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Office of the Vice President for Research

Office of Research Announces Recipients of the COVID-19 Internal Funding Initiative

The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to announce the recipients of our special internal funding initiative to support research and scholarship related to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have funded 42 projects involving 82 faculty members from five campuses, eight colleges/schools and 29 different departments across the University of South Carolina.

UofSC researchers have a unique opportunity to enhance South Carolina’s public health, economic well-being and other factors related to COVID-19.

— Prakash Nagarkatti

This special funding initiative will enable faculty members to begin impactful new research projects and generate preliminary results that could be developed on a larger scale to secure extramural funding to pursue more comprehensive studies.

“UofSC researchers have a unique opportunity to enhance South Carolina’s public health, economic well-being and other factors related to COVID-19,” said Vice President for Research Prakash Nagarkatti. “Our office is proud to help facilitate these timely studies in a wide variety of disciplines, from medicine to political science and education, and support our exceptional researchers in making an impact.”

UofSC President Bob Caslen commented, “I am proud of our faculty’s impact on the community’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their innovative research continues to inform future planning for our city and state and maintains the standard of academic and research excellence at our university.”

We are pleased to congratulate all of the researchers who had COVID-19 research projects funded through this initiative. These researchers should refer to the COVID-19 Research Initiative website for grant terms and conditions and other important guidance.

 

COVID-19 Research Initiative Projects

 

 

27 April 2020


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