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 2021, App State’s external funding from grants and contracts totaled nearly $37 million — an institutional record. App State received $19.5 million through externally funded grants and contracts in 2022, 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. 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
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
$10,673
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
February 2022
Dr. Michael
Reddish
ASCEND - Appalachian State CURE for Enzyme Discoveries
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
$30,948
University of North Carolina System Office
February 2022
Dr. Christopher
Hogan
Microgrants for Student Off-Campus Counseling Referrals
Division of Student Affairs
Counseling and Psychological Services Center
$22,000
University of North Carolina System Office
February 2022
Kaaren
Hayes
State Appropriations
Reich College of Education
Parent to Parent Family Support Network-High Country
$2,556
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
February 2022
Dr. Thomas Pegelow
Kaplan
14th Southeast German Studies Workshop: The Haskalah and European Enlightenment Revisited; Teaching German and German-Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century; Democracy: Past, Present, Future
College of Arts and Sciences
Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies (former employee)
$700
Council for European Studies
February 2022
Dr. Thomas Pegelow
Kaplan
Southeastern German Studies Workshop 2022 - AFAvH Alumni Council Grant
College of Arts and Sciences
Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies (former employee)
$750
American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
February 2022
Dr. Shawn
Bergman
Partnership to Build Safety Analytics
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Psychology
$10,355
Elevate Textiles Inc.
February 2022
Dr. Owen Ash
Morgan
Economic Impact of Blowing Rock Annual Horse Show
Center for Economic Research and Policy Analysis
$12,250
Blowing Rock Horse Show Foundation
February 2022
Dr. Thomas Pegelow
Kaplan
14th Southeast German Studies Consortium Workshop
College of Arts and Sciences
Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies (former employee)
$500
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
February 2022