All University of South Carolina system institutions will be closed through the end of the spring semester. Columbia campus virtual instruction will continue through the end of the Summer II semester (Aug 1). Details can be found on the coronavirus landing page.
The Office of the Vice President for Research requests that UofSC faculty with research expertise relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic submit summary information to be published on our website to facilitate research connections and collaborations across the university and throughout the state.
Proposals for this special funding initiative must be submitted in USCeRA by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Faculty from all disciplines and campuses are encouraged to apply.
In a letter to the University of South Carolina research community, Vice President for Research Prakash Nagarkatti provides guidance for researchers and research administrators on research activities and services while system campuses are closed. This letter, initially published on March 17, 2020, will be updated as new information is available.
Dr. Prinz and his collaborators received a new grant of $11.16 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the interdisciplinary Research Center for Child Well-Being. This prestigious NIH Center of Biomedical Research Excellence involves 17 faculty researchers from five departments across four UofSC colleges and schools.
The Office of the Vice President for Research is proud to present faculty members who show an ongoing commitment to our programs with two awards, the Distinguished Research Service Award and the Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor Award.
The Office of the Vice President is pleased to announce the 2020 recipients of RISE grant awards. The RISE program funds meritorious summer research projects by faculty members working at UofSC comprehensive institutions and Palmetto College campuses.
The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to announce the 2019-2020 recipients of the SPARC Graduate Research Grants. These 57 graduate students, representing 10 academic units, will receive up to $5,000 to complete their meritorious scholarly projects.
Sixteen outstanding faculty members and 14 top-notch doctoral students across the University of South Carolina will receive Breakthrough awards at the spring Research Awards Dinner and be celebrated in a special awards booklet.
The Office of the Vice President for Research is proud to celebrate 2019, a year of outstanding scholarship, record-setting funding and growth in the University of South Carolina's research enterprise. Read on for some of 2019's brightest research highlights.
The 26th NSF EPSCoR National Conference, hosted by the UofSC Office of the Vice President for Research on Sunday, October 27 through Wednesday, October 30, drew more than 400 faculty, students, postdoctoral scholars and others for a packed program of speakers, breakout sessions and more, around the theme of "Science and Partnerships Across Disciplinary Boundaries."
Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director and Science Advisor to the President of the United States, will convene a luncheon on Monday, October 28, to discuss research policy with UofSC faculty members.
Total research and sponsored awards soared to $278.6 million in fiscal year 2019, setting a new record for the fifth consecutive year.
The Office of the Vice President for Research is seeking nominations for our three signature Breakthrough award programs: Breakthrough Leadership in Research, Breakthrough Stars and Breakthrough Graduate Scholars. All nominations for these programs are due by Friday, October 18, 2019.
The Office of the Vice President for Research is accepting SPARC Grant applications until Wednesday, November 13. SPARC applicants are required to attend a SPARC application workshop, which will be offered four times beginning on Thursday, August 29.
The Office of the Vice President for Research and the South Carolina EPSCoR Office are honored to host the 26th NSF EPSCoR National Conference in Columbia on Sunday, October 27 through Wednesday, October 30, 2019.
For the seventh year in a row, the University of South Carolina has been named one of the top 100 worldwide universities granted utility patents in 2018 by the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association.
The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to invite undergraduate students working on summer research projects with UofSC faculty to share their work at the 2019 Summer Research Symposium on Thursday, August 1, in the Thomas Cooper Library's Hollings Program Room.
The Office of the Vice President for Research has received funding from the South Carolina Lottery program to purchase state-of-the-art research equipment to develop and sustain interdisciplinary research. The office will coordinate an internal competition to select the final project for funding. Proposals are due by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 1.
All undergraduate students conducting research on UofSC campuses this summer are encouraged to join the Office of the Vice President for Research for our summer workshop series, Research: Next Steps to Success, beginning on Wednesday, June 5, 2019.
Governor Henry McMaster presented the 2019 Governor's Award for Excellence in Scientific Awareness to Dr. Timothy Mousseau, Department of Biological Sciences, and the 2019 Young Scientist Award for Excellence in Scientific Research to Dr. Hui Wang, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
The Office of the Vice President for Research is proud to announce the results of our 2019 ASPIRE faculty research funding competition. Since it began in 2012, the annual ASPIRE grant program has funded promising research and shared research infrastructure, to enhance research and scholarship throughout the UofSC system.
The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to honor faculty members who have steadfastly supported our programs with two awards, the Distinguished Research Service Award and the Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor Award.
The Office of the Vice President is pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of the RISE--Research Initiative for Summer Engagement--grant awards. The RISE program funds meritorious summer research projects by faculty members working at UofSC system campuses and Palmetto College.
The University of South Carolina has retained its top "R1: Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity" designation in the 2018 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Only 130 universities, including Harvard and Stanford, share this elite designation.
Each year, the Office of the Vice President for Research offers graduate students in all areas of study a unique opportunity to compete for grants of up to $5,000 to fund research, scholarly and creative projects. This academic year, 57 students from eight different academic units will receive SPARC grants.