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 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.

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2021-2022

Awardee Project Title College/School/Division Award Amount Sponsor Date Awarded
Dr. David
Nieman
Influence of Astaxanthin Supplementation on Exercise-Induced Inflammation and Skin Health
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Biology
$287,602
LycoRed LTD
November 2021
Ron
Elmore
SBTDC BPM 2021-5 (State)
Small Business Technology Development Center (former employee)
$72,135
North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center
November 2021
Ron
Elmore
SBTDC BPM 2020-6
Small Business Technology Development Center (former employee)
$32,619
North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center
November 2021
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
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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. Maggie
Sugg
CAREER: The Geography of Mental Health: Understanding contextual, compositional, and external stressors
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College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Geography and Planning
$74,143
National Science Foundation
October 2021