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 fiscal year 2024, App State’s external funding from grants and contracts totaled $25.8 million — a record for the university.

Browse externally awarded grants/contracts in the table below and use the search field to filter awarded grants/contracts by campus unit.

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2021-2022

Awardee Project Title College/School/Division Award Amount Sponsor Date Awarded
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. Gary
McCullough
ALP Life Sciences Nutritional Oil Study
Beaver College of Health Sciences
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
$2,249
ALP Life Sciences LLC
October 2021
Dr. Jesse
Lutabingwa
2021 Fulbright TEA Program-Uzbekistan
Division of Academic Affairs
Office of International Education and Development
$8,131
Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (Fulbright TEA)
October 2021
Dr. Kurt
Michael
Assessment, Support, and Counseling Center
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Psychology (former employee)
$22,000
Ashe County Board of Education
October 2021
Dr. David
McEvoy
Collaborative Research: Implications of Solar Radiation Management for Strategic Behavior and Climate Governance
Walker College of Business
Center for Economic Research and Policy Analysis
$10,000
University of Wyoming
October 2021
Dr. David
Nieman
Influence of 8-Week Cranberry Supplementation on the Antibody Response to Influenza Vaccination and Ex-Vivo Viral Defense
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Biology
$4,140
Ocean Spray
October 2021
Dr. Maggie
Sugg
CAREER: The Geography of Mental Health: Understanding contextual, compositional, and external stressors
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College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Geography and Planning
$74,143
National Science Foundation
October 2021
Dr. Scott
Marshall
Enhancements to the Community Fault Model (CFM) and its IT infrastructure to support SCEC science
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
$19,490
University of Southern California Earthquake Center
October 2021
Dr. Michael
Gangloff
Declining Occupancy in Native Crayfishes: Elucidating the Role of an Invasive Crayfish
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Biology
$174,998
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
October 2021
Kaaren
Hayes
High County United Way Parent to Parent FSN
Reich College of Education
Parent to Parent Family Support Network-High Country
$4,000
High County United Way
October 2021