Research

Official Carnegie Classification seal for R1 universities

UH Mānoa is designated as Research 1 (R1): Very High Spending and Doctorate Production in the 2025 Research Activity Designations of the Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education, which requires institutions to spend at least $50 million on research and development and award at least 70 research doctorates annually.

UH Mānoa is one of only three universities in the US that is designated as a land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant, and sun-grant institution.

Learn about a wide range of Mānoa’s research activities on the Research page of UH News.

Research Funding & Expenditures

The UH System Office of Research Services Annual Reports publishes information on research funding and expenditures:

The UH Mānoa Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship also publishes reports on revenues and expenditures: