Overview
UROP is committed to promoting and expanding research and creative work opportunities for undergraduate students across campus. To increase undergraduate student participation in these opportunities during the summer, UROP awards up to $10,000 per proposal through the Mentoring Grant for Summer Undergraduate Research and Creative Work! The grant will be awarded to eligible University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) mentors of UHM undergraduate students conducting research and creative work projects in the Summer. Grant recipients must plan to use 100% of the funds to support the students’ projects.
2025 Application Cycle
Applications for the 2025 grant cycle will be accepted from November 18, 2024 until January 31, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. HST. Applicants are encouraged to review the Request for Proposals (below) and rubric before submitting their proposals. Decisions will be announced in March.
Thanks to the generous support of the Provost’s Office, a total of $135,000 will be made available for the Mentoring Grant.
UROP encourages applications from all disciplines and is particularly interested in receiving applications from non-STEM fields and from early-career (tenure-track, non-tenured) mentors in any discipline.
Prospective applicants are encouraged to view a recording of the information session about the 2025 Mentoring Grant.
Contact urop@hawaii.edu with any questions, or visit the FAQs page.
Request for Proposals
Eligible applicants (i.e., UHM mentors) include those who either:
- Are UHM faculty (I/R/S/B/A/J/M tenured, tenure-track, and non–tenure track faculty);
- Or have successfully submitted and received a Mentor Eligibility Petition.
If you do not meet the above requirements as UHM faculty or are not eligible to petition for eligibility, you may not apply for the Mentoring Grant. You may, however, partner with an eligible applicant (see application).
UHM employees who are eligible to submit a Mentor Eligibility Petition must do so at least four weeks prior to the submission of a Mentoring Grant proposal in order to ensure timely consideration of their materials. Granting of mentor eligibility is not guaranteed. Applicants who choose to petition for eligibility and who are not ultimately granted eligibility will not be considered for the Mentoring Grant. Mentoring Grant funds will not be disbursed to successful applicants until eligibility is granted.
Failure to meet the eligibility requirements may result in disqualification of the proposal.
Note: Funds will be disbursed to successful candidates via an RTRF account, so applicants should check with their college or unit to ensure they are able to manage RTRF. Prospective mentors who are unable to independently manage an RTRF account may make arrangements with a UH employee who can manage an RTRF account. UROP is not responsible for such arrangements.
Eligible mentees include UHM undergraduate students who plan to graduate from UHM but who have not graduated before the end of the Summer that a grant has been made for, and who will not be concurrently funded with UROP Entering Research and Creative Work funding or Project funding during the Summer that a grant has been made for. Prior recipients of UROP Entering Research or Creative Work funding or Project funding must have completed their awards by the end of the preceding Spring semester to be supported with Mentoring Grant funds.
Students supported through the Mentoring Grant must give a poster or oral presentation on their summer research or creative work project either at the end-of-summer Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Symposium or at the Undergraduate Showcase in the Fall semester following the Mentoring Grant award period.
Request Amounts
Applicants may request up to $5,000 to mentor one undergraduate student mentee or up to $10,000 for two or more mentees. Requests that exceed these amounts may result in the disqualification of the proposal.
Allowable Expenditures
All funds must be used to directly support undergraduate research or creative work during the summer.
Allowable expenditures include:
- Materials and supplies
- Travel costs for students
- Student wages
UROP requires that students receiving wages from the Mentoring Grant be hired at the UH student pay scale A21 level rate of $15.95/hour, with a fringe rate based on their status during the summer (estimated by the UH Office of Research Services at 0.69% on a regular semester).
Students may be paid an hourly wage for working on their research or creative work project. Students may not be paid for hours spent on the project as part of coursework, except for those hours that exceed the expected 45 hours of coursework per credit. For example, a student working on the project for 20 hours per week for 15 weeks during the summer (300 hours total) AND receiving 2 credits of coursework for that time is ineligible to be paid for 90 of the 300 project hours but can be paid for the remaining 210 hours. For a 20-hour week, the student is ineligible to be paid for 6 of the weekly project hours but can be paid for the remaining 14 hours.
Non-allowable expenditures include:
- Faculty salary or overload
- Student tuition
- Mentor travel
- Publication costs associated with manuscripts that list the mentor as the first author
- Any expenses not directly related to the student’s summer project
Misuse of grant money may constitute misappropriation of funding and may be subject to investigation by the UH System Office of Research Compliance.
Disbursement
Funds will be distributed to successful applicants via an RTRF account.
Application Contents
Successful applicants will demonstrate a clear and compelling mentorship plan, as well as clearly articulated intentions for student learning outcomes and impacts. Applicants will be asked to provide a summary description of their student project, a clear timeline of proposed activities, and a budget with justification for how all funds will be used to support student research or creative work. Application components include:
- Applicant Information (i.e., personnel details).
- Application Information (i.e., project details).
- Recruitment & Mentoring Plan (500 WORD LIMIT, 35% of total score).
- Describe your mentoring philosophy.
- Describe your role in the proposed student project.
- What are your expectations for the student(s) in terms of time commitment?
- Describe how you will recruit students.
- How frequently will you meet and interact with students during the project period?
- Describe your physical location during the summer and whether or not you will be in close working proximity to the student(s). Will you be on or off campus? Will the student(s) be on or off campus?
- Student Outcomes & Impacts (400 WORD LIMIT, 35% of total score).
- Describe the role and involvement you anticipate the student(s) having in the project.
- Describe the personal, professional, and/or academic benefit(s) that the undergraduate student(s) is/are expected to gain from participating in the proposed project.
- Project Description (250 WORD LIMIT, 10% of total score).
- Succinctly describe the project in layperson’s terms (avoid technical jargon).
- Optional image upload.
- Project Timeline & Activities (500 WORD LIMIT, 10% of total score).
- Succinctly describe a feasible project timeline, starting and ending in the summer.
- Budget & Budget Justification (250 WORD LIMIT, 10% of total score).
- Provide a budget for the requested funds (fill in each field of the budget, including $0 where applicable). Each applicant may apply for up to $5,000 for one undergraduate student mentee or a maximum of $10,000 for two or more mentees. Note that there will be no indirect cost (IDC) on requested funds.
- Provide a budget justification. Include all relevant information, including student wage rates and fringe benefits rates.
- Supplemental Questions.
- Applicants are required to answer a suite of additional questions that may be used as secondary considerations in funding decisions.
- Image Upload for Project Description (OPTIONAL; IMAGE FILE TYPES ONLY).
- Applicants may upload one image to properly communicate information related to their Project Description only. The upload must contain an image and CANNOT be used to add more text to the Project Description or to any other component of the proposal. DO NOT use the Image Upload option to upload more text or to upload a table showing the Project Timeline & Activities, etc. An acceptable upload could be a depiction of a chemical reaction, a design blueprint, a photograph, or a similar, non-text image. You may use text on the image to describe what is depicted. Please note that the image will appear at the end of the application as an attachment.
Review Process
Applications will be reviewed by a team consisting of UROP staff and Undergraduate Research Opportunities Council (UROC) faculty members, and will be scored according to these criteria. Final funding decisions will be made at UROP’s discretion and announced by early March.
Information for Grantees
- Funding period
- Signed decision letters due: Friday, March 14
- Start of award (spending) period: Tuesday, April 1
- Signed Mentor-Mentee MoAs due: Monday, June 30
- SURE Symposium: Tentatively Friday, August 1
- Account balance estimates/extension requests due: Wednesday, August 20
- Grant closure
- Initial spending deadline: Sunday, August 31
- Sweep of awards without an extension/deadline for awards without an extension: Friday, October 31
- Sweep of awards with an extension: Friday, December 19
Pre-funding Requirements
Mentoring Grant recipients will be required to submit the following items before funding is released to them:
- An award letter signed by both the awardee and the awardee’s department chair/unit director. The award letter stipulates all grant terms and will be due by the date indicated in the awardee’s notification email.
- Information for a college/school/department account to which any overages will be charged. Grant recipients should work with their FAs to procure and share this information with UROP. The account information will be due at the same time as the signed award letter.
Disbursement
Funds for your successful proposal will be distributed via an RTRF account. It is the responsibility of the Mentor(s) and their Fiscal Administrator to closely monitor award spending. UROP will not be responsible for compensating units in the event that expenditures exceed the amount awarded. All expenditures must occur by the end of August (unless an extension is granted; see below), and any expenditures charged after this date will be derived from the backup account.
UROP reserves the right to adjust the final amount of funds disbursed, either before or after disbursement occurs, if
- Any of the funding conditions specified in the award letter are not met;
- Any portion of your approved budget is determined to be ineligible for funding according to University, State government, or Federal government policy (e.g., incentives for survey participants, wages intended for students who are ineligible to work at the University, State government, or Federal government level, etc.).
Once the above items are completed, funds should be distributed within seven business days of account establishment. The official award start date is April 1, or upon account establishment if later.
Recruitment
Mentoring Grant awardees who have not pre-identified eligible UHM undergraduate students to work with are encouraged to promote their research or creative work opportunity via ForagerOne, through departmental student listservs and social media, and by contacting the instructors of relevant summertime courses, who may promote these opportunities to summer-term enrollees on the awardee’s behalf. UROP is also willing to promote opportunities through its own social-media challenges.
Hiring
UROP is not responsible for determining students’ legal working status at the University, State government, or Federal government level. For questions regarding payments to international students, please consult the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa International Student Services.
UROP is not responsible for determining the method used to pay student wages, if applicable to your proposal, nor is UROP responsible for hiring students. It is the Mentor’s responsibility to determine the necessary steps to hire and pay undergraduate student researchers. Do not distribute payments via Financial Aid as this may have unintended negative impacts on the student’s overall Financial Aid package. Please consult your human resources administrator to determine the best option for hiring students. All units should have the option of either hiring students via their college, or via the Student Employment & Cooperative Education (SECE) program managed by the Mānoa Career Center.
Memorandum of Agreement
UROP requires Mentors to complete a copy of UROP’s Mentoring Grant Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with each of the UHM students they are working with through the Mentoring Grant. The MoA outlines terms of the Mentor and Mentee’s working relationship and agreements with UROP. The deadline to submit the MoA is specified in each grant recipient’s award letter.
It is the Mentor’s responsibility to ensure that the mentor, all student mentees, and all other relevant parties involved in the research or creative work being supported by the Mentoring Grant complete any and all applicable Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) trainings, safety requirements (e.g., UHM EHSO Lab Safety Checklist), and ethical standards (e.g., IRB, IACUC) necessary to conduct the project. These activities should be completed prior to engaging in the project. Please refer to UROP’s Student Funding Required Training & Research Compliance page for useful background information. Mentoring Grant recipients do not need to submit any safety training or ethical compliance documentation to UROP, but mentors, students, and all other relevant parties must fulfill all applicable requirements in accordance with university policies as mandated by the Office of Research Compliance.
As a condition of their participation in research and creative work activity supported by the Mentoring Grant, all students supported through the Mentoring Grant must deliver either an oral or a poster presentation at the SURE Symposium. If needed, mentors can have their students satisfy the presentation requirement via participation at the Fall Showcase by requesting an extension (see below).
Mentors may request grant extensions at any point after the initial award start date if they encounter challenges (e.g., recruiting students or the logistics of their projects) that will require additional time to resolve or that will protract the completion of their projects. Extension requests are subject to review by UROP staff, who may request additional information before approving.
Extensions may be requested to either prolong the spending window (the period of time during which grant-related transactions can be initiated, including the processing of student timesheets) or to shift the due date of the student presentation requirement.
Extensions to prolong the spending window will result in an absolute deadline at the end of October. All charges for extension recipients’ awards must be reconciled by the date provided when an extension is approved; accounts will be swept on this date. UROP will not be responsible for any project-related costs incurred beyond this point. Extensions for this purpose may be requested until the initial due date for the estimate of the final account balance (as specified in the award letter; see below for more information), and will not be considered after this date
Extensions to shift the student presentation requirement from the SURE Symposium (held in August) to the Fall Undergraduate Showcase (held in December) may be requested until the deadline for students to register to participate in the SURE Symposium and will not be considered after this date.
Estimate of Final Account Balance
To facilitate account reconciliation and a smooth grant-closing process, UROP requires mentors to work with their FAs to submit final account-balance estimates by the date specified in their award letter. Failure to submit the aforementioned account-balance estimate will result in the automatic sweep of the Mentoring Grant account on the initial award end date provided in the award letter.
Account Closure
Unless an extension is approved, funding recipients should initiate final transactions by the date indicated in the award letter (i.e., last spending date), including students’ last workday during the August 16–31 pay period. Accounts will then be swept in mid-October.. The six-week grace period from the end of August to mid-October will allow adequate time for students on payroll to receive their last paycheck, and for Fiscal Administrators to reconcile the RTRF account. UROP will not be responsible for any project-related costs incurred beyond this point.
Exit Survey
All Mentoring Grant recipients will be required to complete an exit survey. The survey will be distributed at the end of the award period..
Past Mentoring Grant Recipients
| Year | Awardee | Project Title | Project Discipline | Awardee Department |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Anthony Amend | Isolation and Lipids Specificity of the Most Abundant Marine Fungus You've Never Hears of | Natural Sciences | Botany |
| 2019 | Kasey Barton | Hawaiian Seedling Stressors: Examining Tolerance to Drought and Fire | Natural Sciences | Botany |
| 2019 | Jon-Paul Bingham | Proteomic Analysis of Nonconforming Conopeptide Profiles in Conus Striatus to Uncover Novel Classification | Natural Sciences | Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| 2019 | John Mark Branner | CiRCO Redempto, Applied Theatre Project | Arts & Humanities | Theatre and Dance |
| 2019 | Joesph J Brown | Applied Materials and Nanoengineered Systems Research Opportunities | Engineering & Computer Sciences | Mechanical Engineering |
| 2019 | Chunhee Cho | Prediction of Crack Propagation in Metallic Structures Using a 3D Scanner | Engineering & Computer Sciences | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| 2019 | David A Christopher | Understanding the role of protein disulfide isomerases in ameliorating heat stress in plants | Natural Sciences | Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| 2019 | Megan Donahue | Land-Based Pollutants in Herbivorous Reef Fishes in Hawai‘i | Natural Sciences | Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology |
| 2019 | Bjorn Kjos-Hanssen | Vapnik-Chervonenkis dimension and the Separating Words problem | Engineering & Computer Sciences | Mathematics |
| 2019 | Do Soo Moon | Development of Non-destructive Structural Condition Assessment Method with Multisensor Fusion Technique | Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
| 2019 | Michael G Muszynski | Genome2Phenome:Precision phenoty[ing to quantify plant growth plasticity | Natural Sciences | Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences |
| 2019 | Craig Nelson | Training in Multivariate analysis of the Microbiome of Crustose Coralline Algae | Natural Sciences | Oceanography and Sea Grant |
| 2019 | Daniel K Owens | Discovery and Development of Natural Products from Hawaiian Plants for Medicinal and Agricultural Applications | Natural Sciences | Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| 2019 | Wei Wen Su | Microbial conversion of waste lipids to specialty oleochemicals | Natural Sciences | Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| 2019 | Malik Younsi | The Shapes of Julia Sets | Engineering & Computer Sciences | Mathematics |
| 2020 | Ningjun Jiang | Coastal Dune Erosion Mitigation Through Bio-Mediated Geotechnical Approach | Engineering & Computer Sciences | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| 2020 | Ikkei Shikano | Fatal Attraction: Diverting herbivorous pest insects onto plants that kill them | Natural Sciences | Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences |
| 2020 | Wei-Wen Su | Development of a novel low-cost enzyme-catalyzed oxygenation system for enhanced valorization of agricultural byproducts via microbial conversion | Natural Sciences | Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| 2020 | Matthew Pitts | Assessment of developmental exposure to selenium deficiency and toxicity upon neurobehavior and energy metabolism | Natural Sciences | Cell and Molecular Biology |
| 2020 | Caroline Heyduk | Analysis of the photosynthetic pathway in native Hawaiian Peperomia species | Natural Sciences | School of Life Sciences |
| 2020 | Caroline Heyduk | Understanding the importance of leaf anatomy for plant photosynthesis | Natural Sciences | School of Life Sciences |
| 2020 | Jon-Paul Bingham | Conus pulicarius as a novel source of anthelmintics for targeting rat lungworm | Natural Sciences | Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| 2020 | Marcus Tius | An Unconventional Synthesis of Corannulenes and of Related Curved Polyaromatics | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| 2020 | Pratibha Nerurkar | Nanotechnological approaches to improve food quality. | Natural Sciences | Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| 2020 | Woochul Lee | Developing an experimental platform for freeze desalination | Natural Sciences | Mechanical Engineering |
| 2020 | Jakub Hyvl | Synthesis of Medically Relevant Organobismuth Compounds | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| 2020 | Shana Brown | The Establishment of Chinese Studies at UH-Mānoa, 1920-1970 | Arts & Humanities | History |
| 2020 | Kristi Govella | Inside the Castle Gates: Analyzing the Changing Composition of Foreign Firms in Japan | Arts & Humanities | School of Pacific and Asian Studies |
| 2020 | Megan Porter | Investigations of Bioluminescence in Deep-Sea Shrimp | Natural Science | School of Life Sciences |
| 2020 | Christopher Muir | Developing R software packages to breed water-wise crops | Engineering & Computer Sciences | School of Life Sciences |
| 2021 | Daniel Harris-McCoy | Developing a Hawaiian Language Dictionary for Classics | Arts and Humanities | Classics |
| 2021 | Joel Moffett | The Liliʻu Project | Arts and Humanities | Academy for Creative Media |
| 2021 | Monica LaBriola | Increasing Access to Primary Sources in Micronesian History | Arts and Humanities | History |
| 2021 | Monique Chyba | Pandemic Modeling in Islands Chain Environment | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| 2021 | Daniel Owens | Anthocyanidin Content of Six Commercially Significant Poinsettia Cultivars Using HPLC | Natural Sciences | Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| 2021 | Nhu Nguyen | High-throughput microbial isolation and identification from diverse soils | Natural Sciences | Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences |
| 2021 | Ty Tengan | Ke Hoʻi Aʻela ka ʻŌpua i Awalau: Reconnecting K-12 Students to Hawai‘i | Natural Sciences | Ethnic Studies |
| 2021 | Caroline Heyduk | Genome size evolution in native Hawaiian plant species | Natural Sciences | School of Life Sciences |
| 2021 | Jayme Scally | The First-Year Experience and Honors: Exploring Successes and Challenges During Pandemic | Social Sciences | Honors Program |
| 2021 | David Beilman | Mapping Hawaii’s montane ecosystem carbon hot spots | Natural Science | Geography and Environment |
| 2021 | Kristi West | Baleen, blubber and other parts: Analyzing tissues to understand cetacean conservation concerns | Natural Science | Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology |
| 2021 | Zhuoyuan Song | CoRoMoana: An Open-Access Marine Collaborative Robot Testbed at Kilo Nalu Observatory | Engineering and Computer Sciences | Mechanical Engineering |
| 2021 | Melissa Price | Fine-scale spatio-temporal assessment of habitat use by native Hawaiian waterbirds | Natural Science | Natural Resources and Environmental Management |
| 2022 | Mari Yoshihara | Tracing Hawai'i's Classical Music Landscape: Archival Research and Data Entry on Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs | Arts & Humanities | American Studies |
| 2022 | Nhu Nguyen | High-throughput molecular identification of bacteria isolates from soil | Natural Sciences | Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences |
| 2022 | Jenee Odani | Enhancing diagnostic testing for Francisella orientalis | Natural Sciences | Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Sciences |
| 2022 | Sherilyn Kuʻualoha Hoomanawanui | Mana Moʻolelo 2.0 - The Power of Traditional Hawaiian Literature in the 21st Century | Arts & Humanities | English |
| 2022 | Robert Thomson | Determining the provenance and conservation needs of extralimital six-lined racerunner lizards using genetics | Natural Sciences | School of Life Sciences |
| 2022 | David Haymer | Alternative approaches to DNA barcoding | Natural Sciences | Cell and Molecular Biology |
| 2022 | Ty Tengan | Operationalizing Standards of Participatory Action Research in the Implementation of Community Readiness Processes | Social Sciences | Ethnic Studies |
| 2022 | Christopher Muir | Are amphistomatous leaves better adapted to sunny habitats? | Natural Sciences | School of Life Sciences |
| 2022 | Lorinda Riley | Holu Kanaka Hawai’i: Native Hawaiian Daily Pathways to Resilience | Social Sciences | Office of Public Health Studies |
| 2022 | Jean Thoulag | Illuminating the Weird, Whimsical and Wonderful Edward St. John Gorey: Illustrator of the Nonsensical | Arts & Humanities | Library Services |
| 2022 | Wei Wen Su | 3D-printing enabled low-cost microfabrication for rapid optimization of waste-valorization bioprocesses | Engineering & Computer Sciences | Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| 2023 | Caleb Reichhardt | Evaluating the effects of the vitamin A and D receptors on ovine satellite cell proliferation and protein synthesis rates | Natural Sciences | Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Sciences |
| 2023 | Wei Wen Su | Engineering synthetic control of protein degradation in cells | Engineering & Computer Sciences | Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| 2023 | Kacie Ho | Improving the quality and nutrition of foods with emulsion technology | Natural Sciences | Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Sciences |
| 2023 | Peter Washington | Creating Fun Computer Games to Help Diagnose Developmental Delays | Engineering & Computer Sciences | Information and Computer Sciences |
| 2023 | Noa Lincoln | Symbiotic and Asymbiotic Atmospheric Nitrogen Fixation in Kō (Saccharum officinarum): Field Testing Experimental Results | Natural Sciences | Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences |
| 2023 | Richard Medina | Model in the Mirror: Auto-Generated Language Materials for Interactive Language Learning Technologies | Arts & Humanities | Center for Language and Technology |
| 2023 | Tyler Ray | Kauka Ring: A Wearable Sensor for Detecting Date Rape Drugs | Engineering & Computer Sciences | Mechanical Engineering |
| 2023 | Sara Ferron | Variability of chlorophyll and oxygen driven by the deep phytoplankton community | Natural Sciences | Oceanography |
| 2023 | Megan Porter | Behavioral Studies of a Native Mantis Shrimp Species (Gonodactylellus n. sp.) Aggression and Contest Outcome | Natural Sciences | School of Life Sciences |
| 2023 | Kealii Kukahiko | Operationalizing Standards of Participatory Action Research in the Implementation of Community Readiness Processes | Social Sciences | Ethnic Studies |
| 2023 | Christopher Muir | Can rapid evolution rescue populations from climate change? | Natural Sciences | School of Life Sciences |
| 2023 | Daniel Port | pickOn: Developing an Opensource Tool to Manage and Improve Online Class Participation | Engineering & Computer Sciences | Information Technology Management |
| 2023 | Sarah Nakashima | When a Book is More than a Book: Exploring Book Arts in Hamilton’s Special Collections | Arts & Humanities | Library Services |
| 2023 | Amin Rafiei | Geo-hazard Assessment of Wave-Induced Submarine Landslides | Engineering & Computer Sciences | Civil Engineering |
| 2023 | Kristi West | Gut contents of dolphins and whales: Evaluating the threat of marine debris ingestion and describing diet composition | Natural Sciences | Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Science |
| 2023 | Melissa Price | Waterbird habitat use, predator impacts, and reproductive success | Natural Sciences | Natural Resources and Environmental Management |
| 2023 | Eileen Nalley | Mapping land use and associated contaminants in Puʻuloa (Pearl Harbor) | Natural Sciences | Hawaiʻi Sea Grant |
| 2024 | Hyoungsu Park | Analyzing floating objective (debris) motion through a Velocity Tracking model | Engineering & Computer Sciences | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| 2024 | Joanne Yew | History of Entomology in Hawai‘i from Hawaiian Perspectives | Natural Sciences | Pacific Biosciences Research Center |
| 2024 | Kaori Tamura | Reliability of Novel Clinically Applicable Dual Task Assessment for Concussion | Natural Sciences | Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Science |
| 2024 | Abdur Rasool | Enhancing Autism Diagnosis through AI-Driven Multimodal Data Integration | Engineering & Computer Sciences | Information and Computer Science |
| 2024 | Ikkei Shikano | Insect nutrient regulation when confronted with pesticides | Natural Sciences | Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences |
| 2024 | Corrie Miller | Citizen Science Exploration of the Vaginal Microbiome | Social Sciences | JABSOM Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health |
| 2024 | Caleb Reichhardt | Evaluating the effects of injectable vitamin E on beef calf growth and behavior | Natural Sciences | Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Sciences |
| 2024 | Anthony Peruma | Industry Perspectives on Quality Assurance for AI Software Systems | Engineering & Computer Sciences | Information and Computer Sciences |
| 2024 | Naiyi Fincham | Personalized Language Learning in the Era of Generative AI: Potentials, Challenges, and Strategies | Social Sciences | Center for Language and Technology |
| 2024 | Nhu Nguyen | Molecular identification of Oahu's mushroom diversity | Natural Sciences | Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences |
| 2024 | Tyler Ray | 3D-Printed Microfluidic Platform for Functional Cellular Analysis | Engineering & Computer Sciences | Mechanical Engineering |
| 2024 | Ketty Loeb | Hawaiʻi’s Sea Level Rise Policy Framework Project | Social Sciences | Office of Resilience and Sustainability |
| 2024 | Andrew Cheng | Undergraduate-led Linguistics Research in Hawaiian Phonetics at the Lauhoe Language Center | Arts & Humanities | Linguistics |
| 2024 | Matthew Pitts | Assessment of the interactive effects of lead and selenium upon neurodevelopment in primary neuronal cultures | Natural Sciences | Cell and Molecular Biology |
| 2024 | Seth Bushinsky | A tool for visualizing the 3-dimensional structure of ocean pathways and biogeochemical changes | Natural Sciences | Oceanography |
| 2024 | Daniel Torres | Stress, Brains and Selenium: Determining the Role of Selenium in Protecting the Brain from Stress | Natural Sciences | Pacific Biosciences Research Center |
| 2024 | Katy Tarrit Mirakhorli | Unlocking Potential: Empowering Undergraduate Students in AI-Assisted Neuroscience Research | Engineering & Computer Sciences | Information and Computer Sciences |
| 2024 | Allexa Burger | A novel technique for high-throughput DNA separation and capture | Natural Sciences | Pacific Biosciences Research Center |
| 2024 | Md Murad Hossain | Assessment of Intracranial pressure using ultrasound elastography-derived mechanical properties via Longeviti transcranial implants | Engineering & Computer Sciences | Electrical and Computer Engineering |