{"id":198779,"date":"2024-06-04T18:39:12","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T04:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=198779"},"modified":"2024-06-05T11:08:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T21:08:02","slug":"manoa-strategic-initiatives-winners-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/06\/04\/manoa-strategic-initiatives-winners-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa provost competition awards multidisciplinary innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A coastal health collective, water reuse for irrigation and wildfire mitigation, specialty crops to prevent obesity and diabetes, a Symphony of the Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> Seas\u2014these are just some of the winning proposals in the 2024 University of Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> at M\u0101noa Strategic Investment Initiative<\/a> competition. The winners of the competition, funded by the Office of the Provost and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship, were officially notified in late May.<\/p>\n

Eleven projects were awarded a total of $2.3 million in the 4th UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Strategic Investment Initiative competition, also known as the Provost\u2019s Strategic Investment Competition. The funding supports activities or projects that are multidisciplinary, innovative and novel, that might not fit within the parameters of other conventional funding opportunities, and that are supportive of achieving the goals outlined in the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Â鶹´«Ã½<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis competition underscores the breadth of expertise and sense of community within our faculty and staff at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2014a combination that makes our campus truly one of the most special in the world,\u201d said UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Provost Michael Bruno. \u201cThese projects reflect the sense of kuleana to our campus, and to the people and environment of Hawai\u02bbi<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Previous winners
\n2017<\/a>
\n2020<\/a>
\n2022<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The first Provost\u2019s Strategic Investment Competition was held in 2017<\/a> and provided start-up funding for a diverse set of initiatives, many of which have become ongoing programs. The Center for Microbiome Analysis through Island Knowledge and Investigation<\/a> and Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds<\/a> project are two examples of the winners from the first competition.<\/p>\n

The second competition<\/a> was held in 2020 with 16 winners. In 2022, participants were asked to address \u201cBuilding on Lessons Learned through the Pandemic<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n

The 2024 M\u0101noa Strategic Investment Initiative winners<\/h2>\n

Summaries were provided by the winning entries<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column el_class=”h3-spacing”]