  {"id":180568,"date":"2023-07-20T09:20:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T19:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=180568"},"modified":"2023-07-20T11:01:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T21:01:23","slug":"uh-sets-new-extramural-funding-record-fy2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/07\/20\/uh-sets-new-extramural-funding-record-fy2023\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> sets new extramural funding record of $515.9M in FY2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/comm-coll-good-jpbs-its-2.jpg\" alt=\"two people working on computers in server room\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-172189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/comm-coll-good-jpbs-its-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/comm-coll-good-jpbs-its-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/comm-coll-good-jpbs-its-2-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the second consecutive year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span><\/a> has set a record in extramural funding at $515.9 million for fiscal year 2023 (<abbr>FY<\/abbr>2023), $10.9 million more over the previous record of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/07\/21\/record-extramural-funding-fy-2022\/\">$505 million set in <abbr>FY<\/abbr>2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/a>, the flagship campus of <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr>\u2019s 10 campus system, led the extramural award amounts this year with $342.7 million. The <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> System brought in $117.7 million, <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcc.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Community Colleges<\/a> totaled $33.7 million, <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo<\/a> received $17.8 million and <a href=\"https:\/\/westoahu.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/a> totaled $4 million.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are extremely proud of our back-to-back record hauls in extramural funding, despite having to deal with a myriad of challenges due to the recent pandemic and its lingering after-effects on the world economy and our funders,&rdquo; said <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Vice President for Research and Innovation Vassilis L. Syrmos. &ldquo;The accolades must be given to our faculty, staff and graduate students for their hard work and dedication to the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> research enterprise and to the state of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/comm-coll-good-jpbs-nursing-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Students in scrubs working with a patient simulation\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-172009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/comm-coll-good-jpbs-nursing-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/comm-coll-good-jpbs-nursing-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/comm-coll-good-jpbs-nursing.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Extramural funding is external investments from governmental agencies such as the federal government, industry and non-profit organizations that support research and training activities conducted by university faculty and staff. Extramural projects support research and innovation that help to increase knowledge and provide solutions to improve quality of life.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every dollar invested by one of our extramural sponsors is a vote of confidence that <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> faculty, staff and students are creating a better future for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and the world,&rdquo; said <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> President David Lassner. &ldquo;This includes everything from climate change, resilience, water quality and energy solutions to addressing health disparities, educational inequities, feeding our population, and training <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>&#8216;s people for the jobs of today and tomorrow.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Several examples of <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> programs that attracted the attention of funders:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Office of the Vice President for Community Colleges was awarded $16.3 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce for the &ldquo;Resilient <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>: Good Jobs Challenge&rdquo; initiative that provides employer-driven training in living-wage jobs to individuals whose employment was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/03\/federal-grant-sustainable-workforce\/\">Read more on <em><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifa.hawaii.edu\/\">Institute for Astronomy<\/a> received $5.5 million from <abbr title=\"National Aeronautics and Space Administration\">NASA<\/abbr> to continue a wide area survey of Near Earth Objects at its Pan-STARRS observatory on Haleakal\u0101, Maui. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/15\/uh-astronomers-catalog-to-map-universe\/\">Read more on <em><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/em>.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\/\">John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> was awarded $4.5 million, as part of a five-year $23 million grant from the National Institutes for Health (<abbr>NIH<\/abbr>) for Ola HAWAII, a multidisciplinary research center that addresses health disparities in underserved, multiethnic populations in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/21\/22m-ola-hawaii-grant\/\">Read more on <em><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/em>.<\/a><\/li>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/system-epscor-change-hi-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Two people looking at a screen with data on it\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-159145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/system-epscor-change-hi-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/system-epscor-change-hi-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/system-epscor-change-hi-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<li><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr>\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaii.edu\/epscor\/\">Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research<\/a> received $4 million, as part of a five-year $20 million grant by the National Science Foundation (<abbr>NSF<\/abbr>), to integrate climate and data science research under its &ldquo;Change <abbr>HI<\/abbr>&rdquo; initiative. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/16\/20m-tclimate-resilience-through-data-science\/\">Read more on <em><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/em>.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hnei.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Natural Energy Institute<\/a> received $3.6 million from the Office of Naval Research (<abbr>ONR<\/abbr>) to continue its research and maintenance support of the U.S. Navy\u2019s Wave Energy Test Site in <span aria-label=\"Kaneohe\">K&#257;ne&#699;ohe<\/span> Bay. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/wave-energy-conversion-6m\/\">Read more on <em><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/em>.<\/a><\/li>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/system-research-naval-research-funding-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"people looking at a computer\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-171338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/system-research-naval-research-funding-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/system-research-naval-research-funding-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/system-research-naval-research-funding.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<li><abbr>ONR<\/abbr> awarded <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> a $2.4 million grant to partner with the University of Alaska and the University of Rhode Island to develop and advance energy, marine and other blue economy technologies and opportunities through the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.hawaii.edu\/oic\/\">Office of Innovation and Commercialization<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/01\/11\/energy-marine-technologies-grant\/\">Read more on <em><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/em>.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><abbr>NIH<\/abbr> awarded $2.4 million to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhcancercenter.org\/\"><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center<\/a> to continue its important Multiethnic Cohort Study. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/03\/multiethnic-cohort-study-renewal\/\">Read more on <em><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/em>.<\/a><\/li>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/windward-cc-limu-research-sorting-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sorting limu\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-176809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/windward-cc-limu-research-sorting-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/windward-cc-limu-research-sorting-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/windward-cc-limu-research-sorting.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/\">Windward Community College<\/a> was awarded $2 million of a $3.5 million grant by <abbr>NSF<\/abbr>\u2019s Tribal Colleges and Universities Program to establish its <span aria-label=\"Kiai\">Kia&#699;i<\/span> Loko Center for Limu Research. The center focuses on applying traditional Native Hawaiian knowledge alongside Western scientific methods to study limu (algae) and traditional Hawaiian fishponds. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/02\/limu-research-center-grant-windward-cc\/\">Read more on <em><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/em>.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soest.hawaii.edu\/soestwp\/\">School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology<\/a> (<abbr>SOEST<\/abbr>) was awarded $3 million by ONR to map flood risks related to sea-level rise in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded <abbr>SOEST<\/abbr> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/arl.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Applied Research Laboratory<\/a> another $1.5 million increment of a five-year, $25 million project to develop an engineered coral reef system to protect coastlines from flooding, erosion and storm damage. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/06\/17\/engineered-coral-reef-ecosystem\/\">Read more on <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/uhealthy.hawaii.edu\/uh-center-indigenous-health-equity\/\"><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity<\/a> received $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to restore ancestral and cultural practices to improve health equity among Native Hawaiians and <abbr>NHPI<\/abbr> communities.<\/li>\n<li><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo received $1.1 million from the U.S. Department of Education for its <em>E Hoi I Ke Kumu<\/em> program to address the Hawaiian language immersion teacher shortage in the state.<\/li>\n<li><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> was awarded a $1 million <abbr>NSF<\/abbr> Engines Development Award to establish its Climate-Resilient Food Innovation Network that will serve as a hub for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and U.S-affiliated Pacific Islands to develop collaborative, food innovation solutions driven by Indigenous knowledge systems and modern technology. <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> could be eligible for another award of up to $160 million. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/15\/climate-resilient-food-innovation-network\/\">Read more on <em><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/em>.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> received a $944,307 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop its He Paepae Aloha curriculum to increase Native Hawaiian participation and completion of post-secondary education through the incorporation of Native Hawaiian traditions and culture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the second consecutive year, the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> has set a record in extramural funding at $515.9 million for fiscal year 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