Funding Opportunities - Internal
Numerous resources exist at Appalachian State University to help you find the right funding opportunity. In addition to assisting the campus community with locating and evaluating external funding opportunities, the university also conducts several internal funding competitions each year.
Internal Assistance
Proposal Development
The Office of Proposal Development assists Appalachian State University faculty, staff and students in the development of competitive proposals for external funding to support research, scholarly and creative activities, outreach, and teaching.
Research Development Officers
A team of faculty members who have an interest in and desire to learn about disciplines other than their own. They work with the Office of Proposal Development to promote research and sponsored programs activity at Appalachian through education and communication, facilitation of collaboration across departments and colleges and institutions, and assistance with proposal/project development.
Federal Relations
Federal Appropriations funding or earmarked funding is a function of the political process and does not undergo peer review or other merit-based competition as typically required by federal granting agencies. It is, however, very much a competitive process as competition for congressionally designated projects is keen; only the most compelling projects will be supported. Earmarks are not intended for individual research projects or for projects for which competitive funding is available.
Corporate & Foundation Relations
The role of Corporate and Foundation Relations is to match prospective corporate and foundation funding sources with campus programs, and to work with faculty and staff to secure the needed resources to support new and ongoing initiatives that are consistent with the overall funding objectives established by the University.
Small Business & Technology Development Center (SBTDC)
The SBTDC is committed to providing knowledge, education and other supportive resources that enable existing small and mid-sized businesses, emerging entrepreneurs and local/state leaders to innovate and succeed. The SBTDC is also the Governor’s designated Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) assistance resource.
Internal Competitions
University Research Council (URC)
The overall mission of the URC is to support and encourage research, scholarship, and grant writing at Appalachian. The URC has responsibility for reviewing all proposals submitted to the URC Competitive Grants Program and the Board of Trustees Faculty International research travel grants.
- URC Competitive Grants Program (Deadline: October 30, 4 pm)
- Each year a limited amount of funds supports faculty research activities. The University Research Council solicits and evaluates research proposals from the faculty, and makes recommendations to the Dean of Research and Graduate Studies regarding the funding of the proposals.
- Board of Trustees Faculty International Research Travel Grants (Deadline: November 30, 4 pm)
- These awards provide travel funds for faculty members whose research projects require travel outside the United States. The goal of the program is to support international research at Appalachian. Proposals for research in both basic and applied/professional fields are welcome. Applicants must agree to deliver a public presentation about the research project to a public audience that will include members of the Board of Trustees.
- These awards will fund foreign travel to libraries, archives, museums, laboratories, computer facilities, natural settings, government agencies, corporations, etc. that are essential to the research described in the proposal.
William C. Hubbard Center for Faculty Development
The Hubbard Center supports a grant program, Foundation Fellows, designed to support a faculty member’s career development in teaching, scholarship or creative activity, and/or service. The amount of funding available each year varies depending on state and Foundation allocations.
Graduate Research Associate Mentoring (GRAM) Program
The Graduate School accepts proposals from faculty for funding to support a graduate research associate (GRA) to work on a faculty member's research project. GRAs receive an annual stipend of $9000 for 600 hours (20 hours a week on average) of work on the research project during the academic year. In addition, up to $1000 of research expenses will be covered for the student. Proposals will be due on April 15 each year. We anticipate funding two-year awards for 10 GRAs each year.
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