USC Receives Huge Research Grants

Georgia_Girl
Thu, 09 Oct 2014 23:27:09 +0000

Major research grants have been received by the university recently, including funds for two Centers of Excellence. Here is a partial list:

National Institute of Mental Health–$16 million, to be shared with the Broad Inst. and another university
National Institute of Health–$10 million for advanced craniofacial research, to be shared among Keck, Ostrow, Harvard and University of Chicago
Jewish Community Foundation–$250,000 to Davis School of Gerontology
National Science Foundation–$300,000 to Viterbi School of Engineering
Combined Grant from NSF and Moore Foundation–$3 Million to Dornsife School of LAS

Major Grants from NIH…

The largest grants of $23 million dollars were received from the National Institutes of Health. This award will create two Centers of Excellence and will add to SC’s position as a leader in the neuroimaging and data mining field. Dr. Paul Thompson will head the ENIGMA Center for Worldwide Medicine, Imaging and Genomics. The ENIGMA center will be a global consortium to study nine major brain diseases. Dr. Arthur Toga will head the Big Data for Discovery Science Center, The goal of the BDDS center will be to develop database systems to help scientists and physicians mine complex data about the brain.