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.
Get the October 2025 New Grant Awards Report (pdf).
Summary of Large October 2025 New Grant Awards |
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PI Name |
PI College/Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
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Roberts, Jane |
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences Psychology |
Translation of the FMR1 Premutation Phenotypes Across the Lifespan |
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)/NIH |
$6,360,269 |
|
Bonilha, Leonardo |
School of Medicine Neurology |
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Treat Aphasia: A Superiority Study |
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)/NIH |
$5,880,204 |
|
Beets, Michael |
Arnold School of Public Health Exercise Science |
Efficacy of Center-based Childcare to Mitigate Unhealthy Weight Gain in Preschoolers from Low-income Households During the Summer |
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)/NIH |
$3,116,208 |
|
Larson, Leila |
Arnold School of Public Health Healt Prom., Educ. & Behavior |
Impact of combined nutrition, responsive parenting, and health intervention on childhood development (BUNDLE) study |
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)/NIH |
$2,725,228 |
|
Heyden, Andreas |
Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing Chemical Engineering |
Development of Ferromagnetic Catalysts through Spin Manipulation for On-Demand Hydrogen Production |
DOE EPSCOR |
$2,499,999 |
|
Vogler, Kenneth |
College of Education Teacher Education |
Our Founding Principles: Preparing Educators for America’s Semiquincentennial and Beyond |
US Department of Education (USDE) |
$2,179,517 |
|
Porter, Dwayne |
Arnold School of Public Health Environmental Health Sciences |
Operational Support of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System Centralized
Data Management Office |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/DOC |
$880,967 |
|
Wang, Sicheng |
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences Geography |
Optimizing SCDOT’s Permitting, Mitigation, and Compliance Systems to Improve Project Delivery |
SC Department of Transportation (SCDOT) |
$799,999 |
|
zur Loye, Hans-Conrad |
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences Chemistry & Biochemistry |
Developing the Chemistry of Np, Pu, and Am Containing Extended Oxide Structures |
US Department of Energy (DOE) |
$693,004 |
|
Martin, Maria |
Arnold School of Public Health PASOS |
DPH-MCHB and PASOs Partnership |
SC Department of Public Health (DPH)/HRSA/HHS |
$600,000 |