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.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Dr. Emily Rose |
Interdisciplinary Preparation in Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services for Personnel Serving Children With Disabilities Who Have High-Intensity Needs |
Beaver College of Health Sciences Department of Rehabilitation Sciences |
$249,024 |
U.S. Department of Education'a Office of Special Education Programs |
September 2021 | |
|
Dr. Michael Reddish |
LEAPS-MPS: Determining All the Contributions of Adrenodoxin to Cytochrome P450 Catalysis |
College of Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences |
$249,840 |
National Science Foundation |
April 2022 | |
|
Dr. Rahman Tashakkori |
App State Multipurpose Apiary Informatics System (AppMAIS) Learn more |
College of Arts and Sciences Department of Computer Science |
$249,987 |
University of North Carolina System Office |
January 2022 | |
|
Dr. Andrea Anderson |
Lucy Brock CDLP Collaborative with Watauga County Schools |
Reich College of Education Lucy Brock Child Development Laboratory Program |
$258,500 |
The Children's Council of Watauga County |
November 2021 | |
|
Dr. Kimberly Money |
RCOE NCPF/TP3 Application Learn more |
Reich College of Education Department of Leadership and Educational Studies |
$260,108 |
North Carolina Principal Fellows Program |
September 2021 | |
|
Dr. Tracie McLemore Salinas |
Appalachian Entrepreneurship Academy: Transformative and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Learn more |
College of Arts and Sciences Math and Science Education Center |
$261,142 |
Appalachian Entrepreneurship Academy |
December 2021 | |
|
Dr. Michael Opata |
MRI: Acquisition of a Flow Cytometer, a Multi-User Resource at Appalachian State University |
College of Arts and Sciences Department of Biology |
$264,868 |
National Science Foundation |
September 2021 | |
|
Dr. Andrea Anderson |
Child Care Stabilization Grants |
Reich College of Education Lucy Brock Child Development Laboratory Program |
$268,444 |
North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education |
November 2021 | |
|
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. Sarah Evans |
Collaborative Research: RUI: Zero-order to first-order: Hydrologic drivers of surface-subsurface storage dynamics in thawing permafrost landscapes Learn more |
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences |
$276,373 |
National Science Foundation |
July 2021 |