U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R–South Carolina) recently announced more than $5.9 million in grants for Clemson University, the Medical University of South Carolina, Morris College, and the University of South Carolina. The grants were awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Clemson University • $263,937 for a project entitled “Trans–generational Impact of Maternal Obesity and Diabetes on Health Disparities.” • $200,000 for a project entitled “Mentoring Children of Prisoners Program.”

Medical University of

South Carolina • $552,002 for a project entitled “Faculty Recruitment into Neurobiology of Addiction Research Center.” • $321,000 for a project entitled “Inflammation and Degeneration of Optic Nerve in EAE.” • $295,000 for a project entitled “Dual Mode Mass Spectrometry Platform for Increasing Depth in Proteomic Analysis.” • $221,250 for a project entitled “Ethanol and Plasticity of Tripartite Synapses.” • $110,625 for a project entitled “Role of Cilia in Mammalian Tooth Patterning.”

Morris College • $329,670 for a project entitled “Health Care and Other Facilities.”

University of

South Carolina • $2,823,426 for a project entitled “An Open Source Research Permissions Framework for South Carolina.” • $309,590 for a project entitled “Use of a Community University Partnership to Eliminate Environmental Stressors.” • $291,911 for a project entitled “Post–Transcriptional Regulation in Colorectal Cancer.” • $226,333 for a project entitled “Modeling Spatial and Family Factors in the Transmission of Wealth.”