{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hirono.senate.gov/press-releases/hirono-announces-more-than-35-million-in-grants-to-support-research-at-university-of-hawaii-", "HIRONO ANNOUNCES MORE THAN $3.5 MILLION IN GRANTS TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII", "2014-10-10", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Mazie Hirono", "H001042", "www.hirono.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "HIRONO ANNOUNCES MORE THAN $3.5 MILLION IN GRANTS TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tU.S. Departments of Commerce and Education Support UH Research for Climate Change Resilience and to Further Hawaii\u2019s Asia-Pacific Engagement \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tFriday, October 10, 2014\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tHONOLULU \u2013 Senator Mazie K. Hirono today announced more than $3.5 million in grant awards to the University of Hawaii (UH) for the UH Sea Grant College Program and for Asia-Pacific research and scholarships. The UH Sea Grant College Program has received more than $1.6 million in federal support from the U.S. Department of Commerce\u2019s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for research and programming to understand the effects of climate change on coral reefs and oceans, groundwater and other impacts on the Hawaiian Islands. The U.S. Department of Education has awarded nearly $1.9 million for UH research on activity throughout the Asia-Pacific region and to support language study and travel grants.\r\n\u201cInvestments in the University of Hawaii\u2019s research and programming are integral to giving students more opportunities, gaining valuable insights into the challenges facing our communities and fostering better engagement in the broader world,\u201d said Senator Hirono. \u201cIt is important that we maintain healthy coral reefs and water sources, and gain as much insight as possible into the effects of climate change. With the U.S. government\u2019s ongoing rebalance to the Pacific, it is important that American students, diplomats and policy makers have a working understanding of Asia-Pacific countries and cultures. The awards announced today will help the University of Hawaii conduct research and provide programming to achieve these important goals.\u201d\r\nThe UH Sea Grant College Program has received funds from NOAA as a part of the broader Sea Grant Program. UH is one of only 33 universities in the United States that is a member of the Sea Grant Program. Through university and state partnerships, federal funding will support projects that help build resilient coastal communities and economies.\r\nThe U.S. Department of Education is providing funding to UH Manoa with the goal of enabling the university to teach foreign languages and international affairs more effectively. UH also received funding that will allow students to conduct research abroad in their areas of focus.\r\nNOAA funds will be allocated to the following UH Sea Grant Projects:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nUH Sea Grant Project\r\n\r\n\r\nFederal Award Amount\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nEngineering Feasibility Study of a Water Catchment System for Moku o Loe (Coconut Island), Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, HI\r\n\r\n\r\n$90,510\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOcean Acidification Monitoring Network, Oahu, Hawaii\r\n\r\n\r\n$30,144\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nGroundwater Inundation: Doubling Community Damage from Sea Level Rise\r\n\r\n\r\n$48,071\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nHumankind\u2019s Biogeochemical Experiment: Ocean Acidification and \u201cCoral Reef\u201d Dissolution\r\n\r\n\r\n$34,967\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nForecasting climate change impacts on coastal ecosystem services in Hawaii through integration of ecological and social participatory models\r\n\r\n\r\n$10,192\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nGlobal and regional vulnerability to 21st century climate shifts in current areas of plant growth\r\n\r\n\r\n$34,996\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCoral adaptation and acclimatization to global change: resilience to hotter, more acidic oceans\r\n\r\n\r\n$10,500\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nGroundwater-derived nutrient uptake in coastal ecosystems as driver of reef accretion-erosion balance\r\n\r\n\r\n$74,982\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nQuantifying transport and differentiation of land-use impacts of groundwater nutrient loadings to the coastal zones of Maui\r\n\r\n\r\n$51,260\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nDisease Outbreak Investigation on the Reefs of Kauai\r\n\r\n\r\n$14,875\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe effects of anthropogenic noise on humpback whale mother-calf pairs\r\n\r\n\r\n$24,953\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMaintaining healthy coastal ecosystems: understanding disease risk of Hawaii\u2019s coral reefs and sources of coral pathogens\r\n\r\n\r\n$16,933\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSea Grant Extension Program\r\n\r\n\r\n$563,398\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCommunications Program\r\n\r\n\r\n$222,533\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nGraduate Trainee Program\r\n\r\n\r\n$438,730\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nProgram Development\r\n\r\n\r\n$20,076\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nU.S. Department of Education funds will be allocated for the following Fulbright-Hays and International and Foreign Language Education Projects:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nType of Funding\r\n\r\n\r\nUH Unit\r\n\r\n\r\nFederal Award Amount\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLanguage Resource Center\r\n\r\n\r\nCollege of Languages, Linguistics and Literature, Center for Language and Technology\r\n\r\n\r\n$178,568\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNational Resource Center\r\n\r\n\r\nCollege of Social Sciences, Geography Department - World Area: East Asia\r\n\r\n\r\n$219,850\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNational Resource Center\r\n\r\n\r\nCollege of Arts and Humanities, Department of Theater and Dance, Asian Theater Program - World Area: Southeast Asia\r\n\r\n\r\n$239,400\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNational Resource Center\r\n\r\n\r\nSchool of Pacific and Asian Studies, Center for Pacific Islands Studies - World Area: Southeast Asia (Pacific Islands)\r\n\r\n\r\n$228,000\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFLAS Fellowship\r\n\r\n\r\nSchool of Pacific and Asian Studies, Center for Pacific Islands Studies - World Area: Southeast Asia (Pacific Islands)\r\n\r\n\r\n$177,000\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFLAS Fellowship\r\n\r\n\r\nCollege of Arts and Humanities, Department of Theater and Dance, Asian Theater Program - World Area: Southeast Asia\r\n\r\n\r\n$348,000\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFLAS Fellowship\r\n\r\n\r\nCollege of Social Sciences, Geography Department - World Area: East Asia\r\n\r\n\r\n$376,500\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFulbright-Hays - \u00a0Group Projects Abroad (GPA)\r\n\r\n\r\nHost Country: Cambodia\u00a0\u00a0\r\n\r\n\r\n$78,562\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFulbright-Hays - Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA)\r\n\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n\r\n$41,793", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hirono.senate.gov/press-releases/hirono-announces-more-than-35-million-in-grants-to-support-research-at-university-of-hawaii-"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4716433361172676, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}