University of Hawaii System

2026–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database

To expand direct admissions, implement a systemwide application, and scale advising in Hawaii

University of Hawaii System · funded by Lumina Foundation

$400k

2026 · facilities

Determination of the isotope fractionation of Si in lower-mantle minerals by single crystal XRD and force constants method

Bin Zhao · University of Hawaii System · funded by U.S. Department of Energy

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: FRGMS: Multigraded Commutative Algebra, Toric Varieties, and Homological Mirror Symmetry

Daniel Erman · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$238.6k

2025–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Doctoral Dissertation Research: A spatial grammar

Gary Holton · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$18.7kCategorization, perception, and language

2025–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

EPSCoR Research Fellows: NSF: Building a Duke University and University of Hawaii Collaboration for the Next Decade of Supernova Cosmology

David Jones · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$277.6k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Isotopic constraints on and modelling of the Subtropical and Equatorial Pacific Ocean iron cycle

Nicholas Hawco · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$369.9kMarine and coastal ecosystems

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

eMB: Algebraic methods for microbiome keystone analysis

Elizabeth Gross · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$409.9k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Sandbox for Cybersecurity Research

Mehdi Mirakhorli · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$400k

2025–2027 · research · Humanities Collections and Reference Resources

Building Relationships and Linking Archival Collections

Dawn Sueoka · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Endowment for the Humanities

$48.9k

2025–2028 · grant · Continuing Grant

Collaborative Research: PurSUiT: Global Diversity, Distribution and Evolution of Pucciniomycotina Yeasts Inferred from a Tropical Oceanic Hotspot

Anthony Amend · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$767.5kYeasts and Rust Fungi Studies

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Enhancing the Sensitivity of KamLAND2-Zen Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Search with Optical Calibrations

Jelena Maricic · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$350kNeutrino Physics Research

2025 · grant · Innovation

Pacific Islands Healthcare and Health Policy Landscape Assessment

University of Hawaii System · funded by Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

$1.2M

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Equipment: MRI: Track 1 acquisition of a state-of-the-art transmission electron microscope for research and training

Alexander Culley · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$1.1MAdvanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications

2025–2027 · fellowship · Fellowship Award

Postdoctoral Fellowship: PRFB: I ka wa ma mua: Looking to the past to understand ecosystem dynamics

Damien Farrant · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$240kPacific and Southeast Asian Studies

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

REU Site: Earth Science on Volcanic Islands

Bridget Smith-Konter · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$675.8k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Hydrogeologic Controls on the Accumulation, Transport, and Discharge of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Coastal Beaches

Xiaolong Geng · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$550kFecal contamination and water quality

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Factors and Processes Controlling the Duration of Concentric Eyewall Structure and the Associated Intensity Change of Tropical Cyclones

Yuqing Wang · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$577.9kTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

2025–2030 · cooperative agreement · Cooperative Agreement

Oceanographic Technical Support 2024-2028 - R/V Kilo Moana

Anita Lopez · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$2M

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: MATH-DT Dynamical Models and Statistical Guarantees for Sparse Sensing in Nuclear Digital Twins

Andrei Klishin · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$300k

2025 · grant · Standard Grant

Conference: AGU Chapman 2025 in Hilo, Hawai'i - Caldera-Rift Volcanoes

Thomas Shea · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$45k

2025 · grant · Science

Postdoctoral Fellowships

University of Hawaii System · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$2M

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: The Connection between Astrophysical Transients and their Host Galaxies Across Cosmic Time

David Jones · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$521.1k

2025–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

I-Corps: Translation Potential of a Wound Healing Using Hyperactive Proteins

Ellinor Haglund · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$50k

2025–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Research Infrastructure: Increasing productivity and access for local and visiting researchers at the Hakalau Forest Biological Field Station.

Patrick Hart · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$111.3k

2025–2028 · cooperative agreement · Cooperative Agreement

University of Hawaii, R/V Kilo Moana Ship Operations 2024-2028

Anita Lopez · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$9.1M

2025 · grant · Workforce

John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Training Equipment

University of Hawaii System · funded by Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

$1M

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Unveiling the Composition of Earth-sized Planets with the Keck Planet Finder

Fei Dai · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$408.6k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

CORAL REEF RESPONSES TO CLIMATE-INDUCED WILDFIRE DISTURBANCE

Christopher Wall · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$850k

2024–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: CyberTraining: Pilot: O-RAN-Based Cyberinfrastructure Training for Future-Generation Wireless Communication and Sensing

Yao Zheng · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$150k

2024–2026 · grant · PROJECT GRANT (B)

FUTURE WARMING PATTERN CONSTRAINTS FROM INTERNAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY

University of Hawaii System · funded by Office of Science

$991.8k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: WoU-MMA: ASAS-SN in the Era of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics

Benjamin Shappee · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$463.8kGamma-ray bursts and supernovae

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

IGE: Track 1: Overcoming Geographic Isolation with Research Communities

Elizabeth Gross · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$436.3k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

CAS-MNP: Biophysical Mechanism of Interactions between Micro/Nanoplastics and the Natural Pulmonary Surfactant

Yi Zuo · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$352.1kMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Equipment: MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a State-of-the-Art Electron Microprobe for Research and Training

Julia Hammer · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$700k

2024 · research · AARG-D

Blood pTau validation of Alzheimer disease in high-risk populations

Song-Yi Park · University of Hawaii System · funded by Alzheimer's Association

2024–2026 · grant · PROJECT GRANT (B)

HAWAII-BERKELEY LAB PARTNERSHIP FOR A GAS DETECTOR SYSTEM WITH IDEAL CAPABILITIES

University of Hawaii System · funded by Office of Science

$906.9k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Conference: Physical Oceanography Dissertations Symposium (PODS) XIII & XIV and DIssertations Symposium in Chemical Oceanography (DISCO) XXIX & XXX

Glenn Carter · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$657.2k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: WoU-MMA: Surveying black hole growth history through accretion and mergers

David Sanders · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$377.1k

2024–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Oceanographic Instrumentation Program Proposal University of Hawaii R/V Kilo Moana

Anita Lopez · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$54kOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

2024–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

IRES Track I: Island Invasion Biology - Leveraging the Galapagos and Hawaiian Islands to provide immersive undergraduate research experiences.

Rakan Zahawi · University of Hawaii System · funded by National Science Foundation

$298.9k