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.
Summary of Large October 2025 New Grant Awards |
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PI Name |
PI College/Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| 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 and Enhancements to the System-Wide Monitoring Program |
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 |
October Awards by College
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Porter, Dwayne | 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 |
| Porter, Dwayne | Environmental Health Sciences | Continuing Support for the Florida Aquatic Preserves Continuous Water Quality Monitoring Program Data Management, Training and Data Portal | Florida Department of Environmental Protection/State of Florida | $445,915 |
| Beets, Michael | 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 |
| Yang, Chih-Hsiang (Jason) | Exercise Science | Optimizing and Projecting Lifestyle Behavioral Interventions to Sustain Long-term Health Behaviors and Outcomes in Focus Populations (SIP 25-004: Lifestyle Change Implementation Research Network) | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/HHS | $498,623 |
| Bornstein, Marta | Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior | (PI - Arielle N'Diaye) Understanding Differences in Reproductive Health Care Access and Preference-aligned Contraceptive Care Provision Among Black Bisexual and Heterosexual Women in the South | Society of Family Planning | $7,500 |
| Larson, Leila | Health 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 |
| Olatosi, Bankole | Health Services Policy & Mgmt | (Syeda Akhtar - PI) Wastewater-Based Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Infections in South Carolina | America Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association (ASTDA) | $5,000 |
| Martin, Maria | PASOS | DPH-MCHB and PASOs Partnership | SC Department of Public Health (DPH)/HRSA/HHS | $600,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Plotner, Tony | Educational & Developmental Science | Postsecondary Access and Learning (PAL) | SC Vocational Rehabilitation Department (SCVRD) | $504,000 |
| Arslan-Ari, Ismahan | Leadership, Learning Design, & Inquiry | VIA-LLM: Visually Impaired Assistive Tool with LLM reasoning | Clemson University/SC EPSCoR | $5,518 |
| Dickenson, Tammiee | Research, Eval., & Measurement | Evaluation of the Young Men United Program Year 4 | United Way of the Midlands | $65,500 |
| Vogler, Kenneth | Teacher Education | Our Founding Principles: Preparing Educators for America’s Semiquincentennial and Beyond | US Department of Education (USDE) | $2,179,517 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Mohammadi, Ehsan | School of Information Sciences | Region 2 Regional Medical Library, NNLM | Medical University of South Carolina(MUSC)/Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM)/NIH | $19,993 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Von Nessen, Joseph | Moore Sch - Div. of Research | The Economic Impact of Palmetto Goodwill | Palmetto Goodwill | $60,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Hourigan, Aimee | Substance Abuse and Prevention | Collegiate Recovery Program | SC Department of Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse Services (SC DAODAS) | $170,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Lambert, Jason | Facilities Services | FY25 SCEO Mini-Grant for two electric vehicles | SC State Energy Office/DOE | $25,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Holladay, Patrick | Hotel, Restaurant & Tour Mgmt | Empowering Agritourism Service Providers to Strengthen Agritourism Programs as a Farm Diversification Strategy to Enhance Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Success | West Virginia University/ (WVU)USDA | $25,288 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Schreiner, Nina | Anthropology | Rehabilitating and Exhibiting Maritime Archaeological Collections from Coastal South Carolina | SC Department of Archives and History (SCDAH)/NPS/DOI | $540,000 |
| Weik, Terrance | Anthropology | Cedar Creek Community Graveyard Preservation | Richland County Conservation Commission - Richland County | $26,648 |
| Twiss, Jeffery | Biological Sciences | Targeting Axon Intrinsic Pathways to Accelerate Regeneration and Promote Neuroprotection | SC Research Foundation (SCRF)/Dr Miriam and Sheldon G Adelson Medical Research Foundation (AMRF) | $399,097 |
| He, Lijian | Chemistry & Biochemistry | ICP-MS detection of lead in sweet potato | US Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $99,000 |
| zur Loye, Hans-Conrad | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Developing the Chemistry of Np, Pu, and Am Containing Extended Oxide Structures | US Department of Energy (DOE) | $693,004 |
| Mourtgos, Scott | Criminology & Criminal Justice | An Evaluation of Drone as First Responder Programs in U.S. Policing | Arnold Ventures, LLC. | $291,536 |
| Wang, Sicheng | Geography | Optimizing SCDOT’s Permitting, Mitigation, and Compliance Systems to Improve Project Delivery | SC Department of Transportation (SCDOT) | $799,999 |
| Ballard, Matthew | Mathematics | AI for Math Proposal | SC Research Foundation (SCRF)/Renaissance Philanthropy Fund | $191,453 |
| Bradshaw, Jessica | Psychology | Predicting Late Talkers in Infants who are at Elevated Familial Likelihood for Autism | University of Minnesota/NIDCD/NIH | $32,532 |
| Roberts, Jane | Psychology | Translation of the FMR1 Premutation Phenotypes Across the Lifespan | National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)/NIH | $6,360,269 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Uline, Mark | Biomedical Engineering | Novel Acute Stress Quantification During Pilot Training Via Volatile Organic Compounds | Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)/DOD | $339,605 |
| Heyden, Andreas | Chemical Engineering | Development of Ferromagnetic Catalysts through Spin Manipulation for On-Demand Hydrogen Production | DOE EPSCOR | $2,499,999 |
| Peng, Zhenmeng | Chemical Engineering | Flow-cell Assisted Ion Removal and Recovery (FAIR2) Technology for Efficient Nutrient Management of Hydroponic Wastewater | WaterUS LLC/USDA | $35,000 |
| Shimpalee, Sirivatch | Chemical Engineering | Prismatic TRISO Fuel Element Volume Reduction | US Department of Energy (DOE) | $75,000 |
| Taheri-Qazvini, Nader | Chemical Engineering | DT-Enabled MXene-based Flexible Sensors for Wrist Rehabilitation Monitoring | SC EPSCoR | $70,000 |
| Fu, Peng (Frank) | Computer Science & Engineering | Quantum Computing | SC Quantum | $12,173 |
| O'Reilly, Christian | Computer Science & Engineering | National Research Training Platform (NRTP) | The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University/Azrieli Foundation | $27,774 |
| Valafar, Homayoun | Computer Science & Engineering | Columbia Airport Hybrid Ecosystem Analysis - Phenogy | Phenogy Inc. | $31,379 |
| Shazly, Tarek | Mechanical Engineering | Matrix 1 - Small scale -- Devro portion | Devro Inc. | $35,806 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Hucks, Jennifer | Internal Medicine | Adult CF Center - Midlands (25-26) | Prisma Health-Midlands/Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $34,073 |
| Rotholz, David | MDC Ctr Disability Resources | South Carolina Assistive Technology Program Leadership Conference (ATLC) | SC Developmental Disabilities Council/ACL/HHS | $3,500 |
| Bonilha, Leonardo | Neurology | Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Treat Aphasia: A Superiority Study | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)/NIH | $5,880,204 |
| Narasimhan, Meera | Neuropsychiatry | SC Behavioral Health Initiative Evaluation | Prisma Health - Midlands/SCCRPH/SCDHHS | $72,800 |
| Frizzell, Norma | Pharm., Physiology & Neuroscience | Anaplerotic odd-chain fatty acid therapy for the treatment of Leigh Syndrome | United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF) | $100,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Beck, Judy | AK School of Education | Project CREATE 25-26 | SC Department of Education (SCDE) | $200,934 |
| Martin, Melissa | AK School of Education | USCA LIFE & DD Council | SC Developmental Disabilities Council/ACL/HHS | $20,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Criswell, Stephen | LAN PALMETTO COLLEGE | Partnership with SC Arts Commission for SC Folk Heritage Award Management | SC Arts Commission | $15,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Conley, Carolyn | UN PALMETTO COLLEGE | Union County STEM Bus: Driving Innovation and Opportunity | Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) | $232,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Waldrop, Susannah | UPS Academic Affairs Admin | Avanzando Through College 2025-2026 | UnidosUS | $15,000 |
| Pae, Holly | UPS Human Perform and Hlth | Project CREATE 2025-26 | SC Department of Education | $142,709 |
To request a PDF copy of this report, please contact Elizabeth Renedo at renedoe@mailbox.sc.edu