← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Clemson University
Clemson, SC
$1,068,437,196
Total funding
1,921
Grants
Funding over time
peak $106.1M · FY2005–26$200M$150M$100M$50M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NSF$437,382,868 · 1032
NIH$223,787,854 · 326
DOE$182,544,764 · 120
DOD$135,667,830 · 173
USDA$61,997,677 · 170
NASA$18,369,425 · 88
AHRQ$7,242,786 · 7
CDC$1,443,992 · 3
SAMHSA$0 · 2
By mechanism
—$835,962,564 · 1583
R01$80,246,903 · 55
P20$64,750,712 · 94
R35$16,620,525 · 14
R21$13,888,316 · 39
R15$12,733,840 · 38
Investigators at Clemson University
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
Largest grants
TAS::89 0331::TAS RECOVERY RECOVERY ACT: CLEMSON UNIVERSITY WIND TURBINE DRIVETRAIN TEST FACILITY$43,165,502
· FY2010 · Department of Energy
THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS FOR THE VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING OF GROUND SYSTEMS.$34,813,033
· FY2021 · Department of the Army
RII Track-1: AI-enabled Devices for the Advancement of Personalized and Transformative Healthcare in South Carolina$13,525,016
· FY2023 · O/D
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** FRESHWATER SCARCITY IS A THREAT TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. IN MANY FRESHWATER-SCARCE REGIONS, SALINE WATER SOURCES CAN BE USED FOR IRRIGATION; HOWEVER, INCREASED SOIL SALINIZATION CONSTRAINS THEIR USE. WE CAN GROW SALT-TOLERANT CROPS SUSTAINABLY WITH APPROPRIATE DESALINATION TECHNIQUES AND EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT WATER USE, NUTRIENT APPLICATION, AND SALINITY. WE WILL DEVELOP AN INTEGRATED HYDROPONIC CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE (CEA) PLATFORM WITH PRE-BREEDING AND SCREENING OF MUSTARD GREENS, CUCUMBER, AND TOMATO GERMPLASM FOR SALT TOLERANCE AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR DESALINATION TO PROVIDE TAILORED-QUALITY IRRIGATION WATER. WE WILL INCLUDE UNIVERSITY AND K-12 EDUCATION ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS EXTENSION TRAINING AND OUTREACH OF STAKEHOLDERS. MAJOR IMPACT OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE INCREASED AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF NATURALLY OCCURRING SALINE WATER IN FOOD CROP PRODUCTION WITHOUT SALINIZING SOILS. SALT-TOLERANT MUSTARD GREENS, CUCUMBER, AND TOMATO VARIETIES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENT AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION.$10,000,000
· FY2023 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING PARADIGM FOR COMPOSITES (AIM FOR COMPOSITES)$8,650,000
· FY2022 · Department of Energy
SUPPORT RESEARCH FOR THE LABORATORY FOR ADVANCED PHOTOTONIC COMPOSITIES$7,953,946
· FY2008 · Department of the Navy
HIGH PHOTON DENSITY SPATIOTEMPORAL (OAM+SAM) VECTOR BEAMS FOR MARITIME ENVIRONMENTS$7,500,000
· FY2020 · Department of the Navy
RADIONUCLIDE WASTE DISPOSAL: DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI-SCALE EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELING CAPABILITIES$7,104,053
· FY2014 · Department of Energy
THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO FUND RESEARCH SUPPORTING THE DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES OFFICES (BTO) ARCADIA PROGRAM. THIS EFFORT SHALL BE CARRIED OUT GENERALLY AS SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT B, RESEARCH DESCRIPTION DOCUMENT, DATED NOVEMBER 01, 2022, AND IN THE RECIPIENTS REVISED PROPOSAL TITLED, ECO-COATING ENGINEERING CONTROL OF ORGANIC COATINGS ON AUTONOMOUS NAVY GLIDERS, DATED JULY 21, 2022, COPIES OF WHICH ARE IN THE POSSESSION OF BOTH PARTIES.$6,787,986
· FY2025 · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
AN INTEGRATED MULTI-MATERIAL DIGITAL LIFE CYCLE APPROACH FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF GROUND VEHICLE STRUCTURES AND COMPONENTS$6,645,000
· FY2020 · Department of the Army
ART: STRIDE - Stimulating Translation of Research via Intentional Development and Ecosystem$6,288,337
· FY2024 · TIP
BREEDING HIGH YIELDING BIOENERGY SORGHUM FOR THE NEW BIOENERGY BELT$6,149,999
· FY2017 · Department of Energy
RII Track-2 FEC: Advanced Biomanufacturing: Catalyzing Improved Host Development and High Quality Medicines through Genome to Phenome Predictions$6,052,552
· FY2017 · O/D
RII Track-2 FEC: The Creation of Next-Generation Tools for Neuroscience - Noninvasive Radioluminescence Approaches to Optogenetics$6,000,000
· FY2016 · O/D
Advanced Cyberinfrastructre - Research and Educational Facilitation: Campus-Based Computational Research Support$5,901,465
· FY2014 · CSE
DE-EE0009656 TITLED MANUFACTURING DEMONSTRATION OF A LARGE-SCALE, MULTI-MATERIAL PASSENGER VEHICLE SUB-SYSTEM.
NEW AWARD TO CLEMSON UNIVERSITY.$5,750,000
· FY2021 · Department of Energy
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY- NEW NON-COMPETITIVE AWARD
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY WILL PERFORM PLANT PHENOTYPING AND DATA ANALYSIS, EXPAND GENOTYPING EFFORTS TO PREDICT HETEROSIS, AND COORDINATE SEED PRODUCTION.$5,418,157
· FY2019 · Department of Energy
FULLY INTEGRATED HIGH SPEED MEGAWATT CLASS MOTOR AND HIGH FREQUENCY VARIABLE SPEED DRIVE SYSTEM$5,093,046
· FY2017 · Department of Energy
Exploring Strategies to Strengthen Student Transfer to Engineering$4,997,934
· FY2025 · EDU
THE TECHNICAL GOAL IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE ACCELERATED DISCOVERY, DESIGN, AND LASER CONVERGENT MANUFACTURING OF LOW-TEMPERATURE (< 650°C) OXYGEN-CONDUCTING SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYZER CELL(LT-O-SOEC) WITH A MINIMUM ACTIVE AREA > 15 CM2, TO ACHIEVE OR EXCEED THE TARGETS OF = 1.2A/CM2 AT 1.3 V/CELL WITH = 3 MV/KHR DEGRADATION RATE. THE GOAL OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS PLAN (CBP) IS TO HELP ENSURE THE RESULTS FROM THE PROJECT HAVE A WIDE AND EQUITABLE POSITIVE IMPACT ACROSS UNITED STATE (US) COMMUNITIES WHILE AVOIDING INEQUITABLE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON ANY SPECIFIC COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THOSE HISTORICALLY AT RISK FROM ENERGY-RELATED TECHNOLOGIES OR DEINDUSTRIALIZATION. TO ACHIEVE THE ABOVE-STATED PROJECT GOAL, WE WILL ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES: DURING BUDGET PERIOD 1: OBJECTIVE 1: DESIGN AND VALIDATE THE PERFORMANCE OF NOVEL ELECTROLYTE, ELECTRODE, BUFFER MATERIALS AND INTERFACES. OBJECTIVE 2: HIGH THROUGHPUT FABRICATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND TESTING OF MICRO-SAMPLE ARRAY TO (1) EFFICIENTLY SCREEN AND DOWN-SELECT VAST COMBINATORY POSSIBILITIES OF INTERFACE, MICROSTRUCTURE, AND CELL ARCHITECTURE FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCES; AND (2) QUICKLY ESTABLISH OF DATASETS OF PROCESSING-MATERIAL-PERFORMANCE LINKS FOR MACHINE LEARNING (ML) TRAINING. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND ACCESSIBILITY (DEIA) OBJECTIVE 1: “RECRUITMENT”. SUPPORT RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES TO ENSURE EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENT RESEARCHERS FROM DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. ENERGY EQUITY OBJECTIVE 2: “HYDROGEN-ORANGE START-UP PRIZE.” INITIATE AND AWARD THE “HYDROGEN-ORANGE PRIZE” EACH YEAR TO THE TEAM OR INDIVIDUALS TO PRESENT THE MOST VIABLE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY RELATED TO HYDROGEN AND CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. WORKFORCE OBJECTIVE 2: “RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR TEACHERS (RET) SUPPLEMENT.” PROVIDE A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR 1 OR 2 ADDITIONAL TEACHERS PER YEAR TO PARTICIPATE AND WORK ON PROJECTS RELATED TO CLEAN ENERGY AND HYDROGEN RESEARCH. DURING BUDGET PERIOD 2: OBJECTIVE 3: ESTABLISH AND VALIDATE ML MODELS TO PREDICT AND DESIGN THE MATERIALS AND INTERFACE FOR THE HIGH-PERFORMANCE LT-O-SOEC, AND THE APPROPRIATE PROCESSING PARAMETERS FOR THE ULTRA-FAST, LASER-SELECTIVE CONVERGENT MANUFACTURING (ULCM) OF LT-O-SOEC. OBJECTIVE 4: COMPUTATIONAL MODELING TO PREDICT THE DEFECT-FREE LASER PROCESSING PARAMETERS AND DESIGN THE OPTIMAL THERMOMECHANICAL STABILITY AT BOTH MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY (MEA) AND STACK LEVELS. OBJECTIVE 5: ESTABLISH ML-BASED, IN-PROCESS MONITORING OF MICROSTRUCTURE AND DEFECTS FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE. DEIA OBJECTIVE 2: “MENTOR-LEARNER.” ESTABLISH A DEIA “MENTOR-LEARNER” PROGRAM, MATCHING RESEARCHERS (GRADUATE, SMALL BUSINESS) WITH THE DIVERSITY OF NEXT-GENERATION LEARNERS (SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, ETC.). ENERGY EQUITY OBJECTIVE 1: “SUMMER ENERGY EQUITY WORKSHOP AND PROJECT.” ESTABLISH A WORKSHOP EACH YEAR, FOCUSING ON CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE ENERGY EQUITY THROUGH HYDROGEN AND RELATED CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. DURING BUDGET PERIOD 3: OBJECTIVE 6: ULCM OF LARGE AREA (> 15 CM2) MEA WITH PRECISELY CONTROLLED MICROSTRUCTURE AND CRYSTALLINE PHASE OF DENSE ELECTROLYTE, POROUS ELECTRODES, AND HETEROGENEOUS INTERFACE. OBJECTIVE 7: SOEC STACK PACKAGING AND TESTING TO VALIDATE THE LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE STABILITY OF LT-O-SOEC STACKS.$4,902,057
· FY2025 · Department of Energy