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
Page
Appalachian Foster Grandparent Program
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Sociology
$3,000
Dogwood Health Trust
March 2022
Dr. Amy Dellinger
Page
Appalachian Senior Companion Program
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Sociology
$5,000
Dogwood Health Trust
March 2022
Kaaren
Hayes
High County United Way Parent to Parent Family Support Network
Reich College of Education
Parent to Parent Family Support Network-High Country
$4,000
Dogwood Health Trust
March 2022
Dr. Tonya
Coffey
Scanning Probe Microscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy Analysis of Printed Semiconductor Materials
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Physics and Astronomy
$9,999
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
March 2022
Ronald
Elmore
CARES ACT Small Business Technology Development Center BPM 2021-7
Small Business Technology Development Center (former employee)
$15,591
North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center
March 2022
Dr. Amy Dellinger
Page
Support for Appalachian Senior Programs-Foster Grandparent Program
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Sociology
$7,354
United Way of Wilkes County
March 2022
Dr. Maggie
Sugg
A Causal Analysis of the Complex Mental Health Impacts of the Climate Crisis in Young People
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Geography and Planning
$413,598
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
February 2022
Denise
Ringler
Schaefer Center Loss of Revenue Sales
Office of Arts and Cultural Programs
$331,919
U.S. Small Business Administration
February 2022
Denise
Ringler
Schaefer Center Loss of Revenue Sales
Office of Arts and Cultural Programs
$165,959
U.S. Small Business Administration
February 2022
Dr. Brook
Harmon
Integrating Religious/Spiritual Identifiers within the Electronic Medical Records of an Inpatient Medical System in the Mid-South
Beaver College of Health Sciences
Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management
$40,592
Methodist Healthcare Foundation
February 2022