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. 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. Amy Dellinger
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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. 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
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
Dr. Anne
Fanatico
Novel microbubble technology to reduce contamination of poultry products and fresh produce for small and medium veteran farmers
College of Fine and Applied Arts
Department of Sustainable Development
$21,899
University of Connecticut
January 2022
Dr. Jill
Juris
BRIDGE2Health: An intergenerational mentoring program
Beaver College of Health Sciences
Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education
$30,962
Ohio State University
January 2022
Dr. Rahman
Tashakkori
App State Multipurpose Apiary Informatics System (AppMAIS)
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College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Computer Science
$249,987
University of North Carolina System Office
January 2022
Dr. Shawn
Bergman
EBP Research Support
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Psychology
$49,727
Vela Institute
January 2022