Grants & Contracts
Extramural funding increased from $211 million in FY 2002 to nearly $278 million in FY 2005. Research grants increased from $125 million in FY 2002 to $178 million in FY 2005. Nonresearch awards increased from $85 million in FY 2002 to nearly $100 million in FY 2005. Overall, extramural funding has increased by more than 100% over the past ten years. In 2005, the Top American Research Universities ranked Mānoa among the top 50 public universities in federal research funding.
In fiscal year 2005, the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) received the largest amount of extramural funding among Mānoa units at $66 million. SOEST was followed by the John A. Burns School of Medicine at $61 million, the Cancer Research Center of Hawai‘i at $26 million, College of Natural Sciences at $25 million, the Institute for Astronomy at $23 million, the College of Education at $17 million, and the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at $16 million.
The majority of extramural funding is received from the the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Defense, the Department of Commerce, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Education, NASA, and Hawai‘i government agencies.
A new, $150-million medical complex in the area of Kaka‘ako was officially opened in January 2005. The facility, which houses the School of Medicine, is a state-of-the-art biomedical research and education center that will attract significant federal funding and private sector investment in biotechnology research and development. Plans include lease-able research space, providing biotechnology and bioscience companies a campus-like environment, enabling collaboration with academic researchers. A major medical research center with surrounding space for such companies, as well as Honolulu's technology infrastructure and ties to Asia and the Pacific, will make the city a prime environment for the growing technology and biomedical research industries.
Mānoa is characterized by a wealth and variety of research projects. Research broadly conceived, is expected of every faculty member at Mānoa.
Updated November 22, 2006