/news/2012/09/18/hawaii-innovation-initiative-gets-underway/ News from the University of Hawaii Fri, 26 Feb 2021 01:05:54 +0000 hourly 1 /news/2012/09/18/hawaii-innovation-initiative-gets-underway/#comment-462718 Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:44:52 +0000 http://www.hawaii.edu/news/?p=9900#comment-462718 […] Hawaii Innovation Initiative, or HI2 (HI squared), was born in 2012, part of the vision of former Â鶹´«Ã½President M.R.C. Greenwood. The Initiative is based on the […]

]]> /news/2012/09/18/hawaii-innovation-initiative-gets-underway/#comment-29932 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 10:29:24 +0000 http://www.hawaii.edu/news/?p=9900#comment-29932 I would like to see some of these 50 slots go to proven innovators already at UH. 12+ yrs. of cuts and sweeps of positions  from departments has led to an environment where many responsible  for bringing this half billion in total extramural research funds into the state (the Â鶹´«Ã½administration doesn’t write these successful grants, individual Â鶹´«Ã½principal investigators do) lack tenure track positions or even basic salary support from UH. As one such “soft money” faculty with a solid track record of innovation as well as extramural funding success ( personally bringing in millions of dollars in peer reviewed grant funding), it is frustrating and painful to see an initiative that does not include addressing this long standing local disparity and appears to focus solely on recruiting “mainland talent”. Â鶹´«Ã½has suffered mightily over the years with the revolving door and golden parachute type hires of mainland talent while the support and development of research programs of  local innovators seems overlooked.

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