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 September 1 and September 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 September 2025 New Grant Awards Report (pdf).
Summary of Large September 2025 New Grant Awards |
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PI Name |
PI College/Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
|
Stewart, Jill |
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences Baruch Institute |
Eco-evolutionary dynamics of Escherichia coli in an island system: Environmental drivers of waterborne urinary tract infections |
Fogarty International Center/NIH
|
$3,000,004 |
|
Mustain, William |
Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing Chemical Engineering |
Battery Innovation – UofSC |
US Department of Energy (DOE)
|
$2,160,000 |
|
Boghossian, Nansi |
Arnold School of Public Health Epidemiology & Biostatistics |
Impact of 12-month Postpartum Insurance Extensions on Maternal and Newborn Health |
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)/NIH
|
$1,664,038 |
|
Ammons, Robert |
University of SC Lancaster LAN PALMETTO COLLEGE |
Student Support Services (Scholarships - Grant in Aid) |
US Department Of Education (USDE)
|
$1,518,795 |
|
Barfield, Reagan |
College of Pharmacy Pharm - Clin Pharm & Outcomes Sciences |
The advancement of a post-graduate outpatient pharmacy training model in South Carolina to enhance chronic care management, research, and service line expansion in rural and medically underserved communities |
SC Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare/SCDHHS
|
$1,389,293 |
|
Mustain, William |
Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing Chemical Engineering |
Alkaline stable, non-porous, anion exchange ionomer and membrane separator scale-up for liquid alkaline electrolysis |
Ionomr/DOE
|
$1,191,972 |
|
Farkas, Csilla |
Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing Computer Science & Engineering |
2025-2026 DoD Cyber Service Academy Application, University of South Carolina |
US Department of Defense (DOD)
|
$965,700 |
|
Abraham, Michele |
Darla Moore School of Business Small Business Dev. Ctr. |
SC Small Business Development Centers Program Announcement - SBA 2025 Funding Opportunity |
US Small Business Administration (SBA)
|
$897,635 |
|
Smith, Erik |
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences Baruch Institute |
North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve FY25 Operations Award |
National Ocean Service (NOS) Office for Coastal Management (OCM)/NOAA/DOC
|
$880,967 |