App State faculty and staff routinely receive grant funding from state, regional and national organizations, as well as business and industry sponsors, in support of their research, creative and/or scholarly endeavors. These projects span a variety of disciplines — STEM, the arts and humanities, and business, to name a few — and have far-reaching impact.
In 2021, App State’s external funding from grants and contracts totaled nearly $37 million — an institutional record. App State received $19.5 million through externally funded grants and contracts in 2022, the second highest amount in university history.
Browse externally awarded grants/contracts in the table below and use the search field to filter awarded grants/contracts by campus unit.
To read more about externally funded projects at App State, visit Appalachian Today, the university’s news and events website.
2021-2022
2021-2022
| Awardee | Project Title | College/School/Division | Award Amount | Sponsor | Date Awarded | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Thomas Hansell |
Central Appalachian Folk Arts and Culture Apprentice Documenters 2021 |
College of Arts and Sciences Department of Interdisciplinary Studies |
$25,100 |
South Arts Inc. |
August 2021 | |
|
Dr. Colin Kelley |
Connecting West Africa Users to Cutting Edge Resources: Integrating Satellite Observations and Sub-Seasonal Climate Forecasts to Enhance Agricultural and Pastoral Water-Management Decision-Making Using 21st Century Agro-Pastoral Water Deficit Predictions |
College of Arts and Sciences Department of Geography and Planning |
$25,775 |
University of California at Santa Barbara |
February 2022 | |
|
Dr. Baker Perry |
Supplement to Climate-Glacier Interactions on Nevado Ausangate, Peru |
College of Arts and Sciences Department of Geography and Planning |
$27,330 |
National Geographic Society |
June 2022 | |
|
Dr. Andrew Koricich |
Columbus State University - Student Staff Training Workshops 2021 (Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges) |
Reich College of Education National Center for Developmental Education |
$27,332 |
Columbus State University |
September 2021 | |
|
Dr. Johnnie Lotesta |
Rightward in the Rustbelt: Political Parties, Policy and the Crisis of Representation |
College of Arts and Sciences Department of Sociology |
$28,629 |
Harvard University |
June 2022 | |
|
Dr. Jon Winek |
Watauga Assessment, Support, and Counseling Center 2021-22 |
Reich College of Education Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling |
$30,000 |
Watauga County Schools |
October 2021 | |
|
Dr. Michael Reddish |
ASCEND - Appalachian State CURE for Enzyme Discoveries |
College of Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences |
$30,948 |
University of North Carolina System Office |
February 2022 | |
|
Dr. Jill Juris |
BRIDGE2Health: An intergenerational mentoring program |
Beaver College of Health Sciences Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education |
$30,962 |
Ohio State University |
January 2022 | |
|
Ron Elmore |
SBTDC BPM 2020-6 |
Small Business Technology Development Center (former employee) |
$32,619 |
North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center |
November 2021 | |
|
Dr. Andrew Heckert |
Using Tiny Triassic Fossils to Address Big Evolutionary Questions-Comparisons of Microvertebrate Assemblages from South Africa and Poland Learn more |
College of Arts and Sciences Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences |
$34,430 |
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program |
September 2021 |