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University of Hawai'i |
(808) 956-8856 Telephone |
For Immediate Release: |
August 4, 1999 |
Contact: Alan Teramura, 956-7651 Cheryl Ernst, 956-5941 |
THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR UH Research Funding for 199899 Sets Another Record The University of Hawai'i set new records for extramural research funding and funding from all extramural sources during the 1999 fiscal year. Funding for UH research and training grants and contracts from federal and international sources, other state agencies, other educational institutions and private foundations totaled $164 million for the fiscal year that ended June 30, up from $160 the previous year. The research portion of the extramural dollars was $93 million for fiscal 1999, up from $92 million last year and the third straight year that UH has set records for research funding. The figure represents a 20 percent increase over the last three years, said Alan Teramura, UH senior vice president for research and dean of graduate education. "These numbers indicate that our faculty is vigorous in pursuit of federal and state dollars and is doing extremely well competing with our peers nationally," Teramura commented. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, UH ranked 64th in the nation in securing federal research dollars during the 1997 fiscal year. "Based on our success during 1998 and 1999, we anticipate moving up in this year's ranking," Teramura said. UH received 14 grants of over a quarter of a million dollars during June. They included:
Hawai'i Family Registry of Colon Cancer $536,628, from the National Cancer Institute Loic LeMarchand, Cancer Research Center of Hawai'i, 586-2987, loic@crch.hawaii.edu
A High-Performance Adaptive Optics Imager for Astronomy $454,947 from the National Science Foundation, J. Elon Graves, Institute for Astronomy, 956-7434, graves@ifa.hawaii.edu
Improvement of Bottomfish Stocks in the Hawaiian Islands $437,500 from the Department of Land and Natural Resources E. Gordon Grau, Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, 236-7406
Hawai'i Minority Based CCOP $403,555 from the National Cancer Institute Brian Issel, Cancer Research Center of Hawai'i, 586-3013, brian@crch.hawaii.edu
Upward Bound Program $350,465 from the U.S. Department of Education Kenneth Tokuno, Leeward Community College, 455-0265
Language Resource Centers $346,146 from the U.S. Department of Education Cornelia Moore, College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature, 956-8516
Cooperative Administration of FADS (Fish Aggregating Devices) $335,747 from the Department of Land and Natural Resources Kim Holland, Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, 236-7410
Diabetes Prevention Program in Hawai'i $330,769 from the University of Washington Richard Arakaki, John A. Burns School of Medicine, 586-2910, arakakiz@hawaii.edu
Upward Bound Project for Maui County $319,542 from the U.S. Department of Education Alvin Tagomori, Maui Community College, 984-3268, tagomori@mccada.mauicc.hawaii.edu
Master of Arts in Hawaiian Language and Literature $305,604 from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Kalena Silva, University of Hawai'i at Hilo, 974-7342, kalena_s@leoki.uhh.hawaii.edu
Lihue Gateway Beautification $300,000 from state Department of Transportation Peggy Cha, Kaua'i Community College, 245-8210, chap@hawaii.edu
A System for Acquisition and Dissemination of Earth Science Data via the Internet $284,820 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Torben Nielsen, Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, 956-3499, torben@hawaii.edu
Cetacean Echolocation: Biosonar Experiments for Improved Navy Sonar Signal Processing $276,570 from the Department of Navy Paul Nachtigall, Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, 247-5297, nachtig@nosc.mil
Well-Being in Long-Term Multiethnic Prostate Cancer Survivors $256,396 from the National Cancer Institute Carolyn Gotay, Cancer Research Center of Hawai'i, 586-2975, carolyn@crch.hawaii.edu |
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