Project Grant S362A230051

This federal Project Grant award of $788,882 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Native Hawaiian Education (CFDA 84.362) program will support the "KA POU KU MAU: BUILDING CLIMATE AND OCEAN BASED LITERACY FOR KO'OLAU, O'AHU" initiative led by the Kanehunamoku Voyaging Academy. The project aims to enhance climate and ocean-based educational services for Native Hawaiian students and communities in the Ko'olau region of O'ahu....

This $196,007 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of an innovative underwater robot testing facility at the Kilo Nalu Natural Coastal Marine Observatory off the coast of O'ahu, Hawaii. The award to the University of Hawaii at Manoa will fund the acquisition of acoustic modems, an acoustic localization system, and an autonomous underwater vehicle to create a mobile robot testing and training platform. Integrated with...

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...

This $999,817 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the development of a technology-rich integrated geoscience and computer science curriculum module focused on volcanic risks and hazards in Hawaii. The project, titled "The Pelehonuamea Project: Connecting Indigenous Hawaiian History and Computational Geoscience in Teaching Volcanism", brings together STEM education researchers, middle school teachers,...

This Project Grant award, totaling $756,286, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The project, titled "SHAKA - STEM High-Achieving Kumu Akamai", aims to address the national need for preparing culturally responsive secondary STEM teachers to teach in high-need school districts. Key products and services to be delivered include: Training 12 Hawai'i Pacific University (HPU) STEM graduates over 5 years to become...

The Consortium For Hawai'i Ecological Engineering Education, doing business as the Malama 'Aina Foundation, was awarded a $764,903.00 Project Grant from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on October 1, 2023. The award is funded through the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215). The Malama...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $349,991 Project Grant under its STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program to the University of Hawaii at Manoa. This 3-year award aims to cultivate the next generation workforce to support Hawaii's transition to 100% renewable energy by 2045. The project, named the Solar and Wind Innovation and Technology Collaborative for Hawaii (SWITCH), will partner with five Hawaii high schools and Kapiolani Community College to...

This Project Grant award of $299,925.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the development of an integrated computational thinking and science curriculum for elementary students on the island of Molokai, Hawaii. The project engages teachers and researchers in a research practice partnership (RPP) to co-design curricular units that integrate the existing FOSS science modules with computing and computational thinking projects. The...

The University of Hawaii at Manoa received a $185,306 project grant award from the National Science Foundation under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) for the period of February 1, 2021 through January 31, 2023. The grant funds the RII TRACK-4: DATA-DRIVEN NAVIGATION, PATH PLANNING, AND COORDINATION OF MOBILE ROBOTS IN FLUIDS project. This project will enhance research competitiveness and infrastructure by developing critical capabilities for data-driven navigation, path...

This $395,013 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Native Hawaiian Education (CFDA 84.362) program will fund the "KA LAMAKU: PATHWAYS INTO SECONDARY EDUCATION" initiative at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The award period runs from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025. The project aims to develop innovative educational programs to assist Native Hawaiian students and supplement existing educational...