Apply Now! Chancellor’s Innovation Scholars Program at Appalachian State University

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Feb 18, 2025, 1:34:17 PMFeb 18

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The Chancellor’s Innovation Scholars Program at Appalachian State University supports the intention of building lasting collaborative capacity to generate meaningful impacts through scholarship and learning innovations. This year, the program invites a focus on cross-sector, often interdisciplinary collaborations that leverage established areas of excellence to build knowledge and programs that support place-based thriving and resilience.

Projects, approaches and results should all position App State to be competitive for external funding and follow-on partnerships that will continue to grow the innovation investment of this program. These might include, but are not limited to, the following:

Research that leads to innovative thought across disciplines;
Innovative learning approaches or campus events that enable interdisciplinary, novel approaches to student learning and establish programs that could become competitive for external funding;
Student engagement experiences that build community and enable creative solutions;
Initiatives that directly address a campus, community or societal challenge through novel collaborations;
Partnerships with town, county, state, national or international partners;
Innovative programs to contribute to the economic development of our region, including workforce development programs; and/or
Partnerships with community, business and industry partners in Boone, Hickory and other regions of Western North Carolina.

Projects that support or connect to university strategic initiatives, that build on areas of established excellence and that emphasize Appalachian thriving and resilience themes are particularly welcome.

Eligibility

All full-time faculty and staff are eligible to apply.

Description

The program supports App State faculty and staff from all disciplines and program areas who propose novel approaches to:

Build collaborative teams that create capacity for continued scholarship and activities beyond the time frame of this award;
Create lasting institutional change;
Provide community and societal benefits;
Leverage and expand areas of excellence in App State scholarship;
Establish opportunities that increase student engagement in scholarship and outreach;
Support partnerships with community, industry and local organizations; and
Promote place-based thriving and resilience.

All projects must engage App State students.

Successful applicant teams will paint a compelling picture of how the proposed project plan and budget allocation will seed research, scholarship, creative activities, curricular and programmatic approaches, and other innovative activities that translate into real impacts for the faculty, students and broader community, and that build capacity for ongoing success in this arena.

All awarded project teams must submit a final written report on their funded work and present, as requested, in a research forum showcasing Chancellor’s Innovation Scholars Program efforts.

Budget

Each Innovation Scholars team may receive up to $25,000 in funding support, distributed across multiple years and accessible in annual increments based on milestone successes to be determined by the proposing team. Proposals may request up to $10,000 available in Year 1, $10,000 available in Year 2 and $5,000 available in Year 3. Slight deviations from this funding distribution may be requested with justification in the proposal.

Review

A review committee will provide finalist recommendations to the Chancellor’s Council, who will make final award recommendations to the Chancellor.

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