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 November 1 and November 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 November 2025 New Grant Awards |
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PI Name |
PI College/Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
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Imran, Jasim |
Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing Civil & Environmental Eng. |
Antifragile Infrastructure Approach for Naval Installations and Coastal Host Communities |
Office of Naval Research (ONR)/DOD |
$1,375,000 |
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Walsh, Michael |
School of Medicine Neuropsychiatry |
RSA: Rehabilitation Long Term Training Program: Training Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors, CFDA 84.129B |
US Department of Education (USDE) |
$791,180 |
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Twiss, Jeffery |
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences Biological Sciences |
Noninvasive nanoparticle-directed therapy to the peripheral nervous system |
Clemson University/NIH |
$754,892 |
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Wuest, Thorsten (Thor) |
Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing Mechanical Engineering |
Enhancing spot weld quality in car body production using process-integrated AI-driven quality prediction and parameter adaptation - DOC portion |
SC Department of Commerce/Fraunhofer USA Coalition |
$683,781 |
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All, Jessica |
University of SC Salkehatchie SA PALMETTO COLLEGE |
Workforce Opportunities in Regional Careers II Renewal (WORC II Renewal) |
SRS Community Reuse Organization (SRSCRO)/NNSA/DOE |
$674,772 |
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Harmon, Sarah |
University of SC Aiken AK Biology & Geology |
Workforce Opportunities in Regional Careers II (WORC II) Renewal |
SRS Community Reuse Organization (SRSCRO)/NNSA/DOE |
$670,450 |
|
White, Ralph |
Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing Chemical Engineering |
Exploring electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) signatures |
Analog Devices |
$627,271 |
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Maxwell, Morgan |
Joseph F. Rice School of Law Children's Law Center |
FY26 Joint Citizens and Legislative Committee on Children |
South Carolina Senate |
$580,000 |
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Fritz, Stacy |
Arnold School of Public Health Exercise Science |
Mitigating Injurious Falls in Older Adults Through Non-Injurious Fall and Gait Analysis From Floor Vibrations - STTR Sub-contract with Advanced Smart Systems and Evaluation Technologies, LLC (ASSET) |
Advanced Smart Systems and Evaluation Technologies, LLC (ASSET)/NIH |
$421,709 |
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Whitehead, Dustin |
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences Theatre and Dance |
Get on Set - 2026 |
SC Film Commission - SC Department of Parks Recreation and Tourism |
$420,000 |
November 2025 Awards by College
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Smithwick, Julie |
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Advancing Community Health Worker Leadership and Sustainability | SC Research Foundation (SCRF)/Johnson & Johnson Foundation | $400,000 |
| Kilpatrick, Daniel | Environmental Health Sciences | Rosemont Action Planning Session, Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Award | Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities (LAMC)/NFWF/DOC | $31,524 |
| Langan, Laura | Environmental Health Sciences | Disease Surveillance in Sewersheds: An Alternative Approach to Population Monitoring in Support of Public Health Decision Making | Baylor University/Texas Health and Human Services Commission/Department of State Health Services (Texas) | $100,000 |
| Sabo-Attwood, Tara | Environmental Health Sciences | Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health & Safety (SCCAHS) - Emerging Issues Program (continuation) | University of Florida/CDC/HHS | $114,460 |
| Hollingsworth, Brandon | Epidemiology & Biostatistics | Moving toward targeted arbovirus control: using the virome to determine Aedes dispersal and population structure | Cornell University/NIAID/NIH | $97,233 |
| Baker, Forrest | Exercise Science | Biomarker Analysis in Elite Athletes: Internal and External Load Monitoring | Orreco Inc. | $129,987 |
| Fritz, Stacy | Exercise Science | Mitigating Injurious Falls in Older Adults Through Non-Injurious Fall and Gait Analysis From Floor Vibrations - STTR Sub-contract with Advanced Smart Systems and Evaluation Technologies, LLC (ASSET) | Advanced Smart Systems and Evaluation Technologies, LLC (ASSET)/NIH | $421,709 |
| Regan, Elizabeth W. | Exercise Science | Tele-Exercise to Promote Empowered Movement in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury, TEEMS – Sub-contract with Drexel University | Drexel University/AMRMC/DOD | $128,271 |
| Fowler, Lauren | Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior | Improving Access to Services, Preventing Eating Disorders, and Addressing Comorbid Depression and Anxiety in Diverse Adolescents | Washington University/Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation | $15,157 |
| Larson, Leila | Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior | Foreign Subaward Component of Project 10015464: Impact of combined nutrition, responsive parenting, and health intervention on childhood development (BUNDLE) study | National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)/NIH | $100,868 |
| Andrews, Christina | Health Services Policy & Mgmt | Alcohol treatment in Medicaid managed care plans: Disparities in policies and outcomes Subcontract | Boston University/NIAAA/NIH | $35,211 |
| Ostermann, Jan | Health Services Policy & Mgmt | Foreign Subaward Component (NIMR) of Project 10012596 - Leveraging community health workers and a responsive digital health system to improve rates and timeliness of child well visits in the first year of life - [Huduma Kwa Wakati (formerly called Chanjo)] | National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)/NIH | $296,426 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
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Educational & Developmental Science | Project SMART-MBH (Scholars in Multi-Tiered Approaches to Research and Training in Mental and Behavioral Health):Collaborative Training in Special Education and School Psychology | University of Missouri/Northern Illinois University/USDE | $19,795 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
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PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Wickersham, Karen |
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Proof-of-Concept Testing of a Theory-Based Self-Management Intervention for Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Side Effects in Advanced Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer | Oncology Nursing Foundation (ONF) | $100,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Shapiro, Cheri |
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Evidence-Based Psychosocial Interventions for Youth and Families: A Landscape Survey of Behavioral Health Providers in South Carolina | SC Department of Social Services | $20,000 |
| Anderson, Brandi | Social Work Dean's Office | Building Brighter Tomorrows - Today: Piloting a School Social Work Pipeline Development Training Program | USC Educational Foundation/The Duke Endowment | $248,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Carter, Kealy |
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Bloomberg Youth Climate Action - City of Columbia | US Educational Foundation/City of Columbia/Bloomberg Philanthropies | $5,000 |
| Von Nessen, Joseph | Moore School Div. of Research | Charleston County Economic Development: EIS 2025 | Charleston County Economic Development | $67,500 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Okumus, Fevzi |
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Hospitality Career Camp Immersion Program 2025 | employU | $24,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Carney, Rebecca |
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FY26 CJA Task Force | SC Department of Social Services (DSS)/HHS | $109,229 |
| Maxwell, Morgan | Children's Law Center | FY26 Joint Citizens and Legislative Committee on Children | South Carolina Senate | $580,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Terracio, Nathan |
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Richland County Hospitality Tax Grant | SC Research Foundation (SCRF)/Richland County | $22.500 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Schreiner, Nina |
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Investigating Eastatoe near Twin Falls, Pickens County, South Carolina | Felburn Foundation | $12,000 |
| Twiss, Jeffery | Biological Sciences | Noninvasive nanoparticle-directed therapy to the peripheral nervous system | Clemson University/NIH | $754,892 |
| Shustova, Natalia | Chemistry & Biochemistry | ACS Graduate Student Success Grant | American Chemical Society (ACS) | $25,000 |
| Shustova, Natalia | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Photophysics of Adaptive Materials | The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation | $50,000 |
| Wilder, Colin | History | Civics and Humanities | National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | $24,439 |
| Kisselev, Olesya | Languages, Literatures, & Cult. | Hybrid student exchange program: Enhancing language practice and intercultural collaboration in the Russian language classroom | UiT The Arctic University of Norway/Norwegian Directorate for higher Education and Skills | $119,972 |
| Parrish, Lori | Psychology | Hennepin County School Mental Health Digital Learning Project | County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota | $20,287 |
| Bulusu, Subrahmanyam | School of Earth, Ocean & Env. | Investigating the Mechanisms of Sea Level Change Using 30+ Years of Satellite Altimetry and the ECCO Ocean State Estimate | Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Calif Institute of Tech/NASA | $192,553 |
| Meyer-Gutbrod, Erin | School of Earth, Ocean & Env. | Near real-time glider-based passive acoustic monitoring of right whales in the Southeast US | Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA)/NOAA | $70,000 |
| Voulgaris, George | School of Earth, Ocean & Env. | Upgrades to South Carolina’s HF Radar Network | Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA)/NOAA | $100,000 |
| Brashears, Matthew | Sociology | Societal Impacts of Nuclear Detonation: Functional Architecture Code Development | Defense Threat Reduction Agency/ARA, Inc./DOD | $63,000 |
| Whitehead, Dustin | Theatre and Dance | Get on Set - 2026 | SC Film Commission - SC Department of Parks Recreation and Tourism | $420,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Sadati, Monirosadat |
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Comprehensive Quality Control Development for Devro Collagen Gels | Devro Inc. | $59,600 |
| White, Ralph | Chemical Engineering | Exploring electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) signatures | Analog Devices | $627,271 |
| Imran, Jasim | Civil & Environmental Eng. | Antifragile Infrastructure Approach for Naval Installations and Coastal Host Communities | Office of Naval Research (ONR)/DOD | $1,375,000 |
| Valafar, Homayoun | Computer Science & Engineering | Columbia Airport Hybrid Ecosystem Analysis -- commerce | Fraunhofer/SC Department of Commerce | $11,979 |
| Vidal, Jose | Computer Science & Engineering | Development of a Tool to Streamline and Expedite the General Permit Application | University of Nebraska/US DOT | $20,000 |
| Fang, Xin | Electrical Engineering | Dynamic Thermal Rating for Distribution Systems | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)/DOE | $50,000 |
| Shazly, Tarek | Mechanical Engineering | Matrix 1 -- Small Scale -- Commerce portion | Fraunhofer/SC Department of Commerce | $14,096 |
| Wuest, Thorsten (Thor) | Mechanical Engineering | Enhancing spot weld quality in car body production using process-integrated AI-driven quality prediction and parameter adaptation - DOC portion | SC Department of Commerce/Fraunhofer USA Coalition | $683,781 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Bennett, Kevin |
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Rural Health Fellow, 2025-26 - The Commonwealth Fund | The Commonwealth Fund | $198,393 |
| Al-hasan, Majdi | Internal Medicine | Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) | City of Columbia/HUD | $358,019 |
| Walsh, Michael | Neuropsychiatry | RSA: Rehabilitation Long Term Training Program: Training Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors, CFDA 84.129B | US Department of Education (USDE) | $791,180 |
| Campbell, Berry | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Mobilizing MOMs: Increasing access to specialty care for pregnant women with diabetes across the Midlands Perinatal Region |
Prisma Midlands/SCCRPH/DHHS | $23,928 |
| Nagarkatti, Mitzi | Path, Microbio. & Immunology | (PI - Chloe Weyer-Nichols) Mechanisms of Pathogenesis in Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B-Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)/NIH | $136,986 |
| Stephenson, Kathryn | Pediatrics | Parents as Teachers (25-26) | Prisma Health-Midlands/Children's Trust of SC/HRSA/HHS | $103,797 |
| Bell, Floyd | Radiology | Ultrasound Training for Rural Health Providers | SC Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare (SCCRPH)/SCDHHS | $67,200 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Harmon, Sarah |
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Workforce Opportunities in Regional Careers II (WORC II) Renewal | SRS Community Reuse Organization (SRSCRO)/NNSA/DOE | $670,450 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Canada, Brian |
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VIA-LLM: Visually Impaired Assistive Tool with LLM reasoning | Clemson University/SC EPSCOR/NSF | $6,000 |
| Montie, Eric | BFT Natural Sciences | Infrastructure Needs for the Estuarine Soundscape Observatory Network in the Southeast (ESONS) | Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA)/NOAA | $70,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| All, Jessica |
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Workforce Opportunities in Regional Careers II Renewal (WORC II Renewal) | SRS Community Reuse Organization (SRSCRO)/NNSA/DOE | $674,772 |
To request a PDF copy of these report, please contact Elizabeth Renedo at renedoe@mailbox.sc.edu