On Wednesday, October 6, 2021, Senator Mazie K. Hirono announced that the U.S. Department of Education (ED) is awarding more than $11 million in 22 grants through the Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNHSI) program. Grants are being awarded to different colleges and universities that support Native Hawaiian students in Hawaiʻi, and will allow these institutions to improve and expand their capacity to serve those students.
The Department of Education’s Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions program provides grant assistance to eligible Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving higher education institutions. With these grants, institutions can purchase, rent, or lease research and instructional equipment; renovate and improve classrooms, libraries, and other instructional facilities; provide support for faculty members; develop curriculum and instructional materials; purchase library books, periodicals, and other educational materials; and provide education or counseling services to support students and their families and more.
The grants will support the following projects:
- “Project Nau II” (Hawaiʻi Community College): $550,000
- “Wailau Ola Pathway” (University of Hawaiʻi West Oʻahu): $600,000
- “Hoolana” (University of Hawaiʻi Hilo): $518,346
- “Kahokuala” (University of Hawaiʻi Maui College): $550,000
- “Kukulu Ae Project” (Kauaʻi Community College): $543,795
- “Project Nauane” (Hawaiʻi Community College): $550,000
- “Puuhonua: Native Hawaiian Center” (University of Hawaiʻi Maui College): $550,000
- “Kapaakea: Engaging Hawaiian Research & Multi-Disciplinary Collaborations at UH Manoa” (University of Hawaiʻi Manoa): $543,646
- “Strengthening Academic Quality and Student Success through Institutional Effectiveness, Enhanced Online Program Delivery, Research Support, and an Ecology of Student Learning Spaces” (Chaminade University): $550,000
- “Aquaculture as a Platform to Increase Native Hawaiian Student Representation in STEM Majors” (Hawaiʻi Pacific University): $334,606
- “Na Muo Hoopakela: Blossoming through Online Education” (Windward Community College): $1,099,470 (two grants)
- “Mai O A O: Meeting the Needs of Native Hawaiian Educators and Students through Remote Learning Professional Development” (University of Hawaiʻi): $549,950
- “E Halakau ai ka Manu” (University of Hawaiʻi Hilo): $546,179
- “Hokupaa – Charting the Pathway for Student Success (Hokupaa)” (University of Hawaiʻi Maui College): $550,000
- “Upena Moananuiakea” (University of Hawaiʻi West Oʻahu): $550,000
- “Creating an Ecology for Innovation: Transformative Funds Management Strategies through Shared Services Centers to Support Native Hawaiian Student Success” (Kapiolani Community College): $599,976
- “E hoakea i ke ike – Extend the Vision” (Leeward Community College): $550,000
- “Paieie” (University of Hawaiʻi Hilo): $599,969
- “Kulia: Advancing Indigenous Scholars for Success” (Kapiolani Community College): $489,397
- “Hulihia Center for Sustainable Systems” (University of Hawaiʻi Maui College): $550,000
- “He Loa Ke Aho: Systemic Practices Reenvisioned for Native Hawaiian Student Success” (Leeward Community College): $471,341
More information about the ANNHSI is available here.
Photo credit: Office of Senator Mazie Hirono