Extramural funds—grants and contracts from federal, state, private, and foreign sources—have held steady at over $300 million the last two years following a record high of over $400 million in FY 2006. Preliminary FY 2008 figures report UH received extramural awards of $373 million, $221 million for research, and $152 million for non-research (i.e., training). Several of the larger funded research organizations at UH Manoa include: the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (receiving $77 million), the John A. Burns School of Medicine (receiving $50 million), and the Institute for Astronomy (receiving $30 million).

Report: University of Hawaii-Measuring our Progress 2008

Kaunana
The Research Publication of the University of Hawaii

The Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii
Supports the research and training programs of the University of Hawaii and to enhance research, development, and training generally in Hawaii.

Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development
Market, promote, and license the University’s inventory of intellectual properties. OTTED helps Hawai‘i businesses find R&D funding, research partners, student interns, and technical experts at UH.

Discoveries and Inventions Fund
Provides the university a funding mechanism “to develop technologies that have potential commercial value, support the administration of technology transfer activities and facilitate economic development through education and research undertaken at the University.

RESEARCH INSTITUTES

Cancer Research Center of Hawaii

Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology

Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology

Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute

Institute for Astronomy

Lyon Arboretum

Pacific Biosciences Research Center

Waikiki Aquarium

Water Resources Research Center