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.
To read more about externally funded projects at App State, visit Appalachian Today, the university’s news and events website.
2021-2022
2021-2022
| Awardee | Project Title | College/School/Division | Award Amount | Sponsor | Date Awarded | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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 Learn more |
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 | |
|
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. Anne Fanatico |
Systems-based integrated program for enhancing the sustainability of antibiotic-restricted poultry production |
College of Fine and Applied Arts Department of Sustainable Development |
$66,438 |
University of Connecticut |
December 2021 | |
|
Dr. Kurt Michael |
Rural School Mental Health Training and Service Provision in North Carolina |
College of Arts and Sciences Department of Psychology (former employee) |
$166,668 |
Ashe Schools |
December 2021 | |
|
Marta Toran |
Convergence RAISE: Harnessing Extracellular Vesicle Mediated Interkingdom Communication |
College of Arts and Sciences Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences |
$55,577 |
Duke University |
December 2021 |