Project Grant 201238426196241

This five-year, $500,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) will fund the University of Hawaii at Manoa's Advanced Technology Training in Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resource Sciences-Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates (ATT-AGFSC-REEU) program. The program aims to address food security challenges in Hawaii through experiential learning and workforce...

This $500,000 Project Grant awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Education Grants Program (CFDA 10.223) aims to enhance the University of Hawaii's educational capacity in Hawaii's agricultural sector. The project will offer non-credit pathways that combine practical technical agricultural skills with business and financial acumen. This integrated research, education, and...

The University of Hawaii Maui College will receive $500,000 under a Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The three-year project aims to expand the college's existing apprenticeship-based workforce training program to integrate precision farming technologies into sustainable aquaponics systems. Key deliverables include improving student training opportunities in...

The University of Hawaii has been awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (CFDA 10.311). The award will fund the GrowFarm Hawaii (GFH) project, which aims to enhance Hawaii's food system resilience by increasing the number of viable farm businesses and the volume of local food production. The GFH project provides a certificate-based farmer training program that integrates conceptual and experiential learning,...

The University of Hawaii (UH) was awarded a $475,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Alaska Native-Serving Institutions and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Education Grants program (CFDA 10.228). The grant, with a performance period from September 15, 2023 to September 14, 2027, will support UH's GoFarm Hawaii (GFH) program to prepare students for careers in food, agriculture, and natural resources. Key...

The purpose of this $500,000 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Alaska Native-Serving Institutions and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions program (CFDA 10.228) is to develop and execute a compressed program of experiential learning courses and field days related to livestock management and meat processing for undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) and livestock...

The University of Hawaii at Manoa was awarded a $440,984 project grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Alaska Native Serving and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions Education Grants program (CFDA 10.228). The three-year grant, awarded September 15, 2022 and set to be completed by September 14, 2025, will support the GOFARM HAWAII (GFH): GROWING HAWAIIS AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE AND INDUSTRY project. The project aims to promote equity and...

The University of Hawaii at Manoa was awarded a $999,970 project grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Alaska Native Serving and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions Education Grants program. The grant aims to enhance agricultural education at the university through the HAWAII-ONE-AG 2022 project. The HAWAII-ONE-AG 2022 project will promote equity and strengthen the university's ability to educate students in agriculture, consistent...

The University of Hawaii was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Alaska Native Serving and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions Education Grants (CFDA 10.228) program. The grant, titled "HAWAII-ONE-AG", aims to increase demand for agricultural education across the University of Hawaii system, thereby increasing interest, graduation rates, and participation of Native Hawaiian and underrepresented...

This $950,000 Project Grant from the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Alaska Native Serving and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions Education Grants program (CFDA 10.228) supports the University of Hawaii Meat & Poultry Workforce Consortium. The Consortium, comprised of Hawaii Community College, University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management, and University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical...