Impact On Hawaiʻi

Hawaiʻi EPSCoR by the Numbers

22

Years as Catalyst for Research

$88.8M+

EPSCoR Funding to the Hawaiʻi

590+

Peer-Reviewed Publications

170+

NSF Awards Won by EPSCoR supported faculty

$92.4M+

National Science Foundation Funding

23

Faculty Hires

EPSCoR Track 1 Participants

840+

Total Participants

140

Faculty Participants

23

Postdoctoral Researchers

60

Graduate Students

97

Undergraduate Students

Demographics

Faculty

41%

Women

30%

Underrepresented Minority

Student Participants

51%

Women

31%

Underrepresented Minority

Major Scientific Discoveries


Hawaiʻi EPSCoR Track 1 ʻIke Wai Project

A novel multilayer transport mechanism of freshwater from onshore to offshore in Hawaiʻi was discovered using high-resolution marine CSEM imaging [Attias2020], the first marine CSEM study that maps offshore submarine freshwater in a volcanic setting. This paper received more than 254 million views internationally.

View publically available data from this and other ʻIke Wai research

Research Infrastructure

One of the main goals of Hawaiʻi EPSCoR is to support research infrastructure through shared-use equipment. Several higher education institutions across the state benefit from state-of-the-art equipment purchases using Hawaiʻi EPSCoR funding, including Mana, a High Performance Computing cluster. These equipment purchases will remain available for faculty and students at their home universities and will support their research projects for years to come.