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.
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. Amy Dellinger Page |
Appalachian Senior Companion Program |
College of Arts and Sciences Department of Sociology |
$5,000 |
High Country United Way |
August 2021 | |
|
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 | |
|
Jason Lynch |
Exploring Relationships Among Trauma Exposure, Resilience, and First-Year Student Success at Historically Black Universities |
Reich College of Education Department of Leadership and Educational Studies |
$3,500 |
Association of College and University Housing Officers-International |
August 2021 | |
|
Dr. Brian Raichle |
Time and Materials Study of Installing the Square D Energy Center |
Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment |
$6,381 |
Schneider Electric USA Inc. |
August 2021 | |
|
Aaron Gersonde |
Upward Bound Math and Science |
College Access Partnerships, Upward Bound |
$312,480 |
U.S. Department of Education |
August 2021 | |
|
Dr. Jennifer Burris |
Proposal for comprehensive site for physics teacher training Learn more |
College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics and Astronomy (former employee) |
$99,226 |
Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) |
July 2021 | |
|
Dr. Rebecca Turpin |
Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing Clinical Internship Pilot Project |
Beaver College of Health Sciences Department of Nursing |
$3,000 |
Hospice and Home Care Foundation of North Carolina |
July 2021 | |
|
Dr. Teressa Sumrall |
Wrap Around Support for Student Families |
Reich College of Education Department of Family and Child Studies |
$98,099 |
U.S. Department of Education |
July 2021 | |
|
Corinne Smith |
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) |
Division of Academic Affairs College Access Partnerships |
$4,219,200 |
U.S. Department of Education |
July 2021 | |
|
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 |