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Kapi‘olani Awarded Five-Year Grants Promoting Native Hawaiian Student Success

Kapi‘olani Community College was selected to receive five-year grant awards for projects funded under the Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions (ANNH) Title III Part F program. The U.S. Department of Education invited awardees to apply for up to $2.75 million (individual campus) and $3 million (consortium) to invest in the infrastructure of Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions.

These five-year awards will provide much needed funding to the campus to promote Native Hawaiian student success through fall of 2026. Two of Kapi‘olani’s Title III Part F projects were selected for funding (download project abstracts here):

Kūlia: Advancing Indigenous Innovators, individual campus award, (Nāwa‘a Napoleon; Project Director: Kelli Goya)
Creating an Ecology for Innovation: Transformative Funds Management Strategies through Shared Services Centers to Support Native Hawaiian Student Success, collaborative with Leeward Community College (Chancellors Louise Pagotto & Carlos Peñaloza, Project Directors: Brandon Marc Higa & Erin Matsuda)

Kapi‘olani maintains its record for the most Title III awards in the history of the campus through nine concurrent projects. Please learn more about our current and successfully completed Title III projects at the Title III website Abstracts page.

Kapi‘olani Awarded Supplemental Funds for Title III Part A Projects

Kapi‘olani Community College successfully applied for supplemental awards for projects funded under the Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions (ANNH) Title III Part A program. The U.S. Department of Education invited awardees to apply for up to $556,000 per eligible project for additional funds to help the institution and its students navigate challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Two of Kapi‘olani’s Title III Part A projects were selected for funding:

Huliāmahi – Joining Together to Support Guided Pathways to Success: A Collaborative Partnership between Kapi‘olani Community College and the University of Hawaii at Mānoa Hawaiʻinuiākea (Nāwa‘a Napoleon & Kelli Goya)
Kūloaʻa: Advancing Indigenous Innovators (Chancellor Louise Pagotto & Kapulani Landgraf)

Congratulations to the successful applicants and best wishes on the continued success of your projects!

Grant Awarded to Alani Children’s Center for Technology Upgrades

Congratulations to Shaun Kiyabu and Kelli Nakamura for their successful application to the University of Hawaiʻi Women’s Campus Club grant to support the teachers and students at Alani Children’s Center! Crossing the digital divide through technological upgrades has been among the top priorities for parents and educators since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Thanks to Shaun and Kelli’s efforts, the students at the Alani Children’s Center will have access to two new Macbook computers to engage in virtual learning.

Alani Children’s Center provides early childhood care and education for children of the campus community and also serves as a laboratory for the early childhood teacher training programs, service learning, and related programs at the University of Hawai‘i. Since the transition from face-to-face learning in March 2020 with the state shutdown, the teachers at Alani Children’s Center have worked diligently to deliver online content and maintain contact with students. These laptops will help support efforts to continue with in-person and distance learning as they work with other early education professionals to develop enriching, educational, and free content for students and their families.

The UH Women’s Campus Club awarded nearly $3,000 in grant funds to Alani to purchase two MacBook laptops to support student engagement, learning, and achievement. WCC awarded funds above the average amount because the reviewers supported Alani’s request particularly during this time of COVID-19 and the need for online learning.

In case you missed it: Grant Training with The Implementation Group and UH Office of Research Services

In case you missed today’s grant workshop with The Implementation Group and the UH Office of Research Services, you may view the slides for both presentations.

The UH Office of Research Services provided an overview of services provided to interested grant applicants, including how to search for funding opportunities in the Pivot funding database and award management (grants administration).

ORS EPSCoR presentation Manoa 2017 with TIG.

The Implementation Group provided information on their consultant services provided to the University of Hawaii for institutional grant applications. Their presentation included tips on proposal development, an insider’s perspective on the merit review process, and specific guidance on NSF/NIH proposal development.

TIG UH Manoa Proposal Development Workshop 20170213.

Grant Funds Available for Diversity Projects

The UH SEED Office is accepting applications through October 5, 2016 (Wednesday) for its semesterly competition for SEED Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access and Success (IDEAS) grant awards. IDEAS Awards provides up to $5,000 for projects focused on promoting diversity, increasing access, equity, and success through activities benefitting large numbers of students.

Interested applicants are highly encouraged to contact the Office for Institutional Effectiveness to include accurate data on the number of students that are anticipated to benefit from the program. The recommended internal deadline for Business Office review is Wednesday, September 28, 2016.

IDEAS initiatives facilitate diversity through dimensions that address culture, race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, religion and disability. It is our intention to facilitate the implementation of diversity initiatives through a variety of projects that make a concerted effort to meet the core value of the University of Hawaii system goal for diversity.

This goal states: “Diversity, fairness, and equity: Society is best served by ensuring that all populations are represented equitably throughout the University of Hawai‘i system. Diverse perspectives contribute to the University’s commitment to root out prejudice and injustice.”

The application process will continue to be open to all eligible University of Hawaiʻi campuses throughout the state. Applications are accepted in February and October with a systemwide review committee meeting twice a year to determine awards. The review committee has awarded projects that carry out diversity measures through research, outreach and recruitment, speaker series, performance, art, trainings and workshops. The coordination and administration of SEED IDEAS is through the Office of Student Equity, Excellence and Diversity (SEED).

Click here to download the IDEAS Award application (pdf).

Please note that applications must be reviewed and signed by the Business Office prior to submitting the 5 required hard copies to the UH SEED Office, located on UH Manoa campus.