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 March 1 and March 31, 2025. 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 March 2025 New Grant Awards Report (pdf).
Summary of Large March 2025 New Grant Awards |
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PI Name |
PI College/Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Byers, Megan | Arnold School of Public Health - Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior | For the Purchase and Provision of Education, Training, and Management of the Alzheimer’s Disease Registry | SC Department of Health and Human Services (SC DHHS) | $2,265,272 |
| Michels, Jill | College of Pharmacy - Palmetto Poison Center | South Carolina Poison Center Support and Enhancement Project | Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)/HHS | $1,731,115 |
| Armstrong, Alissa | College of Arts and Sciences - Biological Sciences | CAREER: Regulation of Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis by ovarian and adipose tissue amino acid sensing signaling pathways | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $1,368,734 |
| Abraham, Michele | Darla Moore School of Business - Small Business Dev. Ctr. | South Carolina Department of Commerce Award Fiscal Year 2024-2025 - (State Director's Office) | SC Department of Commerce (SCDOC) | $1,000,000 |
| Bonilha, Leonardo | School of Medicine - Neurology | Expanding Brain Health Access and Support to Rural and Underserved SC Providers and Communities | USC Educational Foundation/The Duke Endowment | $1,000,000 |
| Smithwick, Julie | Arnold School of Public Health - Center for Community Health Alignment | Envision Equitable Communities Year 4 | Wisconsin Department of Health Services/CDC | $916,000 |
| McGough, Maureen | Joseph F. Rice School of Law - Law - Dean's Office | FY24 University of South Carolina CPD LE Products and Resources Award - (Microtrainings on Critical Policing Issues: Creating and evaluating accessible, digestible trainings based on the Excellence in Policing and Public Safety (EPPS)) | US Department of Justice (DOJ) | $496,562 |
| Baalousha, Mohammed | Arnold School of Public Health - Environmental Health Sciences | Impact of Moderate and High Severity Forest Fires on Metals Transformations and the Formation of Disinfection by Products | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $420,000 |
| Huang, Xinyu | Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing - Mechanical Engineering | Analyzing the combustion behavior of woven polyester fabric - SC Dept of Commerce | SC Department of Commerce - Fraunhofer | $320,000 |
7 April 2025