Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Hawai'i
Investing in Multidisciplinary University Activities (IMUA) through NSF Hawai'i EPSCoR
In 2001, UH Hilo initiated the federally-funded Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research planning grant to boost research competitiveness and workforce development in scientific fields throughout the state of Hawaii. (more)
Research Programs
Ecosystem Responses to Environmental Change (EREC) Focal Area
The EREC team concentrates on two research areas that are of national importance and in which Hawaii is well positioned to become a national leader: (more)
Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics (EEG) Focal Area
IMUA II has expanded the core group of personnel that include several newly hired faculty (from IMUA I) and newly established mainland collaborators into a highly interactive and sustainable research team with expanded collaborations in evolutionary and ecological genetics. (more)
Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Research & Education
In order to execute the Project objectives and achieve the stated outcome, the CERE FAST Team will focus on two interrelated Research Agendas: (more)
Outreach, Education and Human Resource Development
The objective of the IMUA NSF Hawaii EPSCoR Outreach, Education and Human Resources Development (OEHRD) component is to enhance ties and forge partnerships between the University of Hawaii and the local business community. (more)
Cofunding
The EPSCoR Co-funding mechanism focuses on those "Fund-if-Possible" proposals, which the NSF merit review process finds to lie at or near the cutoff for funding by the programs to which they were submitted. NSF EPSCoR funds meritorious proposals that would otherwise not be supported due to availability of funds or other overriding program priorities. For more details please see http://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/epscor/co_fund_mech.jsp.
