Awarded External Grants & Contracts

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.

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2021-2022

Awardee Project Title College/School/Division Award Amount Sponsor Date Awarded
Kaaren
Hayes
Vaya Health
Reich College of Education
Parent to Parent Family Support Network-High Country
$2,688
Vaya Health
June 2022
Dr. Jaewon
Oh
Snow Loss Reduction of PV Systems by Pulse Heating Technique
College of Fine and Applied Arts
Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment
$276,322
U.S. Department of Energy
June 2022
Dr. Jamie
Russell
Reducing Energy Burden in the High Country
College of Fine and Applied Arts
Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment
$292,636
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
June 2022
Dr. Elizabeth
Shay
North Carolina Department of Transportation University Transportation Centers of Excellence
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Geography and Planning
$13,025
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
May 2022
Dr. Thomas Pegelow
Kaplan
Shoah Research, Education and Documentation
College of Arts and Sciences
Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies (former employee)
$21,000
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
May 2022
Dr. Maggie
Sugg
CAREER
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College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Geography and Planning
$6,000
National Science Foundation
May 2022
Dr. Leah
Hamilton
Qualitative Evaluation of Georgia Resilience and Opportunity (GRO) Fund: Insights on the Effects of a Guaranteed Income Program for Low-Income Black Women in Georgia
Beaver College of Health Sciences
Department of Social Work
$350,505
GiveDirectly
May 2022
Bryan
Belcher
2022 Empowering Communities to Deliver and Sustain Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Programs
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Beaver College of Health Sciences
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Institute for Health and Human Services
$552,322
Department of Health and Human Services - Administration for Community Living
May 2022
Dr. James
Beeler
Young Eisner Scholars (YES) Watauga
Division of Academic Affairs
College Access Partnerships
$18,135
Young Eisner Scholars
April 2022
Dr. Jeremy
Ferrell
Promoting Integrated On-Farm Bioenergy Technologies
College of Fine and Applied Arts
Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment
$76,396
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
April 2022