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 December 1 and December 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 December 2025 New Grant Awards Report (pdf).
Summary of Large December 2025 New Grant Awards |
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PI Name |
PI College/Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Hutchison, Lynne |
University of SC Beaufort BFT Nursing |
Lowcountry IMPACT: Increasing Nursing Workforce in Acute and Long-Term Care through Academic Practice Partnerships Serving Underserved and Rural Populations. | Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)/HHS | $3,873,442 |
| Haj-Hariri, Hossein |
Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing Eng. & Computing Dean's Office |
Applied Quantum for Space and Energy Lab (AQSEL) | The South Carolina Quantum Association/State of South Carolina | $3,244,656 |
| Sharp, Jessica |
College of Education Teacher Education |
Infant/Toddler Quality Improvement Initiative: South Carolina Program for Infant/Toddler Care (SCPITC) 2025-2026 | SC Department of Social Services (DSS) | $3,060,153 |
| Lauterbach, Jochen |
Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing Chemical Engineering |
Fuel Cycle (FC) FIRE Collaborative | Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BSRA)/SNRL/DOE | $1,280,000 |
| Wippold, Guillermo |
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences Psychology |
Building Resilience through Innovative Interventions to promote Growth & Health after Trauma | Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)/NIH | $1,117,500 |
| Thibault, Annie |
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences Colorectal Cancer Prevention Network |
SOUTH CAROLINA HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT TRANSFORMATION (SC-HIT) | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/HHS | $677,737 |
| Spinale, Francis |
School of Medicine Basic Science Research |
Prevention of remodeling by image guided epicardial delivery of hydrogels to the heart (resubmission) | Yale University/NIH | $214,063 |
| Fang, Xin |
Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing Electrical Engineering |
Digital Twin Addressing Multi-Scale Operational Needs of IBR-rich GriDs (DIAMOND) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC/NREL/DOE | $200,000 |
| Ammons, Robert |
University of SC Lancaster LAN PALMETTO COLLEGE |
Lancaster Promise Neighborhood | Lancaster County Partners for Youth/USDE | $161,000 |
| Bi, Wenli |
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences Physics & Astronomy |
CAREER: TUNING QUANTUM STATES OF MAGNETIC TOPOLOGICAL SYSTEMS WITH PRESSURE | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $152,832 |