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IRB Regulations Are Changing
Jan 15, 2019

The federal regulations governing human subjects will change on January 19.  In preparation, the IRB Office will stop accepting any new...

NSF lifts proposal limits on biologists
Nov 30, 2018

On Nov. 15, the NSF reversed their previous decision to restrict biological researchers to only one proposal submission per year to the biology direct...

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...

November Issues of Deadlines and Research Development & Grantwriting News
Nov 27, 2018

The November 2018 issues of Deadlines and Research Development & Grantwriting Newsare now available (AppState login required).Deadl...

NSF Proposal and Award Policy Newsletter
Nov 21, 2018

The National Science Foundation (NSF) published Issue VI of the NSF Proposal and Award Policy Newsletter  this November. This newsletter includes...

NSF S-STEM Program Not Currently Accepting Applications
Oct 24, 2018

NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program  (S-STEM)S-STEM No Longer Accepting Proposals Under Current Solicit...

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...

NSF Directorate of Biological Sciences Update
Oct 17, 2018

The  changes announced in the October 2017 Dear Colleague Letter from the Biological Sciences  Directorate went into effect with the beginni...