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. James Beeler |
Young Eisner Scholars (YES) Watauga |
Division of Academic Affairs College Access Partnerships |
$105,391 |
Young Eisner Scholars |
November 2021 | |
|
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. Sarah Carmichael |
"CSI Devonian" - testing Late Devonian ocean anoxia proxies across different paleoenvironments Learn more |
College of Arts and Sciences Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences |
$459,988 |
National Science Foundation |
November 2021 | |
|
Dr. Erin Bouldin |
Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium & Home Excellence Resource Center to Advance, Redefine, and Evaluate Non-Institutional Care |
Beaver College of Health Sciences Department of Public Health and Exercise Science (former employee) |
$11,740 |
VA Salt Lake City Health Care System |
November 2021 | |
|
Dr. David Dickinson |
Insufficient Sleep and Dietary Choices: An Ecologically Valid Examination of the Decision Foundations of Eating Behaviors when Sleep Restricted Learn more |
Walker College of Business Department of Economics |
$142,315 |
National Science Foundation |
November 2021 | |
|
Dr. William Anderson |
Groundwater Resources of Watauga County |
College of Arts and Sciences Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences |
$1,500 |
Watauga County |
November 2021 | |
|
Dr. Jaewon Oh |
Developing PID susceptibility models for Bifacial PV module technologies |
College of Fine and Applied Arts Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment |
$89,808 |
University of Central Florida |
November 2021 | |
|
Dr. Andrea Anderson |
Child Care Stabilization Grants |
Reich College of Education Lucy Brock Child Development Laboratory Program |
$268,444 |
North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education |
November 2021 | |
|
Dr. Andrea Anderson |
Lucy Brock CDLP Collaborative with Watauga County Schools |
Reich College of Education Lucy Brock Child Development Laboratory Program |
$12,945 |
The Children's Council of Watauga County |
November 2021 | |
|
Moriah Stegall |
Child Care Stabilization Grants |
Division of Student Affairs Child Development Center |
$310,374 |
North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education |
November 2021 |