Request for Proposals
The new Department of Rural Resilience and Innovation will offer Seed Grants to fund research or service-learning class collaborations up to $5,000.
Innovation Challenges
The newest department in Appalachian State University’s College of Arts and Sciences welcomes proposals that incorporate a team (at least two individuals) and transdisciplinary approach to work on at least one of three grand innovation challenges that face rural American communities today and in the future:
- Rural health and vitality;
- Sustainable, resilient growth and continuity;
- Rural-urban interdependence, agency, and shared knowledge.
Proposals should include:
- how the team will create/sustain mutual and beneficial partnerships with communities;
- show how their project could lead to larger scalable projects;
- and for those working with students, how the experience will provide educational transformations.
Include budget justification with the proposal.
Requirements
Proposals should be no longer than five double-spaced pages and uploaded to the Info Ready Form [titled: RRI Seed Grants].
- The Deadline for fall proposals is Friday, September 10, 2021.
- Award notifications will be made by September 15, 2021.
- Grant funds must be expended no later than May 15, 2022.
- A mandatory awardee team meeting will be held on Friday, September 24, 2021.
Teams may be made up of TT, NTTs, students, and/or community members, however, the PI must be a TT faculty member.
Deadline: Friday, September 10, 2021
Outcome Reports
Each team will be asked to submit a mid-year report (2-3 pages) due by Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, and give a 15-minute presentation about their work to the CAS Council at the May 2022 meeting.