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Grant Announcements

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  • US Department of Education continues funding for App State’s Student Support Services
    US Department of Education continues funding for App State’s Student Support Services
    Feb. 25, 2021

    Cathia Silver, director of App State’s Student Support Services (SSS) program, has received continued funding from the U.S. Department of Education in support of the SSS program’s provision of holistic services to first-generation and/or low-income students.

  • App State receives grant support for operations related to virtual performing arts programming
    App State receives grant support for operations related to virtual performing arts programming
    Feb. 10, 2021

    App State has received grant funding from the North Carolina Arts Council to support operations of the Schaefer Center and its virtual performing arts programming — including live remote events, live-streamed performances and recorded content — amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Nearly $12 million in federal funding supports App State Empowering Teacher Learning program
    Nearly $12 million in federal funding supports App State Empowering Teacher Learning program
    Jan. 22, 2021

    App State has been awarded nearly $12 million in federal grant funding to implement Empowering Teacher Learning — a teacher-directed professional learning program designed to add flexibility to traditional recertification and state licensure renewals for Western North Carolina teachers.

  • Grant-supported App State project explores relationship between religious studies and public issues
    Grant-supported App State project explores relationship between religious studies and public issues
    Jan. 13, 2021

    Three religious studies faculty members at App State are engaged in a grant-funded project to envision a public-focused future for religious studies teaching and scholarship — one that explores the relationship of religion to topics at the center of public conversation and debate.

  • Grant-funded studies by App State analyze COVID-19’s economic impact on Northwestern NC
    Grant-funded studies by App State analyze COVID-19’s economic impact on Northwestern NC
    Dec. 21, 2020

    App State was awarded a nearly $98,000 grant to analyze COVID-19’s total economic impact on the Northwestern NC region. In April alone, the region lost an estimated $52.4 million in gross regional product due to COVID-related restaurant and bar closures, according to preliminary reports.

  • App State funded to study rare bats along Blue Ridge Parkway area, investigate disease
    App State funded to study rare bats along Blue Ridge Parkway area, investigate disease
    Dec. 4, 2020

    Dr. Mark Spond, App State’s liaison to the National Park Service (NPS), was awarded NPS funding to conduct studies of bats along North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Parkway — data from which will help expand NPS knowledge of the area’s rare bat species and those affected by white-nose syndrome (WNS), a fatal fungal disease.

  • $29M-plus in anticipated federal funding supports Appalachian GEAR UP from 2020–27
    $29M-plus in anticipated federal funding supports Appalachian GEAR UP from 2020–27
    Nov. 30, 2020

    Over the next seven years, Appalachian GEAR UP, a federally funded college access program, will serve more than 14,000 high school students from 10 Western North Carolina school districts by helping them prepare to enter and succeed in postsecondary education.

  • ‘Doughnut Forget to Vote’ — grant funds voter education, mobilization event for App State students
    ‘Doughnut Forget to Vote’ — grant funds voter education, mobilization event for App State students
    Nov. 4, 2020

    Nearly 750 App State students were treated to a sweet reminder to vote, along with voter information, as part of “Doughnut Forget to Vote” — a nonpartisan voter education and mobilization event held Oct. 22 on App State’s campus.

  • $500K grant funds mountain-to-mountain collaboration between App State and South Africa’s UFS
    $500K grant funds mountain-to-mountain collaboration between App State and South Africa’s UFS
    Oct. 27, 2020

    App State and South Africa’s University of the Free State (UFS) will strengthen their existing partnership through a two-year mountain-to-mountain project that has received $500,000 in grant support. Read more about the project, which will engage faculty, staff and graduate students at both institutions.

  • High Country families benefit from $73K-plus in grant funding awarded to App State Parent to Parent FSN-HC
    High Country families benefit from $73K-plus in grant funding awarded to App State Parent to Parent FSN-HC
    Oct. 7, 2020

    For more than 30 years, App State’s Parent to Parent Family Support Network-High Country has supported High Country families with special needs children — work made possible by donations and external grant funding. Read on to learn about the organization’s $73,000-plus in grant support for 2019–20.

  • App State furniture design program awarded $12K grant to support student scholarships
    App State furniture design program awarded $12K grant to support student scholarships
    Sep. 23, 2020

    The American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) Furniture Foundation has awarded $12,000 in grant funding to App State’s furniture design program to support student scholarship opportunities. This is the 17th AHFA grant awarded to the university since 2002.

  • App State awarded nearly $1M grant to ADVANCE APPALACHIAN women in STEM academic careers
    App State awarded nearly $1M grant to ADVANCE APPALACHIAN women in STEM academic careers
    Sep. 18, 2020

    The National Science Foundation has awarded Appalachian $995,509 in grant funding to implement ADVANCE APPALACHIAN — a program designed to support and advance the careers of Appalachian faculty who are women in STEM disciplines. The program will be implemented over the next three academic years.

  • US Geological Survey funds App State research on climate change impacts to Ozark salamander species
    US Geological Survey funds App State research on climate change impacts to Ozark salamander species
    Aug. 27, 2020

    With grant support from the U.S. Geological Survey, Appalachian biology professor Dr. Jon Davenport is undertaking a four-year project that will provide a clear understanding of how potential climate changes — including increased temperatures and changing precipitation — could affect salamander populations of Missouri’s Ozark Mountains.

  • Continued federal funding supports App State interns in providing behavioral health services for rural populations
    Continued federal funding supports App State interns in providing behavioral health services for rural populations
    July 31, 2020

    Thanks to continued federal funding, marriage and family therapy and mental health counseling interns at Appalachian are helping to increase the availability of culturally sensitive behavioral health services for residents of Northwestern North Carolina. The four-year project has received $1.75 million-plus in support.

  • App State’s NRLP awarded $1.1M-plus in grant funding for Payne Branch restoration project
    App State’s NRLP awarded $1.1M-plus in grant funding for Payne Branch restoration project
    July 16, 2020

    Thanks to a second awarded grant, Appalachian’s New River Light and Power has received more than $1.1 million to complete an environmental restoration project at the site of the Payne Branch dam on New River. The work will begin the week of July 20.

  • The wipe down on clean energy
    The wipe down on clean energy

    App State partners with ASU for grant-funded study of photovoltaic soiling loss

    June 8, 2020

    Appalachian’s Dr. Jaewon Oh has collaborated with members of Arizona State University’s Photovoltaic Reliability Laboratory to analyze the soiling loss — or power loss due to dirt, dust and other particles — of six PV power plants across the U.S., including one in North Carolina.

  • UNC System Office grant supports ‘STEM Pathway’ at App State
    UNC System Office grant supports ‘STEM Pathway’ at App State
    April 2, 2020

    The “Supporting the STEM Pathway” project is designed to boost student success in calculus courses at Appalachian. Such courses span majors other than math, including biology, chemistry, geology, computer science, geography and physics.

  • Grant funds App State research of social class and classism in higher education
    Grant funds App State research of social class and classism in higher education
    March 16, 2020

    Appalachian assistant professor Dr. Sonja Ardoin has received grant funding from American College Personnel Association (ACPA)-College Student Educators International for her proposed study to explore how social class and classism in higher education influence the experiences of administrators and faculty.

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