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. Andrea Anderson |
Lucy Brock CDLP Collaborative with Watauga County Schools |
Reich College of Education Lucy Brock Child Development Laboratory Program |
$258,500 |
The Children's Council of Watauga County |
November 2021 | |
|
Dr. Dieter Weber |
Hands-On Laboratory Skills |
College of Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences |
$3,000 |
American Chemical Society |
November 2021 | |
|
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. Tracie McLemore Salinas |
Appalachian Entrepreneurship Academy: Transformative and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Learn more |
College of Arts and Sciences Math and Science Education Center |
$261,142 |
Appalachian Entrepreneurship Academy |
December 2021 | |
|
Dr. Stacey Garrett |
SIRJD and Me: One Faculty Member's Journey to Move ACPA's Strategic Imperative for Racial Justice and Decolonization into Her Practice |
Reich College of Education Department of Leadership and Educational Studies |
$3,000 |
American College Personnel Association |
December 2021 | |
|
Dr. Andrew Koricich |
Stewards of Place Refresh |
Reich College of Education Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges |
$16,000 |
American Association of State Colleges and Universities |
December 2021 | |
|
Donald Corey |
ImageWorks Display Sponsored Studio |
College of Fine and Applied Arts Department of Applied Design |
$10,000 |
ImageWorks Display |
December 2021 | |
|
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 |