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. Thomas Pegelow
Kaplan
14th Southeast German Studies Workshop: The Haskalah and European Enlightenment Revisited; Teaching German and German-Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century; Democracy: Past, Present, Future
College of Arts and Sciences
Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies (former employee)
$700
Council for European Studies
February 2022
Dr. Thomas Pegelow
Kaplan
Southeastern German Studies Workshop 2022 - AFAvH Alumni Council Grant
College of Arts and Sciences
Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies (former employee)
$750
American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
February 2022
Dr. Shawn
Bergman
Partnership to Build Safety Analytics
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Psychology
$10,355
Elevate Textiles Inc.
February 2022
Dr. Owen Ash
Morgan
Economic Impact of Blowing Rock Annual Horse Show
Center for Economic Research and Policy Analysis
$12,250
Blowing Rock Horse Show Foundation
February 2022
Dr. Johnathan
Sugg
Mapping Geographies of Climate Advocacy and Outreach
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Geography and Planning
$22,075
Protect our Winters
January 2022
Dr. Anna
Muenchrath
Communications Coordinator Project
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of English
$18,819
Society for History, Authorship, Reading and Publishing
January 2022
Shawn Bergman
Shawn
Development and Demonstrations of Data Analytics Strategies for Evaluating Organizational Safety Performance
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Psychology
$37,000
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
January 2022
Dr. Andrew
Smith
RUI: Collaborative Proposal: Assessments and Stances Regarding the Uncertainty of (Un)Desired Outcomes
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Psychology
$45,740
National Science Foundation - Decision, Risk and Management Sciences
January 2022
Dr. Anne
Fanatico
Novel microbubble technology to reduce contamination of poultry products and fresh produce for small and medium veteran farmers
College of Fine and Applied Arts
Department of Sustainable Development
$21,899
University of Connecticut
January 2022
Dr. Jill
Juris
BRIDGE2Health: An intergenerational mentoring program
Beaver College of Health Sciences
Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education
$30,962
Ohio State University
January 2022