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 2023, App State’s external funding from grants and contracts totaled $22.3 million — 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.

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2021-2022

Awardee Project Title College/School/Division Award Amount Sponsor Date Awarded
Dr. Amy Dellinger
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Support for Appalachian Senior Programs-Senior Companion Program
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Sociology
$8,820
United Way of Wilkes County
February 2022
Dr. Andrea
Anderson
Child and Adult Care Food Program - Lucy Brock Child Development Food Program
Reich College of Education
Lucy Brock Child Development Laboratory Program
$853
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
February 2022
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. Christine
Hendren
AccelNet Implementation: International Network For Researching, Advancing and Assessing Materials for Environmental Sustainability (INFRAMES)
Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics
$9,410
Duke University
February 2022
Dr. Katherine
Mawhinney
Math PATH Scholars
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Mathematical Sciences
$25,000
Ellucian Foundation
March 2022
Dr. Heather
Ondercin
Masculine and Feminine Attributes of Major Party Candidates: Understanding America's Changing Conceptualization of Candidates and Parties
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Government and Justice Studies
$20,700
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
March 2022
Dr. Julie
Shepherd-Powell
Arts Equity Project Grants
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
$5,700
North Carolina Arts Council
March 2022
Dr. David
Nieman
Countermeasure Influence of 4-Weeks Cranberry Ingestion on Immune Dysfunction, Inflammation and Muscle Damage Induced by Intensive Running
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Biology
$326,120
Ocean Spray
March 2022
Dr. Julie
Hasson
Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative Proposal - Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools
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Reich College of Education
Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
$470,000
Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools
March 2022
Dr. Betsy
Rosenbalm
ESSER II FUNDING
Reich College of Education
Public School Partnership
$299,239
East Carolina University
March 2022