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.
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 |
December Grants by College
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Cook, Larry | Office of Sustainability | Osprey Initiative, LLC Litter Gitter Agreement | Osprey Initiative, LLC | $2,500 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Arjmandi, Meisam | Communication Sci & Disorders | Analysis of Speech Perception Errors for Personalized Cochlear Implant Programming and Improved Speech Recognition | American Speech-Language-Hearing (ASH) Foundation | $50,000 |
| Baalousha, Mohammed | Environmental Health Sciences | Spatial Variability and Physicochemical Characterization of Wildland-Urban Interface Ash and Indoor Dust from Los Angeles Fires | Rutgers University/Chemical Safety Research Institute (CIRI) of Underwriters Laboratories | $45,000 |
| Perumal, Nandita | Epidemiology & Biostatistics | Vulnerable Newborn Pooled Analysis (Subcontract to John Hopkins University) | John Hopkins University/Gates Foundation | $5,000 |
| Fairman, Ciaran | Exercise Science | Exercise Medicine in Cancer Research | Prisma Health-Midlands | $56,411 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Sharp, Jessica | 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 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Von Nessen, Joseph | Moore Sch - Economics | SCRA: Economic Impact Analysis - FY25 | SC Research Authority (SCRA) | $20,000 |
| Magelssen, Catherine | Moore Sch - Dean's Office | Legal and Economic Ownership of Intellectual Property within Multiunit Firms | Strategic Management Society | $25,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Hourigan, Aimee | Substance Abuse and Prevention | Great Plays 2026 | International Town Gown Association (ITGA) | $14,992 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Thibault, Annie | Colorectal Cancer Prevention Network | SOUTH CAROLINA HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT TRANSFORMATION (SC-HIT) | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/HHS | $677,737 |
| Wilder, Colin | History | Civics and Humanities Program at the University of South Carolina | Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) at George Mason University | $40,000 |
| Bi, Wenli | Physics & Astronomy | CAREER: TUNING QUANTUM STATES OF MAGNETIC TOPOLOGICAL SYSTEMS WITH PRESSURE | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $152,832 |
| Petrov, Alexey | Physics & Astronomy | Frontiers in Particle Physics and Cosmology: Annual School and Workshop | The Heising-Simons Foundation | $60,000 |
| Wippold, Guillermo | Psychology | Building Resilience through Innovative Interventions to promote Growth & Health after Trauma | Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)/NIH | $1,117,500 |
| Kwon, Hyunji | School of Visual Art Design | The Role of a Visual Arts and Creative Writing Summer Program in Developing the Social and Emotional Characters of Urban Youth: A Mixed Methods Research Study | National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) | $80,000 |
| Kwon, Hyunji | School of Visual Art Design | The Role of a Visual Arts and Creative Writing Summer Program in Developing the Social and Emotional Characters of Urban Youth: A Mixed Methods Research Study - Third Party Match for U00037763 | YMCA of Columbia | $3,450 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Lauterbach, Jochen | Chemical Engineering | Fuel Cycle (FC) FIRE Collaborative | Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BSRA)/SNRL/DOE | $1,280,000 |
| Fang, Xin | Electrical Engineering | Collaborative Research: CyberTraining: Pilot: PowerCyber: Computational Training for Power Engineering Researchers | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $120,000 |
| Fang, Xin | Electrical Engineering | Collaborative Research: CyberTraining: Pilot: PowerCyber: Computational Training for Power Engineering Researchers | NC State University/NSF | $23,716 |
| Fang, Xin | Electrical Engineering | Digital Twin Addressing Multi-Scale Operational Needs of IBR-rich GriDs (DIAMOND) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC/NREL/DOE | $200,000 |
| Haj-Hariri, Hossein | 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 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Spinale, Francis | Basic Science Research | Prevention of remodeling by image guided epicardial delivery of hydrogels to the heart (resubmission) | Yale University/NIH | $214,063 |
| Enos, Reilly | Path, Microbio. & Immunology | Estrogen Receptor-Alpha Signaling in Skeletal Muscle as a Promising Avenue for Obesity Treatment in Both Sexes | Augusta University/NIH | $20,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Geyer, Andrew | AK Dept of English | Celebrating South Carolina Voices: The 2026 Literary Hall of Fame Induction | SC Humanities/SC Arts Commission | $2,500 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Hargrove, Bonnie | BFT Center for the Arts | SC Arts Commission General Operating Support Grant | SC Arts Commission | $21,179 |
| Hutchison, Lynne | 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 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Ammons, Robert | LAN PALMETTO COLLEGE | Lancaster Promise Neighborhood | Lancaster County Partners for Youth/USDE | $161,000 |
PI Name |
PI Dept. |
Award Title |
Sponsor |
Total |
| Edwards, Cheryl | UN PALMETTO COLLEGE | Chester Healthcare Foundation 2025 Grant | USC Educational Foundation/Chester Healthcare Foundation | $13,600 |
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