Awards

Watauga County Schools funds continued support of Appalachian ASC Center
May 1, 2019

BOONE, N.C. — A $30,000 grant awarded to Appalachian State University by Watauga County Schools has ensured students in the school district’s Wata...

US Department of Education funds Appalachian Fulbright-Hays GPA Program in Indonesia
Apr 30, 2019

BOONE, N.C. — During summer 2019, faculty and students in the Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education (RCOE), along with practic...

Appalachian receives continued support for Federal TRIO SSS program
Apr 18, 2019

BOONE, N.C. — The U.S. Department of Education has funded the fourth year of Appalachian State University’s Federal TRIO Student Support Services ...

Appalachian receives NRPA funding for survey on older adults’ participation in sports
Apr 15, 2019

BOONE, N.C. — The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) and Appalachian State University will collaborate to collect online surv...

NSF funds Appalachian research of ‘Changing Glacier Dynamics at Athabasca Glacier’
Nov 27, 2018

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s Dr. William Armstrong has received more than a quarter million in funding from the National Science F...

Appalachian’s Drs. Xiaofei Tu and Wendy Xie awarded STARTALK grant for 2018 Chinese immersion program
Nov 27, 2018

BOONE, N.C. — Thanks to a grant from STARTALK, a project funded by the National Security Agencyand administered by the National Forei...

NSF grant funds Appalachian research on the effects of too few zzz’s
Oct 23, 2018

How does missing a good night’s sleep affect a person’s decisions and interactions with others during their waking life?Three professors in Appala...

Appalachian’s Kin-Yan Szeto awarded NYPL Fellowship to research Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
Oct 22, 2018

BOONE, N.C. — The New York Public Library (NYPL) has awarded Dr. Kin-Yan Szeto, professor in Appalachian State University’s Department o...

Appalachian Carbon Research Group awarded UNC System funding to develop accounting guidelines for forest carbon offset projects
Sep 7, 2018

BOONE, N.C. — Members of Appalachian State University’s Carbon Research Group (ACRG) will expand upon their multidisciplinary work through an inte...

UNC System funds Appalachian research on new drug storage and delivery method
Sep 7, 2018

BOONE, N.C. — At least one link in the “cold chain” supply of drugs could be broken thanks to research conducted by faculty at Appalachian State...