Chaminade University Of Honolulu

Chaminade University of Honolulu, a private non-profit minority-serving and Native Hawaiian-serving educational institution based in Honolulu, Hawaii, operates as a federal grant and contract recipient, delivering tuition assistance, workforce development, and research-capacity programs to the Department of the Navy, the Department of Education, and research agencies. The university holds an active single-award Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) with the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (effective August 10, 2023 through July 31, 2033) for educational services to Navy personnel and their families, under which it has received eight delivery orders totaling $71 thousand in combined potential value. Chaminade also operates as a sub-recipient on multiple federally funded research and education initiatives led by the University of Hawaii and The Ohio State University.

The university's customer concentration centers on federal education, workforce development, and research funding. The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education leads by award count with 21 awards, followed by the Air Force Air Education and Training Command (12 awards, $57 thousand combined potential value) and the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (6 awards, $46 thousand combined potential value). Together, these three customers account for approximately 56% of recent awards. Dollar volume concentrates narrowly: the top five customers by potential value account for 75% of combined dollars, with the Air Force and the Navy bureau anchoring the largest individual awards. Recent prime contract work includes eight tuition-and-fee delivery orders under the Navy BOA ranging from $5,120 to $15,060 per order, all firm fixed price, for educational support to service members and families.

Federal grant work represents Chaminade's primary prime-recipient activity. The university leads the NSF INCLUDES Alliance Supporting Pacific Impact Through Computational Excellence (ALL-SPICE) cooperative agreement, a multi-year data science capacity-building initiative spanning Hawaii and the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands with partners at the University of Texas Austin and the University of Hawaii. Recent prime grants include a $1.5 million project grant from the Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) for the Chaminade Prison Education Program (September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027), a $1 million higher education institutional aid grant from the Office of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.031) for workforce-ready student capacity-building in partnership with Kapiolani Community College (October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025), a $100 thousand project grant from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (CFDA 84.325) for Project MALAMA, supporting special education workforce development in Hawaii (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026), and a behavioral health workforce education and training grant from the Bureau of Health Professionals (July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2029) addressing Hawaii's psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner shortage. Earlier awards included NSF funding for the Mauka to Makai watershed education project for secondary-school teachers (ended July 31, 2025) and a Minority Business Development Agency grant for entrepreneurship education (ended September 30, 2025).

As a sub-recipient, Chaminade participates in research and infrastructure programs anchored by the University of Hawaii, including the Hawaii INBRE V Program, the RII Track-1 "Change Hawaii" data revolution initiative, the Cyberinfrastructure Pacific Professionals program, the Center for Pacific Innovations Knowledge and Opportunities (PIKO), and the Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity. Chaminade also subs to The Ohio State University on bioeffects research relevant to Air Force operational exposures. Recent grant sub-awards date through April 2026, indicating an active sub-recipient pipeline.

Award activity has grown from three awards in 2022 to thirteen in 2025, with only two awards shown as of mid-2026, suggesting the data snapshot is incomplete for the current year. The combined potential value across all ninety-five prime and sub awards is $170 thousand, though obligated dollars total $92.1 million, indicating substantial performance against smaller published ceilings — a pattern typical of educational institutions with rolling task orders and grant disbursements. Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Chaminade's footprint is predominantly prime work (82% of awards), concentrated in educational services and workforce development PSC categories (24 awards in tuition and fees, educational services, and training).