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. 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
Dr. Amy Dellinger
Page
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. 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. 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. 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