$1.6M for agriculture education for Native Hawaiian, underrepresented students
USDA grants to UH support food and agriculture education.
Kona coast faces stark wastewater tradeoffs
6,500 cesspools in Kailua-Kona have the potential to negatively impact coastal water quality and groundwater-dependent ecosystems.
$700K award to study robotics for prostate cancer treatment
A UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ researcher will formulate a first-of-its-kind model procedure in prostate brachytherapy.
$900K grant to study COVID-19-related education responses in Latin America
This project was one of two proposals selected to receive the grant out of 173.
Coral cryopreservation for breeding key to survival
The juvenile corals raised from this trans-Caribbean coupling represent the largest wildlife population ever raised from cryopreserved material.
$1M for culturally relevant computer science education
Assistant Professor Dan Hoffman was awarded nearly a $1 million NSF grant to advance research and practice in culturally-relevant computing.
Student dives into ocean monitoring internship
Peter Felicijan¡¯s internship taught him to download temperature, salinity and other water quality data from the sensors; make moorings and prepare sensors for field deployment
One’s connection to nature examined in public health research
UH researchers looked at previous studies and evaluated the tools used to measure people¡¯s connectedness to nature.
Waik¨©k¨© Aquarium partnership supports monk seal conservation research
Marine mammal scientists will continue and expand efforts to study the unique physiology and sensory biology of endangered Hawaiian monk seals.
$1.4M to address health disparities in communities most impacted by COVID-19
Funding will support efforts to build knowledge and take action to address health disparities affecting Native Hawaiians, other Pacific Islanders and Filipino communities.