.edu