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 April 1 and April 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 April 2024 New Grant Awards Report (pdf).
Summary of Large April 2024 New Grant Awards
| PI Name | PI College/Department | Award title | Sponsor | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe, Courtney | Arnold School of Public Health - Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior | Using Existing Social Ties to Promote Physical Activity: Effects of Digitally Delivered Team Social Support Training | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)/NIH | $3,052,336 |
| DePratter, Chester | College of Arts and Sciences - Archaeology & Anthropology | Continued processing and reporting collections from Charlesfort/Santa Elena Archaeological Site (38BU51 and 38BU162), USMCRD, Parris Island, South Carolina | Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) Parris Island/USMC/DOD | $937,760 |
| Peng, Xuefeng (Nick) | College of Arts and Sciences - School of Earth, Ocean & Environment | Fungal contribution to benthic nitrogen and carbon cycling in a productive ocean basin | The Simons Foundation International , Ltd. | $810,000 |
| Boggs, Carol | College of Arts and Sciences - School of Earth, Ocean & Environment | Integrating physiological and behavioral ecology: How limited resources and allocation trade-offs impact mate signaling | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $703,889 |
| Crichigno, Jorge | College of Engineering & Computing - IIT - Engineering | OAC Core: Enhancing Network Security by Implementing an ML Malware Detection and Classification Scheme in P4 Programmable Data Planes and SmartNICs. | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $599,999 |
| Sur, Sanjib | College of Engineering & Computing - Computer Science & Engineering | NeTS: Small: NSF-DST: Modernizing Underground Mines Operations with Millimeter-Wave Imaging and Networking | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $599,559 |
| Crichigno, Jorge | College of Engineering & Computing - IIT - Engineering | CC* Integration-Small: Enhancing Data Transfers by Enabling Programmability and Closed-loop Control in a Non-programmable Science DMZ | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $500,000 |
| Suski, Emily | School of Law - Law - Dean's Office | DSS CHAMPS Grant | SC Department of Social Services (DSS) | $480,000 |
| Walters, Wendell | College of Arts and Sciences - Chemistry & Biochemistry | Quantifying Natural and Anthropogenic Influences on Nitrogen Oxides Emissions and Chemistry | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $422,847 |
| Kloot, Robin | Arnold School of Public Health - Environmental Health Sciences | Growing Resilience in South Dakota Rangeland and Cropland | Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)/USDA | $417,817 |
9 May 2024