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.
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. Leah Hamilton |
HudsonUp Learn more |
Beaver College of Health Sciences Department of Social Work |
$57,318 |
Jain Family Institute |
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 | |
|
Dr. Shawn Bergman |
EBP Research Support |
College of Arts and Sciences Department of Psychology |
$49,727 |
Vela Institute |
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 | |
|
Ron Elmore |
CARES ACT SBTDC BPM 2021-6 |
Small Business Technology Development Center (former employee) |
$41,151 |
North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center |
November 2021 | |
|
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. Petia Bobadova |
Synthesis, Properties and Dynamics of BODIPY-based Fluorophores |
College of Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences |
$40,046 |
Louisiana State University |
December 2021 | |
|
Dr. Derek Martin |
Large woody debris in low-gradient floodplain rivers: Spatial distribution, physical controls, and geomorphic effects |
College of Arts and Sciences Department of Geography and Planning |
$38,172 |
University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
September 2021 | |
|
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. Christine Hendren |
Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability (STEPS) |
Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics |
$35,758 |
North Carolina State University |
June 2022 |