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 April 1 and April 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.
Get the April 2025 New Grant Awards Report (pdf).
Summary of Large April 2025 New Grant Awards |
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PI Name |
PI College/Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
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Narasimhan, Meera |
School of Medicine - Neuropsychiatry |
Access Improvement/rural Outreach Initiatives in Partnership with SC Office of Rural Health Contract #1599 SC DHHS Services for Purchase and Provision of Rural Outreach Program |
SC Department of Health and Human Services |
$4,379,304 |
|
Dail, Robin |
College of Nursing - Office of Research - Nursing |
Neonatal autonomic nervous system dysfunction as a predictor of autism spectrum disorder in preterm infants |
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)/NIH |
$3,397,499 |
|
Hollis, Fiona |
School of Medicine - Pharm., Physiology & Neuroscience |
Psychosocial stress-induced neurometabolic dysfunction as a mediator of postpartum cardiovascular disease |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/NIH |
$2,881,214 |
|
Porcu, Alessandra |
College of Pharmacy - Drug Discovery & Biomed Sci. |
Neurobiological responses of somatostatin neuronal circuits to environmental light disruptions during pubertal development |
National Center for Complementary & Integrative Health (NCCIH)/NIH |
$2,497,402 |
|
Bonilha, Heather |
Arnold School of Public Health - Communication Sci & Disorders |
Brain Networks Supporting Oral and Pharyngeal Swallow Function after Stroke |
Medical University of South Carolina/NINDS/NIH |
$667,971 |
|
Kilpatrick, Daniel |
Arnold School of Public Health - Public Health - Dean's Office |
EJ Strong PREP: Practicing Risk Reduction Education through Partnership in South Carolina |
SC Department of Environmental Sciences (SCDES)/EPA |
$497,352 |
|
Cai, Bo |
Arnold School of Public Health - Epidemiology & Biostatistics |
SC Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance, Tracking, and Research Network (SC MD STARnet) (Subcontract to DHEC) Comp A |
SC Department Public Health (SCDPH)/CDC |
$330,000 |
|
Besmann, Theodore |
Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing - Mechanical Engineering |
Completion of the Molten Salt Thermal Properties Database-Thermochemical |
UT-Battelle, LLC/ORNL/DOE |
$255,000 |
|
Ene, Mihaela |
College of Education - Research, Eval., & Measurement |
Evaluation of Florence County School District Three’s School-Based Mental Health Project |
Florence County School District Three/USDE |
$200,000 |