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Appalachian State University

Boone, NC

$42,895,112

Total funding

153

Grants

Funding over time

peak $4M · FY2005–25

$5M$3.8M$2.5M$1.3M$0

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Funding mix

By agency

NSF$34,071,418 · 126

NIH$5,055,992 · 12

NASA$1,322,109 · 8

DOE$957,723 · 2

DOD$745,227 · 3

USDA$742,643 · 1

SAMHSA$0 · 1

By mechanism

—$37,839,120 · 140

R15$2,847,220 · 7

R35$1,425,272 · 1

R16$411,302 · 1

R03$372,198 · 3

U79$0 · 1

Investigators at Appalachian State University

Investigator-initiated All funding

Investigatorsi

Rising Stars

First grant in the last 5 yrs

1Michael Jerrell Reddish$1,425,2721 gr 2Jennifer D. Runkle$776,2164 gr 3Todd Lynn Stincic$504,7051 gr 4Margaret Mae Sugg$283,0382 gr

Emerging Leaders

6–10 yrs in

1Brooke Cranswick Hester$64,1911 gr

All-Time

Most funded here, all years

1Michael Jerrell Reddish$1,425,2721 gr 2Ece Karatan$791,2811 gr 3Jennifer D. Runkle$776,2164 gr 4Ava J Udvadia$507,1193 gr 5Todd Lynn Stincic$504,7051 gr 6Gregory Durelle Reynolds$468,8843 gr 7Karen Leigh Caldwell$393,1401 gr 8Margaret Mae Sugg$283,0382 gr

Largest grants

Supporting High Achieving STEM Scholars in Appalachia$1,999,917

· FY2025 · EDU

Teaching for Equity in Appalachia in Mathematics and Science$1,165,039

· FY2015 · EDU

Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: The Key to the Cabinets: Building and Sustaining a Research Database for a Global Biodiversity Hotspot$1,007,499

· FY2014 · BIO

Appalachian Undergraduate Academy of Science$1,000,000

· FY2008 · EDU

The Appalachian High Achievers in STEM$999,982

· FY2018 · EDU

ADVANCE Adaptation: ADVANCE Appalachian$995,509

· FY2020 · EDU

Gaining Retention and Effectiveness though Advancing Teacher-Centered STEM Professional Learning for STEM Elementary Teachers in Rural Communities$993,814

· FY2023 · EDU

INVESTIGATE STRATEGIES TO INCREASE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY CODE COMPLIANCE RATES AND MEASURE RESULTS IN NORTH CAROLINA$774,723

· FY2014 · Department of Energy

** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** COMPOST AMENDMENTS ARE AN INCREASINGLY POPULAR RANGELAND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY TO INCREASE BOTH SOIL CARBON AND FORAGE PRODUCTION. A POSITIVE EFFECT OF COMPOST ON SOIL CARBON HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO DIRECT CARBON INPUTS AS WELL AS INDIRECT INPUTS FROM RESOURCE-STIMULATED PLANT GROWTH. HOWEVER, THERE IS CONSIDERABLE VARIATION IN RANGELAND SOIL CARBON STORAGE AFTER COMPOST AMENDMENT. SOIL BIOTIC COMMUNITIES MAY ACCOUNT FOR THIS VARIATION. SOIL COMMUNITIES ALTER SOIL CARBON DIRECTLY THROUGH DECOMPOSITION AND INDIRECTLY BY AFFECTING PLANT PRODUCTIVITY (VIA BOTH NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY AND ROOT PREDATION). COMPOST IS WIDELY USED IN CROPLANDS TO SHIFT SOIL COMMUNITIES AWAY FROM PARASITES AND TOWARD BENEFICIAL TAXA, BUT THESE EFFECTS MAY VARY IN RANGELAND SYSTEMS AS THEY EXPERIENCE GREATER ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY OVER SPACE AND TIME.THE PREMISE OF OUR RESEARCH IS THAT SOIL COMMUNITIES ARE KEY MEDIATORS BETWEEN RANGELAND COMPOST AMENDMENTS AND SOIL CARBON STORAGE. TAKING A SOIL ECOLOGY APPROACH, WE PROPOSE: 1) A SPATIAL SURVEY OF SOIL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION ACROSS 15 COMPOST-AMENDED SITES IN CALIFORNIA SPANNING CLIMATE AND EDAPHIC GRADIENTS; 2) A TEMPORAL SURVEY TO ASSESS HOW SOIL COMMUNITIES SHIFT WITH CARBON POOLS ACROSS A COMPOST AMENDMENT CHRONOSEQUENCE; AND 3) AN EXPANDED SOIL CARBON MODEL THAT EXPLICITLY ACCOUNTS FOR MICROBIAL C POOLS AND AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF THE RELATIVE INPUTS FROM PLANTS AND INVERTEBRATES TO SOIL CARBON IN AMENDED VERSUS NON-AMENDED SOILS. OUR RESULTS WILL CONTEXTUALIZE THE MECHANISMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH COMPOST AMENDENTS INCREASE SOIL CARBON STORAGE, AND OUR OUTREACH WILL HELP STAKEHOLDERS DECIDE WHEN AND WHERE TO APPLY AMENDMENTS TO OPTIMIZE RANGELAND SOIL HEALTH.$742,643

· FY2024 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Collaborative Research: The Influence of Sponge Holobiont Metabolism on Coral Reef Dissolved Organic Matter and Reef Microorganisms$707,530

· FY2019 · GEO

High-Achievers Scholarship Program in Computer Science and Mathematics$620,750

· FY2013 · EDU

REMOTE SENSING OF FOREST GENETIC DIVERSITY AND ASSESSMENT OF BELOW GROUND MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN POPULUS TREMULOIDES FORESTSUNDERSTANDING THE ECOL$615,953

· FY2009 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

SHF:Small:RUI: Deep Induction Rules for Advanced Data Types$613,086

· FY2022 · CSE

MRI: Acquisition of a scanning electron microscope with EDS, EBSD, and CL for research and teaching in a multi-user facility$561,842

· FY2016 · GEO

MRI Track 1: Acquisition of an Aerosol Chemical Speciation System to Elucidate Sources, Formation Processes, and Environmental Impacts at ASU's AppalAIR Observatory$531,902

· FY2023 · GEO

Mental Health Implications of Compounding Climate Events on Youth Populations$525,764

· FY2024 · SBE

SHF:Small:RUI: Semantic Complexity of Advanced Data Types$510,823

· FY2019 · CSE

Examining Estrogenic Regulation of Orexin Neurons to Reveal Subpopulations$504,705

R15 · FY2025 · DK

BRC-BIO: An integrative approach to examine the impacts of evolutionary novelty on generalist species$502,161

· FY2022 · BIO

RET in Engineering and Computer Science Site: Data Analysis and Mining, Image Processing and Visualization at Appalachian State University$499,702

· FY2013 · CSE