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 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.

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2021-2022

Awardee Project Title College/School/Division Award Amount Sponsor Date Awarded
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. Sandi
Lane
Senior Living Leader's Perspectives of Leading Through a Pandemic
Beaver College of Health Sciences
Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management
$1,200
Des Moines University
January 2022
Dr. Tracie McLemore
Salinas
STEAM Expo - Engineering Tomorrow
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College of Arts and Sciences
Math and Science Education Center
$2,750
University of North Carolina System Office
January 2022
Dr. Johnathan
Sugg
Mapping Geographies of Climate Advocacy and Outreach
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Geography and Planning
$22,075
Protect our Winters
January 2022
Dr. Anna
Muenchrath
Communications Coordinator Project
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of English
$18,819
Society for History, Authorship, Reading and Publishing
January 2022
Shawn Bergman
Shawn
Development and Demonstrations of Data Analytics Strategies for Evaluating Organizational Safety Performance
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Psychology
$37,000
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
January 2022
Dr. Andrew
Smith
RUI: Collaborative Proposal: Assessments and Stances Regarding the Uncertainty of (Un)Desired Outcomes
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Psychology
$45,740
National Science Foundation - Decision, Risk and Management Sciences
January 2022