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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded Kipahulu Ohana Inc., a minority-owned Native Hawaiian non-profit organization, a $146,361 Project Grant under the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) program. This 2-year grant, effective August 1, 2023 through July 31, 2025, will fund educational experiences and stewardship activities focused on increasing science proficiency and fostering interest in natural resources among high school students in Hana, Maui. The...
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 University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program received a $68,497,799 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) to implement the "AINA Restoration Through Community Governance to Advance Climate Resilience in the Hawaiian Islands" project. The goal is to reinvigorate the traditional Hawaiian Moku system to build resilience across the Hawaiian Islands. Key activities include: 1)...
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 Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded $890,000 under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) to the Purple Maia Foundation on October 1, 2022 for a project grant concluding on March 31, 2024. The grant funds a project to empower Indigenous fishpond practitioners, coastal communities, and local government in Hawaii with customized environmental data to support biocultural restoration and climate change monitoring and...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center awarded a $499,999.69 Project Grant to the Pacific American Foundation, a Native Hawaiian non-profit organization, under the Native Hawaiian Climate Resilience Program (CFDA 15.098). The funding is for the "Hooulu Pono" initiative, which aims to leverage traditional biocultural restoration practices and integrate indigenous Hawaiian knowledge with modern science and technology to address climate change challenges and food...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $5,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.012) to the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The five-year award, effective August 1, 2024, aims to enhance coastal resilience within the Pacific Islands. Key objectives include understanding community requirements, developing new and improving existing PACIOOS data tools and services to support coastal climate...
The Pacific American Foundation Inc. received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to support the NALU STUDIES MAUI ALAKA'I OPI'O project. The two-year project ending October 31, 2023 aims to study the Maui alaka'i opi'o fish under the NOAA Office for Coastal Management's Coastal Zone Management Program. This Program, identified by CFDA #11.473, provides funding to projects that develop science-based approaches for...
The Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center awarded a $999,969 Project Grant to NA Maka Onaona, a Native Hawaiian Organization, under the Native Hawaiian Climate Resilience Program (CFDA 15.098). The funding will support a 3-year initiative to enhance the climate resilience of the Native Hawaiian community in Hawaii through integrated environmental, cultural, and community-based approaches. Key activities include environmental restoration, species protection, sustainable...