UH posts $647.3M in FY 2026 extramural funding, 2nd-highest total and 5th year $500M+
The University of Hawaiʻi has secured its second highest extramural funding record amount of $647.3 million in fiscal year 2026 (FY 2026).
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UHM Graduate Students & Alums selected for Grau Fellowship
Four postgraduate fellows from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa were selected to work directly with Hawaiʻi-based organizations through the UH Sea Grant College Program (Hawaiʻi Sea Grant) E. Gordon Grau Coastal and Marine Resource Management and Policy Fellowship Program (Grau Fellowship).
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Record 43 NSF graduate fellows at UH Mānoa
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is celebrating a record milestone with 43 active recipients of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)—the most in the institution’s history.
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UH coral reef researcher earns NSF CAREER award
Lisa McManus, a researcher at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB), has received a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
NSF CAREEER Award
UH sets extramural funding record for 4th consecutive year, $734M in FY 2025
University of Hawaiʻi has once again set a new extramural funding record reaching $734 million in fiscal year 2025 (FY 2025). This marks the fourth consecutive year UH has surpassed the half-billion dollar mark.
Health tech breakthroughs shine in UH Mānoa innovation challenge
A health tech startup improving how community health workers (CHW) document client visits took the $2,000 first place prize in the second annual Innovate 808 competition, hosted by the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship (PACE) in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Shidler College of Business.
Innovate 808 competition
UH alumna bridges ocean science, public health
Hansen grew up in California and the Pacific Northwest, to UH Mānoa. She enrolled in the Global Environmental Sciences (GES) bachelor’s degree program in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST). She can pinpoint the moment she realized she could turn her passion for the environment into a career, beginning a journey that would eventually lead her to dive deep into the intricate links between ocean and human health.
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
UH Mānoa’s C-MORE Hale marks 15 years of world-class ocean science
Opened in 2010, the 26,997-square-foot facility has become a hub for groundbreaking research on marine microbes—organisms that play a vital role in the health of the planet’s oceans and climate. The state-of-the-art building houses laboratories, offices and a conference center designed to foster collaboration among scientists across disciplines and time zones.
C-MORE Hale
Moku o Loʻe open house connects community with world-class marine science
Moku o Loʻe (Coconut Island) opened its doors to the community on October 18, for a behind-the-scenes look at the world-class marine research conducted in Kāneʻohe Bay. The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) hosted its inaugural open house, welcoming nearly 200 community members.
Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division
Graduate Division provides opportunities for further study, research and professional training to students who have earned a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher learning. All of the graduate programs at UH Mānoa apply rigorous academic standards. Special emphasis is placed on the cultivation of scholarly attitudes and methods of research and creative activity.
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Mission
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division (GD) is a central, comprehensive unit that provides integral leadership, vision, and administrative and academic support services to promote excellence in graduate education.
Vision
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division aspires to be a global leader in graduate education with impactful programs that advance knowledge, innovation, and creativity with respect and appreciation for diverse cultural and indigenous people and perspectives.
Core Values
Integrity, Collaboration, Aloha, Responsiveness, Excellence.
Graduate Division provides opportunities for further study, research and professional training to students who have earned a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher learning. All of the graduate programs at UH Mānoa apply rigorous academic standards. Special emphasis is placed on the cultivation of scholarly attitudes and methods of research and creative activity.
Founded in 1907, the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa is the flagship campus of the University of Hawai‘i System. A destination of choice, students and faculty come from across the nation and around the world to take advantage of UH Mānoa’s unique research opportunities, diverse community, nationally-ranked Division I athletics program, and beautiful landscape. Consistently ranked a “best value” among U.S. colleges and universities, our students receive a quality education and have a unique, multicultural and global experience in a Hawaiian place of learning—truly like no place else on Earth.
Graduate Education
Graduate Division offers 56 Doctoral Programs, 90 Masters Programs, 43 Graduate Certificates.
Research
RESEARCH 1 institution designated by the Carnegie Institute. Ranked in top 30 public universities for federal research funding in Engineering and Science (National Science Foundation).
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Financial Support
Various forms of financial support are available to graduate students at UH Mānoa, including Graduate Division Achievement Scholarships, intramural graduate fellowships, extramural funding, and graduate assistantships. Questions on need-based financial aid should be addressed to the Financial Aid Services.
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Hawaiian storytelling shines in new UH drama
November 06, 2026
In Sheila Miles’ The Storyteller, the Kumulipo links a family to its ancestors as they navigate grief, love and change. The post Hawaiian storytelling shines in new UH drama first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
UH Mānoa adds Amazon pickup lockers on campus
November 06, 2026
The lockers are located outside the Campus Mail Office (Admin Building 1), behind Campus Center. The post UH Mānoa adds Amazon pickup lockers on campus first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
School of Architecture expands graduate assistantships amid record enrollment
November 06, 2026
The initiative pairs master’s and doctoral students directly with distinguished faculty on high-impact research projects. The post School of Architecture expands graduate assistantships amid record enrollment first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.Manoa Campus News
Mānoa: MEDIA ADVISORY–EMBARGOED UHERO report highlights opportunities to build on Honolulu’s Bill 7 housing
November 06, 2026
The report identifies opportunities to improve the program through increased development density.Mānoa: $1.4M+ in student scholarships celebrated at Shidler College annual event
November 04, 2026
sssMānoa: UH Mānoa Athletics generates $753M in economic impact over four years, study finds
October 29, 2026
UH Mānoa athletics generated an estimated $752.9 million in economic activity 2023–26.Mānoa: UH Law School Brings Recruitment Events to Neighbor Islands
October 27, 2026
Recruitment events will be held on November 4 and 5.Mānoa: VNR: Unlocking secrets: Mantis shrimp vision captures unseen
October 27, 2026
They have at least 12 types of light receptors that respond to parts of the light spectrum.Mānoa: New tropical protea flowers expand floriculture opportunities across Hawaiʻi
October 26, 2026
New “tropical” pincushion protea (Leucospermum) hybrids can bloom near sea level.