The University of Hawaii at Manoa was awarded a $225,000 project grant from the USDA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The goal of this 2-year research project is to identify and develop specific microbial strains from natural populations of Crotalaria plants across Hawaii. The project will involve collecting plants and associated microbes to develop inoculants, which will be experimentally tested to optimize plant health, biomass, nitrogen production, and alkaloid...
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 (UH) was awarded a $499,553 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.902 Soil and Water Conservation) to investigate short-range order materials as a digital signal processor (DSP) and its capacity to stabilize soil organic carbon in a warming ecosystem. The award, which commenced on October 1, 2023 and is scheduled for completion by December 31, 2027, will fund research and technical assistance...
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...
The University of Hawaii was awarded a $10 million project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop a food systems model and simulations. The award is part of the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. Under the five-year award ending August 2026, the University of Hawaii will use systems dynamics research methods to create a multi-level food and nutrition security resiliency model for the U.S....
The University of Hawaii at Manoa was awarded a $246,000 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to provide advanced research training in food science to underrepresented graduate students. The grant is part of the Higher Education National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants program administered by NIFA under the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 10.210. Through this five-year project grant awarded September 15, 2022 and...
This federal Project Grant award of $500,000.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Education Grants program (CFDA 10.228), aims to develop and execute a compressed program of experiential learning courses and field days related to livestock management and meat processing at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM). The project will provide opportunities for...
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 University of Hawaii West Oahu (UHWO) was awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Education Grants program (CFDA 10.228). The "Huaka'i 'Ike 'Aina (HI'A) Project" aims to build a robust multi-campus higher education leadership pathway toward careers in agriculture, food, and natural resources (AFNR) in Hawaii. The project...