Grant Announcements

The Eastern Research Group has awarded funding to the Appalachian Energy Center at Appalachian to conduct research of worldwide community-based landfill gas projects that benefit communities near landfills.

The United States Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) funded 2017 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) for two undergraduate Appalachian students.

Appalachian hosted 21 Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) Fellows in 2017 with funding provided by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Appalachian religious studies professor Randall Reed receives funding from the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion to perform data analytics in religious studies.

The Poultry Production and Product Safety Research Unit of the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service funds Appalachian’s development of food safety and processing training to combat food-borne pathogens in organic poultry production.

Design and consulting firm HALL a/e/c PA funds thermal testing of Rockwool Cavity insulation by Appalachian’s Energy Center and Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment.

Parent to Parent FSN-HC has received $45,778 in funding to provide continued support to families and children with special needs in the High Country.

Appalachian's Research Institute for Environment, Energy, and Economics (RIEEE) will use funding from The Clabough Foundation to organize an educational carbon offset workshop for forest landowners in the High Country.

Middle and high school Vietnamese students in Appalachian’s Vietnamese Summer Academy — a four-week study abroad program funded by IDEA Vietnam — will learn about American and local Appalachian culture.