Project Grant NA22NOS4730161
- The Polynesian Voyaging Society received a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) to implement the "Access to Indigenous Knowledge and Sharing of Indigenous Knowledge with Proper Protocols" project. The project aims to inspire and empower young leaders and communities in Hawaii and beyond to address climate resilience through the perpetuation and sharing of traditional...
- The Malama Honua Public Charter School Foundation will deliver outdoor education experiences and watershed education curriculum development under a $125,000 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Project Grant awarded on August 1, 2021. Funded through NOAA's Office for Coastal Management under the Coastal Zone Management Act, the project will engage K-6 students in 100 experiential learning opportunities in the Waimānalo watershed in Hawaii. Teachers and community partners will...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $105,400 project grant to Hui O Ho'Ohonua through the Office for Coastal Management's Coastal Zone Management Program. The grant will fund a project to train high school students in visually assessing the health of the Honouliuli Watershed in Honolulu, Hawaii from September 2021 through July 2023. Students will learn culturally grounded observation practices, visual stream assessment protocols, and GIS technology to evaluate...
- The Hui Malama O KE KAI Foundation received a $2.15 million project grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education to deliver the 2017-2020 E KUKULU I NA ALAKA?I HAWAI?I (BUILDING HAWAIIAN LEADERS) program. Funded under the Native Hawaiian Education CFDA #84.362 program, the project aims to effectively address achievement, economic, and socio-emotional issues among Native Hawaiian students. The Foundation will implement innovative educational...
- The Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center awarded a $1,224,796 Project Grant under the Native Hawaiian Climate Resilience Program (CFDA 15.098) to 'Ohana Wa'A, a Native Hawaiian Organization, to implement the "Ohana Waas (The Family of the Canoes) Project Imi Aku, Imi Iho (To Seek Outward, To Seek Inward)." This 5-year project (10/1/2024 - 9/30/2029) aims to empower Native Hawaiian voyaging communities across Hawaii to recognize and respond to climate change impacts....
- The University of Hawaii at Manoa was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Office for Coastal Management federal grant program (CFDA 11.473). The grant will support the Iolani PaePae O Wai Ekolu: Place-Based Watershed Education and Caring for Stream Ecosystems project, which aims to educate the public about Hawaii's native freshwater species and the effects of human influence on their populations. Specifically, the University of...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Native Hawaiian Climate Resilience Program (CFDA 15.098) awarded a $938,050 project grant to the Ho'Omahua Foundation in Waianae, Oahu. The 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, supports the "Lei Kaiulu" youth and community engagement project that addresses climate change adaptation. The project aims to empower students as community climate leaders through education, preserve and promote native Hawaiian cultural practices, and enhance the...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Emerging Frontiers awarded $387,134 to the University of Hawaii at Manoa through the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program to support the REU Site: Ka'ao: Telling the Stories of Hawaiian Ecosystems project from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2025. The project will train 30 undergraduate students, primarily from underrepresented groups in Hawaii, in place-based biocultural restoration research in terrestrial and marine ecosystems on...
- The Kakoo Oiwi organization will receive a $3 million Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) to support the development of large living coral modules for outplanting off Waikiki, Hawaii. The modules will be grown using established state protocols and a minimum of 80 assorted coral modules measuring 16 inches or potentially up to 1 yard in size will be outplanted by September 2025....
- Kakoo Oiwi received a $149,075 project grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office for Coastal Management to support the Hoolulu Huliamahi Learning Community in the Heeia Ahupuaa from August 1, 2021 through January 31, 2023. Under this award, Kakoo Oiwi will develop a science-based, multi-dimensional approach to allow for the maintenance or improvement of environmental quality while also enabling economic growth in the Heeia Ahupuaa region of Hawaii. This work...
NA WAA MAUO- PROJECT HANAU KA UKU KOAKOA, A HONUAIAKEA VOYAGING EXPERIENCE WILL USE WAA (OUTRIGGER CANOES) TO EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF MICROPLASTICS TO PLANKTON ECOLOGY IN NEARSHORE AREAS OF THE HILO ONE ESTUARY. STUDENT RESEARCH WILL INVESTIGATE PLANKTON LIFE THROUGH THE LENS OF THE KUMULIPO (HAWAIIAN CREATION CHANT). HANAU KA UKU KOAKOA, HANAU KANA, HE AKOAKOA, PUKA (BORN IS THE CORAL FLEA, AND A CORAL HEAD WAS BORN). PARTICIPANTS WILL COMBINE INDIGENOUS AND INSTITUTIONAL SCIENCE TO DEVELOP AND EXECUTE RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PROJECTS. THE HANAU KA UKU KOAKOA PROJECT WILL TAKE PLACE IN FOUR PHASES. IN PHASE 1, TEACHERS DEVELOP AN ESSENTIAL RESEARCH QUESTION, LEARN ABOUT THE STUDY SITE AND THE HONUAIAKEA VOYAGING PROGRAM MODEL. DURING PHASE 2, TEACHERS LEAD A RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IMMERSING STUDENTS IN THE SCIENTIFIC PROCESS. IN PHASE 3, STUDENTS IMPLEMENT THEIR OWN RESEARCH AND SHARE THEIR FINDINGS WITH THEIR COMMUNITY. FINALLY, IN PHASE 4, STUDENTS PLAN AND IMPLEMENT ENVIRONME
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 7/25/24 | ||
| Not listed | $148.2k | 8/24/22 | ||
| Not listed | $148.2k | 8/24/22 |